A Song That Pricks up Your Ears and Leaves You Begging, 'Who Was That?!' Anna Laube Trades Concertos for Folk Songs and Hits the Airwaves.SAN FRANCISCO -- Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anna Laube's (pronounced "Lau" like "how" and "be" like "to be or not to be") debut album, Outta My Head (Ginkgo ginkgo (gĭng`kō) or maidenhair tree, tall, slender, picturesque deciduous tree (Ginkgo biloba) with fan-shaped leaves. Records) will ship to over 1,000 radio stations nationally and internationally this month, targeted at acoustic-based programs in the Americana, AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. , folk, blues, and roots genres. Born in Iowa City, IA, Ms. Laube began studying the piano at age three and took up alto saxophone, oboe, violin, and guitar in secondary school. She was a leading member in a number of orchestras during high school in Madison, WI, and studied oboe at the Academie de Musique Gretry in Li[c]ge, Belgium, the year after she graduated. Until recently, however, Ms. Laube didn't think she could sing. "I didn't take voice lessons or know about vocal warm-ups or wear scarves all the time like the girls in choir. I thought maybe I'd be a professional oboist," she says. She was accepted into the Lawrence University Music Conservatory, but ended up declining and not even majoring in music during college. However, music was always with her: on a trip abroad to study painting and printmaking, Ms. Laube borrowed a friend's guitar and wrote her first song, "Honeybee honeybee Broadly, any bee that makes honey (any insect of the tribe Apini, family Apidae); more strictly, one of the four species constituting the genus Apis. The term is usually applied to one species, the domestic honeybee (A. ," followed shortly thereafter by her second song, "Outta My Head." Ms. Laube continued writing songs, but it wasn't until she finished college and took a job in California that she considered, and started, singing out seriously. "I didn't know a soul. I figured, nobody here knows that I'm not a singer." She's a singer now--and has released her debut record, Outta My Head, to critical acclaim. NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. writes, "Anna Laube makes intimate, heartfelt songs rooted in traditional Americana" and the C|NET Download.com Editor's Review notes, "Country, folk, and torchy torch·y adj. torch·i·er, torch·i·est Of, relating to, or typical of a torch song or torch singer. pop gather like old friends in this San Francisco songstress's burnished bur·nish tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es 1. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. 2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish. n. tunes." So does she play the oboe on any of them? "No," she laughs. "I'm currently learning harmonica and banjo. But you never know, oboe might pop up on something in the future." For songs, photos, and more information, please visit www.annalaube.com and www.myspace.com/annalaube. First line of the title courtesy of Todd Lavoie's San Francisco Bay Guardian The San Francisco Bay Guardian (also known as the SF Bay Guardian, Bay Guardian, and the Guardian) is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. The paper is owned mostly by its publisher, Bruce B. review of Outta My Head. |
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