Is anyone listening to Laura Cantrell?


Cantrell presents a marvelous amalgam of folk, pop and bluegrass. Less bluesy and edgy than Lucinda Williams and with less soul than Gillian Welch, she mixes ingredients that are found in the music of both singers and comes up with a dish that is totally her own. Very pure of voice - a modern Judy Collins comes to mind - she sings completely without angst or drama and the effect is to make the smallest vocal nuances the most telling. LP fanciers should note that her breakthough album "When The Roses Bloom Again" is available in a very nice, quiet and flat, pressing by Sundazed that features a marvelous gatefold jacket. BTW these are not "audiophile" recordings in any sense, though her latest album (CD only)"Humming By The Flowered Vine" was mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling and he puts in his ususal, workmanlike effort. Happy listening.
Marty
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I'm from the NYC area so she is fairly well known via her show on a local radio station. Saw her at an outdoor concert a few years ago. I want to like her but feel she is seriously overrated. Can't really sing and her tunes are fairly uninspiring. I wish she did it for me because I really love the genre.
I have Laura Cantrell's newest; "Humming By The Flowered Vine" on LP and it sounds great. I prefer Lucinda Williams but Laura has a nice mellow sound.