Laura Cantrell

Artist:  Laura Cantrell
Birth Name:  Laura Rose Cartell
Born:  July 16, 1967.  Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre:  Country, Alternative Country, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country
Occupation:  Songwriter, Singer, Radio DJ
Instruments:  Guitar, Piano

Laura Cantrell is an American Country Songwriter, Singer and DJ from Nashville, Tennessee.  She used to present a weekly Country and Old-Time Music Radio Show on WFMU called The Radio Thrift Shop.  She has a bright clear voice in the Country Music both Old and New, as well as in the Alternative Rock.

Title:  Laura Cantrell At The BBC  (2016)
Genre:  Country, Alternative Country, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country
Label:  Spit & Polish
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Wait  (3:26)
 2.  Rain Boy  (3:06)
 3.  Old Downtown  (4:01)
 4.  Mountain Fern  (4:47)
 5.  Hong Kong Blues  (2:25)
 6.  Khaki & Corduroy  (4:31)
 7.  All Blue  (3:48)
 8.  Bees  (5:25)
 9.  Christmas Letter Home (5:27)
10. New Years Resolution  (4:12)
11. Oh So Many Years  (3:06)
12. I Lost You But I Found Country Music  (1:27)
13. The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter  (5:10)
14. Legend In My Time  (3:56)
15. When The Roses Bloom Again  (3:42)

Personnel:

Laura Cantrell:  Vocals, Guitar
Jon Graboff:  Mandolin, Vocals on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 5, 9, Nylon String Guitar Vocals on Tracks:  11, 12, Steel Guitar, Vocals on Tracks:  13, 14
Simon Cottrell:  Electric Bass, Vocals on Tracks: 1, 2
Zachary Ware;  Electric Guitar, Vocals on Tracks: 1, 2
Francis Macdonald:  Drums on Tracks:  1, 2, 13, 14
Jay Sherman-Godfrey:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks: 4, 5, 9, Electric Guitar, Vocals on Tracks:  13, 14
Ivor Ottley:  Fiddle on Tracks:  5, 9
Paul Sandy:  Acoustic Bass on Tracks:  5, 9
Jeremy Chatzky:  Acoustic Bass on Tracks:  6, 8, Bass on Tracks:  13, 14
Mark Spencer:  Weisenborn Guitar on Tracks:  6, 8, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals on Track 7

Laura Cantrell At The BBC the best On-Air Performance album by Laura Cantrell, was released on June 3, 2016 by Spit & Polish, recorded at the BBC's famous Maida Vale recording complex, the Broadcasting House Studios in London from 2000-2005.  Song selections range from fan favorites of Laura Cantrell's catalog like "The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter", and "Bees", "All Blue", Country Rarities like "Rain Boy", and standards such as "Legend In My Mind".