Laura Marling

 05/27/2008 11:24:46  ♥ written by vu ()

Tour Dates 06/09/08 Oran Mar Glasgow, Scotland 06/10/08 St Phillip’s Manchester 06/11/08 St James’ London 06/12/08 St Paul’s Birmingham 06/13/08 St James’ London 06/16/08 Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn,NY 06/18/08 Mercury Lounge New York 06/29/08 Glastonbury Festival 06/30/08 Cypress Avenue Cork, Cork 07/01/08 Ireland Tour - Whelans Dublin 07/02/08 Auntie Annies Belfast 07/04/08 Quart Festival Kristiansand 07/31/08 Cambridge Folk Festival 08/03/08 Splendour In The Grass Festival 08/05/08 The Factory Sydney 08/06/08 Northcote Social Club Melbourne 08/09/08 Field Day Festival London 09/05/08 Bestival - Isle of Wight 09/06/08 Bestival - Isle of Wight 09/07/08 Bestival - Isle of Wight Discography [2007] London Town EP [2007] My Manic and I [Jan 2008] Ghosts [Feb 2008] Alas I Cannot Swim [Jun 2008] Cross Your Fingers [2008] iTunes Live - London Sessions - EP Read More Laura Marling sailing to the top in Reading, England http://weheartmus... With just an acoustic guitar and some incredible vocals, Laura Marling pieces together her lyrics...

Laura Marling - Ghosts

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I got a press release that singer/songwriter Laura Marling will be debuting in America with her album, Alas I Cannot Swim, confirmed for August 19^th on Astralwerks Records (although available digitally via iTunes and elsewhere on May 20^th). This is kind of odd, but I've always associated Astralwerks with techno/dance, because Marling is more folk pop, than anything else.

Longtime readers to W♥M might have remember our mention of Mrs Marling, back when she was only seventeen... it looks like she's come a long way in just a year, selling out most venues where she performs live.

So far, for this year, she'll be in States in New York for two performances:

6/16/08 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands
6/18/08 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

I am assuming more US dates are to follow, but in the meantime, she's doing UK dates (see sidebar for more details).

So, here's a little trivia about her Song Box: Apparently the boxset intended for Alas I Cannot Swim had a bunch of stuff designed by Marling, including postcards, trinkets, a concert ticket to see her in March (obviously no longer valid), and were really designed to associate to each of her songs. According to her:

Nobody buys records any more and people are listening to MP3s on bad headphones, using music for wallpaper. I want people to love music, I want people to treasure it, not just my songs, but treasure music.

Seeing as it's something well out of my comfortable price range (it's over $50 to have it imported to me), I will just have to deal with the cheap CD-R my friend gave me.

Maybe things will be more affordable once her album is available domestically... I am hoping for a reproduction of the said-Song Box.

Links: www.lauramarling.com myspace.com/lauramarling www.astralwerks.com