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Laura Marling (born 1st February 1990) is an indie folk singer. She has been described as mixing the strength of Regina Spektor with the intelligence of Carole King and the acoustic lushness of Joni Mitchell. The 20-year-old small town girl - Reading, United Kingdom just outside of Eversley to be exact - sings about love, lust and romance, the futility of religion, self-loathing and human psychology.

She began playing the guitar at the age of three, first being taught the blues by her father in front of the family fire, and has been in thrall to the songs and lyrics of the likes of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, James Taylor and John Mayall ever since. It’s not just the “golden-oldies” that Laura admires; she also harbours a rather deep love for alt.country’s favourite son, Ryan Adams. “He’s brilliant, there’s nothing that even comes close, he can paint the most amazing pictures in your mind.”

Jamie T personally invited her on tour with him last year after being impressed by her modern folk-pop when he caught her playing just her second ever gig. She was also a member of Noah and the Whale until May 2008, contributing vocals and instruments throughout, and can be seen in the

Five Years Time video playing a recorder.

Laura’s part of the extended Way Out West family, having played five eminent shows at the label’s Brentford FC night before the club was finally moved on. The London Town EP is in the spirit of a testimonial to the label and a recognition of all the support they’ve given her.

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folk, female vocalists, singer-songwriter, indie, acoustic
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1	Ghosts full track	3,808
2	My Manic And I full track	2,977
3	Night Terror full track	2,601
4	Cross Your Fingers full track	2,560
5	Failure full track	2,365
6	Tap At My Window full track	2,004
7	Old Stone full track	1,977
8	You're No God full track	1,932
9	New Romantic	1,884
10	The Captain And The Hourglass full track	1,787
11	Shine full track	1,615
12	Crawled Out Of The Sea (Interlude) full track	1,428
13	Your Only Doll (Dora) full track	1,311
14	London Town full track	480
15	Typical	348

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AdamsFM wrote:
2 hours ago

New album now plz*

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ohxas wrote:
yesterday morning

March

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AdamsFM wrote:
Monday evening

New album plz

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TinyLittleBlue wrote:
Monday afternoon

seeing her in april..gonna be epic!

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Shauni51 wrote:
Sunday evening

I'm not really into 'modern music' but I have to admit, she's truly incredible.

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Rockstulle wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Shine [♥]

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Bananasaur wrote:
Sunday afternoon

I'm not sure how she's stayed off my radar so long. She's amazing! I can't believe she's so young.

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casseroles wrote:
Sunday morning

so talented for someone so young

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vegetarek wrote:
Saturday morning

i speak because i can.

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tiagoluis86 wrote:
Saturday morning

so good

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Bayou16 wrote:
Friday evening

happy b-late bday laura!!!!

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Rockstulle wrote:
Friday afternoon

.. falling in love today.

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twelvestocks wrote:
Friday afternoon

Laura quote re third album: "It’ll be different. My band won’t be able to tour and play with me anymore ’cause they’re off doing their own thing. So this next one will be more of me and my piano player, and we’re going to try and do something a bit crazy with it."

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besodeplata wrote:
Thursday evening

KRISTEN STEWART WHAT

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deadstereo wrote:
Thursday evening

she looks so beautiful with brown hair! [2]

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luizotaviorg wrote:
Thursday morning

beautiful* lols

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James785 wrote:
Wednesday evening

i agree :D

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luizotaviorg wrote:
Wednesday evening

she looks so beatiful with the brown hair!

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Gwendolina wrote:
Wednesday evening

happy birthday Laura, I can't believe that for a couple of days I also will be 20

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Warrior_Bard wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

20 <3

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