Video: Laura Barrett - The Wood Between Worlds (HD)

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Canada Long accustomed to intimate gigs and living room shows, quirky singer-songwriter-kalimba player Laura Barrett is suddenly taking the stage at large-capacity concert halls across North America as the opening act for indie pop legends the Magnetic Fields . The challenge is enough to put the amicable musician on edge. "It's a 50-50 split between joy and nerves," Barrett admits to Spinner from her Toronto home [...]

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Above is Canada's beloved and bespectacled musical linguist Laura Barrett with the video for 'The Wood Between Worlds'. Plucking clock like tones on her signature instrument the kalimba (an African thumb-piano, literally translated as "little music"), her voice warms with rich melodies and arrangements. Riding high from her Earth Sciences EP, which garnered both national radio airplay and critical acclaim, she's jumped on tour with The Magnetic Fields (dates below) for an eleven-date North American tour. Thu 02/04/10 WASHINGTON, DC | Lisner Auditorium Sat 02/06/10 MONTREAL, QC | Corona Theatre Mon [...]

The very talented Laura Barrett , also of The Hidden Cameras, will release her new album, Victory Garden , on February 24th. She will be heading out on an eleven-date North American tour supporting The Magnetic Fields. dates: Feb 04 - Washington, DC - Lisner Auditorium Feb 06 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre Feb 08 -Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre Feb 10 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre Feb 11 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre Mar 04 - Milwaukee, [...]

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