April A to Z blogging challenge Laura

Laura Marling is a singer- songwriter from Eversley, Hampshire. She started her singing career at 16, before she had left school, and has built a solid fan base in the following five years. Her songs are haunting, driven, thoughtful, each one different. Singing alone with her guitar or with her backing band, her work begs to be played again and again and her music wedges itself into the memory.

Laura has toured widely throughout the British Isles and in North America, Australia and Asia and soon embarks on a trip to Argentina.

This year she has already won two major awards, Best British Female Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards and the NME Best Solo Artist.  I expect that she will win many more.

Drums!

When Bethan was at school we enjoyed going to the musical events. (Bethan was a singer, like all our girls, and a very good violinist and so we were frequently in the audience supporting her.) On one occasion a drum quartet performed and we were most impressed at the musicality of the players. I searched YouTube for something comparable and found this link.
Her school also had a very strong jazz tradition and I often wonder how many of the players are still playing. I do know that one of the students, Laura Marling, the youngest sister of her one of her best friends, is currently building a career as a folk/pop singer/songwriter. I think she has a lovely voice whether singing or speaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=1UsOG8TjX2c