Laura Meets Musicians

  Enjoy my favorite picks released in March 2023, in chronological order! "NIGHT MUSIC" - Faeya -  Canada (released on April 1st) Vulnerable and raw, riveting and real, Faeya is a multi-talented singer and songwriter. The Canadian songbird is finding early success in her ethereal ballads, having culminated streams in over 60 countries. Her striking, piano-driven, cinematic style pushes the boundaries of songwriting for Faeya, giving her an instrumentation edge among the peers with which she shares her genre. Combined with her profoundly poetic lyrics, Faeya pens the music that most of us would be too bashful, too reticent to reveal what is really churning inside our core. "Night music" was inspired by a Celtic myth: that fairies are deceitful and lure people into the woods with their beautiful music. This turned into a metaphor for naivety- how the most innocent of us see the world through rose-tinted glasses, expecting the best of everyone. I wrote it o...

M. Byrd (Photo Credit: Miriam Marlene) German-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer  M. Byrd  has released his manically ethereal new single "Only A Feeling". M. Byrd unearths universality from intensely personal songwriting. In 2020, he turned heads with the single "Mountain", followed by "Morning Sun", gaining millions of streams and praise from Ones To Watch, Earmilk, Atwood, etc. At the end of 2020, he holed up in Detmold, Germany in a WWII-era British Corps squash hall rechristened as a studio with producer Eugen Koop to create The Seed.  Leaving his mark on each level of the music, M. Byrd personally plays guitar, synthesizers and bass on the record. After generating 10 million-plus streams and acclaim from outlets worldwide, he continues to perfect his vision on his 2023 debut LP, The Seed [Nettwerk]. Powered by a vintage OP1 drum machine, the track features airy guitars weaving around a steady beat as he tries to capture the...

Lilly Marshall At just nineteen years old, indie-folk artist Lilly Marshall has curated a life of wanderlust and adventure seeking, finding solace in open spaces. Like therapeutic highways, her songs are an invitation to join her and stay a while - maybe even catch a sunrise. A combination of driven grooves, hook-laden melodies, and sweet folk-tinged vocals, provide a sense of familiar comfort, that fits just right. With influences ranging from Grace Potter and Caamp to Sublime and Jack Johnson, her songs stitch together a sonic surfternative patchwork, held together with love, paving the way for one yearning heart at a time.  Marshall was born and raised on the New Jersey shoreline to her Nicaraguan mother and Dutch/ Irish father. Her early years were heavily shaped by her parent’s painful divorce which was finalized by the time she was seven. "They did the best they could at the time but were just so young", recalls Marshall. "I had to grow up a little faster than mo...

David Acuff's life-motto is very simple: "What doesn't kill you makes you funnier!" and he must have survived to a lot of killer attacks, because he's one of the most hilarious people I've ever met through Instagram! I started following him this past autumn thanks to a comic reel that made me laugh in a bad day and his content makes me smile on a daily basis since then.  Acuff is a writer and filmmaker in Los Angeles, CA, and he is also a full time Producer-Editor for the Walt Disney company. He enjoys doing voiceover work for Audible.com book projects as well as animated characters. He also wrote/edited the feature film "Restoration" distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and I discovered he did stand-up comedy in the past, that is no surprise at all! His eclectic talent probably finds its origins in his childhood. David grew up the son of an Air Force Colonel and lived all over the USA. But being the new kid every year in school taught hi...

  Enjoy my favorite picks released in March 2023, in chronological order! "THE SHOW" - Emma G -  Washington, Usa (released on March 1st) Singer/songwriter Emma G celebrates International Women’s Day with the release of her new single "The Show". The song is a powerful anthem about allowing oneself to take off the mask, embrace your true self, and find the courage to live life on your own terms. "It’s so easy to let yourself fall into the narrative than in order to fit in in this world, you need to put on a show - and almost try to make everyone else around you feel comfortable", Emma G explains "but the strongest people are those that allow themselves to be vulnerable. And that’s something that all people should honor about themselves - especially women". As a youth empowerment through songwriting coach and TEDx speaker, Emma G's music and message have touched the hearts of many around the world. Her latest single is sure to resonate wi...