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Laura Barrett
Laura Barrett

Canada's beloved and bespectacled musical linguist Laura Barrett is heading out on an eleven-date North American tour supporting indie-pop legends The Magnetic Fields (dates below). Also be sure to check out Laura's new video for 'The Wood Between Worlds' from her album Victory Garden (Paper Bag Records). The video was directed by Jared Sales.

Laura Barrett introduces many us to the clock like tones of her signature instrument, the kalimba (an African thumb-piano, literally translated as "little music"). Utilizing the vibrant kalimba with her warm and nurturing voice, Laura Barrett has crafted several stunning releases displaying her classically trained musicianship, wild imagination and experimental tendencies. Barrett classifies it as "the prog-folk, dystopic-stage-musical, acousticglitch everyone's doing nowadays."

Rich melodies and intricate arrangements weave and wisp through Barrett's lyrics, sweet and furious rants about technologies that divide and alienate. These lyrics that read like a sci-fi novel are accented by the sounds of her growing ensemble, which consists of theremins, vibraphones, midi bass pedals, banjos,strings, and woodwinds.

Her Earth Sciences EP garnered both national radio airplay and critical acclaim. "Deception Island Optimists Club", a single from this EP, was a finalist for SOCAN ECHO songwriting prize, a prize known for identifying upcoming talent in independent music in Canada.

Laura is also a prominent member of The Hidden Cameras on keys and synth and played clarinet for Toronto indie-rock heros Henri Fabergé & the Adorables. She's acted as Music Director for the New York staging of Maggie MacDonald's apocalyptic musical, "The Rat King", a recipient of a 2008 CBC Bucky Award. Laura has already toured North America and Europe and will be releasing a covers album this spring followed by a full length of new songs in the fall.

LAURA BARRETT

Feb 04 - Washington, DC - Lisner Auditorium
Feb 06 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
Feb 08 -Toronto, ON  -  Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Feb 10 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
Feb 11 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
Mar 04 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
Mar 05 - Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
Mar 06 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
Mar 07 - Chicago, IL - Harris  Theatre, Millennium Park
Mar 08 - Chicago, IL - Harri Theatre, Millennium Park
Mar 10 - New York, NY - Town Hall

All Dates with The Magnetic Fields



Laura Barrett
Laura Barrett
Victory Garden
(Paper Bag)
Street date: Feb. 24, 2009

1. Wood Between Worlds
2. Consumption
3. Spoiler Alert
4. Chidiya
5. Bluebird
6. A Certain Major Vinylsky
7. Ferryland
8. The Sharper Side
9. Space Seed: The Musical
10. Escape To The Sun Dome
11. Rien a Declarer
12. To The Stars!



LAURA BARRETT LINKS:

MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/laurabarrett

Label Page - http://paperbagrecords.com/