Laura Cantrell

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Website Link(s): Her Official Site

Contents 1 Label(s) 2 Genre(s) 3 RIYL 4 Band Biography 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 EPs 5.3 Singles 6 Appears On 6.1 Collaborations 6.2 Compilations 6.3 Soundtracks 6.4 Mix CDs 6.5 Radio Shows 7 Further Reading

[edit] Label(s)

• Diesel Only
• Matador
• Hello CD of the Month Club

[edit] Genre(s)

• Country

[edit] RIYL

• The Ditty Bops
• Patsy Cline

[edit] Band Biography

Laura Cantrell is known for many things – having a radio show on WFMU and doing the vocals on "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" by They Might Be Giants for two. She's even played the Grand Ole Opry and opened for Elvis Costello. John Peel was a big fan of hers.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Not The Tremblin' Kind
• When The Roses Bloom Again
• Humming By The Flowered Vine

[edit] EPs

• Hello EP
• All The Same To You EP

[edit] Singles

[edit] Appears On

[edit] Collaborations

• They Might Be Giants -- Apollo 18
• Michael Shelley - I Blame You

[edit] Compilations

• Future Soundtrack For America
• This Is Next Year
• Hard-Headed Woman
• Matador Records Intended Play Spring 2006

[edit] Soundtracks

[edit] Mix CDs

• Past The Barber and Gymnasium
• The Opposite Of Smoke Is Egg Whites
• Jeff Bridges... I Don't Need No Jeff Bridges To Put Music To My Poem!
• Do You Want a Happy God, or a Vengeful God?
• Why Does It Have To Be Zany?
• VoVat's Mix
• The Best of 2005...and Before!
• Most Folks Call Them Green Onions, But They're Really Scallions
• Dub Club: Matt's 2005 Best Of -- Streets Named For New England Trees
• Flashback: The Nostalgic Hits of 2005 (Aila's Dub Club Best of 2005 Mix)
• Hobotic Mixed CDs Volumes 1-5
• Dub Club: Creepy Crawly Creepy Crawly Creepy Creepy Crawly Crawly Creepy Creepy Crawly Crawly - Matt
• Aila's Mp3 Of The Week

[edit] Radio Shows

[edit] Further Reading

• Wikipedia Page