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Summer 2010

Heading south to California for some shows with Mare Wakefield and Nomad, then back up to Oregon for more! The new CD is pretty much done besides the artwork/packaging - check back in th e early fall for release dates. We're really excited about it !

Spring 2010

It's almost May and once again I've turned into a gardening fanatic. Limiting the tomato plants to 10 this year but making up for it in greens!

All just in time for a trip to Nashville! I'll be spending most of May in the sunny south, back to the home of my alma mater. This time instead of studying math and german, I'll be recording my new CD, Bodhi Tree! I'm working with a wonderful engineer, Nomad Uvunc (who also happens to be the husband of my dear friend, Mare Wakefield, ex-Eugenian, now Nashvillian). We hope to get the bulk of it done while I'm there, with mixing and final touches wrapping up during the summer. I'll be playing a bunch of west coast shows with Mare and Nomad in late Aug./early Sept., so keep checking back for that tour schedule. I'm crossing my fingers I'll have the new CD in tow for that tour. And if you live in the Nashville area, I'll be playing a couple times while I'm there - check the shows page for that info.!

Winter 2010

A heartfelt thank you to the readers of the Eugene Weekly for voting me as their favorite solo musical artist for 2009! Your votes are so appreciated and I am honored with the privilege. You can read the Weekly and see the rest of the “Best of Eugene” Awards HERE.

You can now hear Laura on Pandora! For you internet junkies, create your own “Laura Kemp Radio Station.” Click HERE to get started.

Youtube videos are up and running! Even a couple unrecorded songs …. go to the watch page.

I’m beginning to play a few shows with my jazz standards trio, 3 on the Tree. That’s myself on guitar and vocals, Jeffrey Kane on upright bass, and Dan Kruse on tenor saxophone. If you’re wondering what the band name refers to, (for those of you either born after 1970 or who have not developed an appreciation for old cars), it is a three speed manual transmission where the shifter is actually located on the steering column. When I moved to Oregon in 1990 my boyfriend at the time had an old Ford Econoline with three on the tree. We spent an entire summer living out of that van and driving it around the country.