- Laura Cantrell
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Name = Laura Cantrell
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Background = solo_singer
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Origin =New York City , USA
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Genre = country
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Years_active = 2000–present
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Associated_acts =They Might Be Giants
URL = http://www.lauracantrell.com/
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Notable_instruments = Laura Cantrell is a country singer and DJ fromNashville ,Tennessee . She used to present a weekly radio show onWFMU called the Radio Thrift Shop. Since October 2005 she has only made occasional appearances on the station.Biography
Cantrell moved to
New York City from her native Nashville to studylaw andaccounting atColumbia University . She began presenting on the university'sWKCR radio station before joining WFMU after her graduation in 1993.Her singing career began when she was at college, performing with various local groups. She later befriended
John Flansburgh ofThey Might Be Giants , with whom she sings on the band's "Apollo 18" (1992). Flansburgh also released her first solo material: an EP on his "Hello CD of the Month Club" in June 1996, which was reissued in 2004 as "The Hello Recordings ".Cantrell reached wider recognition in 2000 with her debut LP, "
Not the Tremblin' Kind ". The LP reached the attention of fellow DJJohn Peel , who wrote of it, " [It is] my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life". She went on to record five sessions for Peel and dedicates "Humming by the Flowered Vine " (2005) to his memory.Discography
LPs
*2000 - "
Not the Tremblin' Kind "
*2002 - "When the Roses Bloom Again "
*2005 - "Humming by the Flowered Vine "
*2008 - "Trains and Boats and Planes " 9 Tracks (Download Only)EPs
*1996 - Laura Cantrell - (Hello Records 67)
*2002 - "All the Same to You "
*2004 - "The Hello Recordings " - Reissue of 1996 EP
*2006 - "Humming Songs: Acoustic Performances from the Flowered Vine" (Download only)Other releases
*2001 - "" - (
Arena Rock Recording Co. ) - Compilation Track*2003 - "
Feather by Feather " - "Supper " "Smog " "Drag City Records "References
* [http://www.lauracantrell.com/bio.asp "Biography"] . Retrieved Jun. 25, 2005.
External links
* [http://www.lauracantrell.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.radiothriftshop.com/ The Radio Thrift Shop]
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