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Laura Stevenson was born and raised on Long Island into a family of mariners and music makers. She spent many of her younger days on the sugar barges of NY harbor with her father and uncles, who all made their living on the water, at one time running one of the largest fleets on the Hudson. Meanwhile, her mother’s parents were successful musicians; Harry Simeone … , the composer and choral arranger responsible for such works as “The Little Drummer Boy” and “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and Margaret McCravy (stage name McCrae), a singer from South Carolina who got her start accompanying her elder siblings “The McCravy Brothers,” a harmonious gospel folk duo, before continuing on her own to record and tour with bandleader Benny Goodman. Armed with her grandfather’s love for modernist dissonance, a genetic predisposition for harmony, and with her sea legs firmly planted in the traditions of American folk singing, Stevenson began creating melodies at a very young age. “My mom would find me in my room, looking out the window, out at the street, singing by myself, sometimes crying,” she laughs, “I was a weird kid.”

At around five Stevenson began playing piano by ear, and at that point her mother decided lessons were a sound investment for the young musician.
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  • lazybasch7

    apparently they dropped "and the cans" to make PR a lot easier.

    9 May 3:31am Reply

  • callcollectplz

    Great show yesterday! She is welcome to come back here anytime!

    7 May 4:13pm Reply

  • sc0ttmst

    ELEONORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    6 May 9:14pm Reply

  • SadStanley

    Kicking of limbs and wriggling endlessly won't set you free. You are a tumbleweed, a jumble of feeble parts. Can you even see in the dark?

    4 May 2:41pm Reply

  • dear_ava

    well, hello! I'd like you to listen to this band: Lisabi (http://lisabi.bandcamp.com ) They're from Brazil but they're going to the US in July on tour. I don't know the exact places BUT they'll update this info as soon as possible. Thanks so much :) best wishes

    3 May 2:11am Reply

  • SadStanley

    It took a whole bunch of listens but this new album is starting to really grow on me, I think it might even be better then sit resist O_o

    30 Apr 2:51pm Reply

  • Maagikki

    The list is probably not as long as my previous comment would imply. The album is amazing though, so my "dumb" comment has been rendered null anyway.

    26 Apr 8:49am Reply

  • LunarTakiro

    ELEONORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    26 Apr 3:10am Reply

  • sarahrebekah

    Absolutely in love with the new album. Eleonora is a stunner.

    24 Apr 9:39pm Reply

  • severalg

    I think the hype has gotten to me. A lot of these songs seem like a big ol' slice of nothing. Hopefully it will grow :(

    24 Apr 3:02pm Reply

  • LunarTakiro

    10 and a cum from me [3]

    23 Apr 1:14pm Reply

  • HomelessJazz

    AOTY?

    22 Apr 10:21am Reply

  • Motiv3ter

    new album is so <3

    21 Apr 8:48pm Reply

  • pondrafi

    The Hole <3

    21 Apr 4:49am Reply

  • sc0ttmst

    10 and a cum from me [2]

    19 Apr 8:36pm Reply

  • MCScratchnsniff

    10 and a cum from me

    19 Apr 1:48pm Reply

  • sc0ttmst

    im crying irl

    19 Apr 4:56am Reply

  • zxlkho

    album rules as expected

    19 Apr 3:45am Reply

  • ButteredPeanut

    it leaked

    19 Apr 3:20am Reply

  • callcollectplz

    LAURA!!! I'm waiting...

    18 Apr 5:11pm Reply
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