(mostly) flying solo this Spring
---------------------------------recent recordings feature the following folks: Rachel Blumberg (drums, vocals, vibraphone), Cory Gray (trumpet, piano), Peter Broderick (violin, viola, lap steel, banjo, mandolin, saw, accordian), Adam Selzer (vocals, electric guitar, found sounds), Alex James (vocals) Wayne Miller (upright bass)....--------------------------------------
Live shows have featured the following people in various combinations: Laura Gibson (guitar, song singing), Cory Gray (trumpet, piano), Sean Ogilvie (keys), Jason Leonard (bells, whistles, wine glasses), Micah Rabwon (saw, percussion) Peter Broderick (violin, banjo, musical saw), Heather Broderick (cello, percussion, vocals) and Evan B Harris (banjo, celeste, concertina, percussion, vocals),
Influences
Currently under the influence of Michel Gondry, The Bulgarian Women's Choir, Ethan Rose, Elizabeth Cotten, running up volcanoes, a beard, a bear suit, a box of teeth, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers.
Sounds Like
"She makes a person want to close their eyes and just bask in a star-filled night" - daytrotter.com
“Her singing feels transported perhaps from the early days of sound recording.”
-NPR
Laura Gibson lives in portland, sings songs and plays a nylon-stringed guitar. She grew up in a small isolated logging town called Coquille, in the South Coast region of Oregon, the daughter of the town’s kindergarten teacher and a forest ranger. She couldn’t tell you what band put out what particular album in what year, but she could probably describe where she was, how she felt and what you talked about, when she first met you, or what the trees looked like the last time her heart was broken...she likes trees.
Laura's musical venturing began a few years ago when she began playing humble shows in Portland (unless you count playing shows at local nursing homes, which she has done for some time). In the Winter/Spring of 2006, she recorded her debut full-length album, "If You Come to Greet Me" with the wonderful Adam Selzer at his Type Foundry studios in portland. Gibson found the perfect backing band in the members of portland based Norfolk and Western. the songs range from sparse and subtle guitar to an orchestra of strings, horns, banjo, vibraphone and singing saw. "If You Come to Greet Me" made its way into the hands of the folks at Hush Records, who were endeared to Laura's delicate songs and gentle spirit. Laura was endeared to the genuine kindness and artistic strength of the hush records community. The record was released November 14, 2006. concurrently, she became the label's official cat-sitter.
*CURRENTLY*
Laura is working on a new full-length record with friend and superengineerproducer Tucker Martine. She is also working on a collaborative project with Avant Electronic artist Ethan Rose. Both records will most likely be released in early 2008.
She has contributed to many recording projects in her spare time (Colin Meloy, The Dodos, White Hinterland, Musee Mecanique, Raulson, Portland Cello Project).
Her goals for the summer are to take up canoeing and improve her Spanish,
please email lgsingalong@gmail.com to say hello ... for booking please contact jeremy@becomeinvisible.com... thanks very much!
dear laura, i'm a girl from manhattan, ks, living in portland for the summer, who heard you play at the dusty bookshelf in my little kansas town not so long ago.
i missed your show the other weekend because i was in seattle, and i can't make it to the pickathon festival, and i'm so sad that i won't be able to see you during my time here.
so please, return to us in manhattan soon, bc we would love to have you back.
oh, and it was great to hear manhattan mentioned in your interview for opbmusic. thanks for that.
hi Laura!!!! thanks for the add...Really interesting and cool your page, i like it. If you have some time, give me your impressions concerning my music.
laura, i'm saddened to say that i don't think that i can make it to your show this week. i'm living in portland this summer, but am from manhattan, ks, and listened to you play at the dusty bookshelf a year or so ago. i hope that i can make it to the pickathon, though, and say hello and coax you to come back to visit us in middle america.
Thank you very much for being so kind to us and being part of this audiovisual project. The film ends with you playing "This is not the end" in the hall of the hotel.
We have just finished the documentary in the spanish version. We're are trying to translate it and do an english version. As soon as we have finished, we will send you a copy.
