I first became privy to Laura Gibson the same way I've discovered a load of great artists from the Pacific Northwest: while attending the Pickathon Indie Roots Music Festival. Gibson's understated simplicity and imaginative approach to contemporary folk music was stunning to me from the first time I inadvertently wandered across her set in the woods at that festival.
With a voice as nuanced as Billie Holiday and a narrative imagination akin to that of Paul Simon, not to mention some of the spirit of that cool Northwest rain and trees, Gibson delivers exquisitely thoughtful tunes on all three of her full-length albums. She's already played some dates in Europe this year, in support of her new record La Grande, and is hitting the East Coast of the U.S. this week. Learn more about Laura Gibson with this introductory bio and profile.
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