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Laura Love
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Afro-Celtic folk 'n' funk
Martine Locke opens
Door 7:30 P.M., Music 8:00 P.M. | Purchase advance tickets: $18.50

"I just want to put the 'Yo!' back in yodel," explains Seattle artist Laura Love, an amazingly acrobatic singer, songwriter, and funk bassist whose infectious, thought-provoking musical concoctions of folk, bluegrass, gospel, blues, reggae, country, and hip-deep grooves have been described as "Afro-Celtic" and "Hip-alachian."

Tonight, Laura celebrates the recent release of her tenth CD, NeGrass which she describes as "a collection of original and traditional Negro spirituals, field hollers, and bluegrass music." She's joined for the show by her longtime collaborator Jen Todd, whose dusky, bluesy voice and energetic guitar augment the intense power of Laura's chant-filled, funk-inflected songs.

With legions of adoring fans throughout the music festival and club circuit in the U.S. and Canada, Laura's music has attracted a powerful grassroots following, and has regularly been included in Billboard Magazine's annual top ten lists; she was also included in Utne Reader's 2003 "Artists Who Will Shake the World."

Australian singer-songwriter, Martine Locke, opens.

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