Best New Bands » Laura Marling https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Mixtape 28: Laura Marling, Father John Misty and more https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:02:44 +0000   This week’s mix is a combination of old and new tracks, because discoveries are fun, but sometimes re-discoveries are just what we need. Best Coast is on because Kristen saw them at The Mohawk, and also because it’s summertime. There’s also an older track from Shilpa Ray, when she had her Happy Hookers, because

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-28-laura-marling-father-john-misty-and-more/feed/ 0 Album Review: Laura Marling, Once I Was an Eagle https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-laura-marling-once-i-was-an-eagle/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-laura-marling-once-i-was-an-eagle/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:06:11 +0000 The LA-via-England singer-songwriter released her fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, May 27 on Ribbon Music and, while I’m not one to typically be so blunt, it’s entirely wonderful. When Marling introduced her set at Seattle’s Columbia City Theater on May 15, she opened with these four tracks and, before the album was out,

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  1. Featured Artist: Laura Marling If you were to tell someone in, oh let’s say 1995, that Britpop would be kaput and West End British folk would be on top of the world nearly 20 years later, many people would have laugh and likely think...
  2. Laura Marling Charms Seattle at The Columbia City Theater Laura Marling is simply too charming. Marling played the Columbia City Theater in Seattle’s Columbia City last week. The old Baroque-style theater housed a quiet night of female singer-songwriters who wooed a crowd who silently stood in awe of the...
  3. Album Review: The Lonely Wild, The Sun As It Comes   Los Angeles’ The Lonely Wild released their first full-length album The Sun As It Comes earlier this week. The Lonely Wild, made up of singer Andrew Carroll, Guitarist Andrew Schneider, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Ross, percussionist Dave Farina and the vocal...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-laura-marling-once-i-was-an-eagle/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: Laura Marling https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-laura-marling/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-laura-marling/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 19:16:57 +0000 If you were to tell someone in, oh let’s say 1995, that Britpop would be kaput and West End British folk would be on top of the world nearly 20 years later, many people would have laugh and likely think that you should be institutionalized. Yet here we are in 2013 and all things folk,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-laura-marling/feed/ 0 Laura Marling Charms Seattle at The Columbia City Theater https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/laura-marling-charms-seattle-at-the-columbia-city-theater/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/laura-marling-charms-seattle-at-the-columbia-city-theater/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:57:55 +0000 Laura Marling is simply too charming. Marling played the Columbia City Theater in Seattle’s Columbia City last week. The old Baroque-style theater housed a quiet night of female singer-songwriters who wooed a crowd who silently stood in awe of the talent on stage. As Marling approached the stage and immediately started commenting on the impossibility

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