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Laura Barrett
Acoustic / Minimalist / Trance

"VICTORY GARDEN now out in stores! For real!"

Toronto, Ontario
Canada

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Last Login:  10/12/2008
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   Laura Barrett: General Info
Member Since11/4/2005
Band MembersLaura Barrett - kalimba, vox, kazoo, piano, bass pedals
InfluencesKate Bush, Rob Crow, Björk, Martin Tielli, Erik Satie, Frédéric Chopin, XTC, Cocteau Twins, Harry Nilsson, Khaiyyaam, Of Montreal, Bela Sulakhe, Rheostatics, Mia Doi Todd, Sarah Vaughan, Juana Molina, Hylozoists, Devo, Veda Hille, Combustible Edison, the moon...
Sounds LikeAldous Huxley watching Danny Kaye movies.
Record LabelPaper Bag Records - ("Ursula" EP is on Ta-Da)
Type of LabelIndie




   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Oct 16 2008 8:00P
Piano’s New York, New York
Oct 19 2008 8:00P
Wilser’s Room (w/Ghost Bees) Fredericton, New Brunswick
Oct 20 2008 8:00P
Aberdeen Cultural Centre (w/Ghost Bees) Moncton, New Brunswick
Oct 23 2008 8:00P
Coconut Grove - part of Halifax Pop Explosion Halifax, Nova Scotia

Laura Barrett's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

Hot off the presses: Exclaim! and others write about "Victory Garden"  (view more)

CD RELEASE AND BRUNCH! :: Sun. Sept. 21st at the Tranzac, with Dan Werb and Ghost Bees!  (view more)

Good times at Sappyfest 2008, plus: the CBC 3 NXNE show’s been posted!  (view more)

Italian blog calls me a ’cool nerd,’ continues in Italian  (view more)

ATTENTION ALBERTANS!! (who purchased an "Earth Sciences" CD at one of my shows)  (view more)

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   About Laura Barrett
What's that in the air? I do believe it's that blend of prog-folk, dystopic-stage-musical, acoustic-glitch everyone's doing nowadays. Are you interested in purchasing it for home use? Well, now there are easy ways to do it:

To get your mitts on my Earth Sciences EP, either look inside your local music store or order it through Paper Bag Records.

My Ursula EP, released by Ta Da! Records, is no longer available in a physical form, but you can still grab it from iTunes.

Most excitingly, my full-length album, Victory Garden, will be released September 23rd, so stay tuned for that, plus details about my upcoming tour with Ghost Bees to support it!

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For booking inquiries, please contact Maria Bui at mbui (at) fuzzylogicrecordings dot com.
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Are you still interested in a larger variety of auditory fine dining? Why, how about these other acts that I play in, or have collaborated with:

Member of:
--The Hidden Cameras
--Henri Fabergé & the Adorables

Collaborated with:
--iNSiDEaMiND
--Joshua Van Tassel
--Basia Bulat
--John Tielli
--Mackenzie King(formerly Ontario Power Generation)
--Barzin
--Rebekah Higgs


   Laura Barrett's Friend Space (Top 16)
Laura Barrett has 3033 friends.
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Laura Barrett's Friends Comments
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Oct 12 2008 5:50 PM

REALLY lovely music!
Thanks for the add, Laura!

Check out my "soundtrack music
to a lost film" if you fancy.
Truman





Oct 10 2008 12:56 AM

I LOVE your cover of nirvana's teen spirit

thanks for being my space friend

bye,
and if i dont talk to you tomorrow,
good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight!

TRUMAN
Sarah Mangle





Oct 9 2008 3:46 PM

hey laura.
it was so good to see you last night. your music is growing in rad ways that is so exciting to see, and also the ease with which you inhabit the stage. we'll hang out in the future, i'm sure, but i wanted to tell you that last night, and didn't get the chance.
Doug Hoyer





Oct 3 2008 6:48 AM

come back to Edmonton! ASAP!
Daniel Giroux





Oct 2 2008 2:27 AM

hello.. and thank you.

Daniel
Lonely Vagabond





Oct 1 2008 9:32 AM

Excellent review of Victory Garden in this issue of Exclaim Magazine 'This debut is light years from that EP.
The Sharper Side is the highlight because it shows Barrett at her loopingly operatic and orchestral best'
boats!!





Sep 23 2008 12:08 PM

OH MY GOD YOU ARE MY 1000th friend.

1. The CD release show was a "whale" of a time even though I had to leave early.

2. The record is a staggering achievement, I've never heard anything like it. It's really really good.

3. BUT! one criticism.
Where's the "you will be a wolverine" song?! That's my favoritist! I was going to cover it and tell everyone I wrote it!
Jen





Sep 23 2008 5:01 AM

Thanks to you (and Ajay and everyone else) for the lovely show and brunch! Congrats on the new disk.
Lisa Bozikovic





Sep 23 2008 2:18 AM

your cd release party was such a good way to spend a sunday- thank you! beautiful, beautiful music. and i loved your party dress.
SoundProof





Sep 22 2008 1:03 PM

http://www. soundproofmagazine. com/Canada/Features/Laura_Barrett_-_Bespectacled_Brilliance. html

You've been SoundProofed.
Cosmic dreams and scented gardens





Sep 21 2008 8:26 PM

Oh, I really look forward to Victory Garden, your music is unique! Hope you will play in Scandinavia some day... Peace, love & understanding, Dag Erik
tristan





Sep 20 2008 2:56 AM

Thanks for making lovely music.
:)
Pikelet





Sep 19 2008 8:17 AM

Thanks Laura! I felt the same way when I heard your stuff. Hopefully some day our paths shall cross!

xoxox
Meb





Sep 18 2008 11:24 PM

Oh I would love that! How should we proceed? Keep me posted!
Ford Pier





Sep 18 2008 10:33 PM

It's an afternoon of dealing with...ahem...The Public (you know how fond I am of THEM) here atthe store, and the best thing about it, by far and away is being quietly blown away by the new record. Wow. I'm on my second listen. Brava.

xo,
Your Ford
Lonely Vagabond





Sep 18 2008 12:00 AM

Excellent review of Victory Garden in this issue of Eye Magazine 'Riding high on swooning melancholy and offset by cinematic shimmers of strings and woodwinds, the pervading plunk of Barrett's kalimba plays like a children's box in double time, wisely employed by accent rather than punctuation'
Patrick Official





Sep 16 2008 4:33 PM

Digital greetings! Thanks for the add.
Keep-it-Tuned!
Mannequins Breathe





Sep 10 2008 3:33 AM

thanxx for accepting.
how are you?
Son and The Holy Ghosts





Sep 10 2008 3:10 PM

Thanks for the add!!
hi from Spain!
great songs! i love it!
welcome holy-friend!
Domingo En Llamas





Sep 9 2008 8:16 PM

Laura, your music is a enormous fountain of curiosity and precious timbres, secretly tense, it reveals me the beauty of tonal substance in popular songwriting like all those influences we share, take care and God bless you!
The Golden Hands Before God...





Sep 3 2008 5:32 PM

Looking forward to sharing the stage at Halifax Pop Explosion this year - should be a great show!
tesouravoadora





Sep 1 2008 8:52 PM

**love your songs**
Children and corpse playing in the streets





Aug 20 2008 3:07 PM

Thank you so much, we are happy to hear it:) best wishes!
Bananastasia





Aug 19 2008 8:35 PM

I can't stop listening to your beautiful music.
birdsacrosswater





Aug 17 2008 11:40 PM

dearest laura barret.

your set at the cathedral the other night was beautiful!!!

thank you!!!!


ps- i posted a new ep. it's alailable for free download right now, you should listen to it!!!

hope all is well in your world.

byebye.

nic
Felix Obelix





Aug 5 2008 2:26 PM

I definitely think we should tour together. It would make perfect sense, like when you're two years old and you have that enormous puzzle piece shaped like a triangle and you realize one day that you can put the triangle-shaped puzzle piece in the triangle-shaped hole designed for it and it would fit. Bingo, there it is. How proud our respective mothers would be.
What about sxsw next year? What about nxne? anything's possible. I will keep my thinking hat/sorting hat on, about it.
we should be in touch, ~wendy
Marcelo





Aug 16 2008 2:36 AM

I hope that when I go to Toronto I can watch you live :)
xoxo
Mike Duguay





Aug 15 2008 6:00 AM

aww thanks. right back at ya.
Carlo





Aug 15 2008 4:30 AM

to let you know i can not stop listening to ur myspace.
so great..
it just clicks
The Rival Boys





Aug 14 2008 8:06 PM

why thank you. its always nice to deliver a few grooves.

keep it up (and come to toronto).
Mitch





Aug 13 2008 4:03 AM

Are you coming to Halifax any time soon, hrrrmmm? :) I'll be on that show like a filthy shirt!
tim





Aug 11 2008 4:47 PM

i tried to see you play in halifax the day before sappyfest but didn't realize the marquee had a basement! oh well... great set in sackville!
Jared Sales





Aug 12 2008 6:24 PM

i heard your new album at soundscapes and it's amazing, i literally stood in the store to hear it all, but alas, it's not for sale yet.
*sigh*
Corbin





Aug 8 2008 7:15 PM

Ya, we're totally myspace friends.
Mike Duguay





Aug 7 2008 7:13 AM

i feel your pain.
tandy on friday





Jul 4 2008 11:47 PM

Hi, laura b. I saw your fantastic show last night, such excellence.

your tunez r inspiring!
Felix Obelix