Laura Gibson is a Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

-area folk singer and songwriter. She was raised in Coquille, Oregon

Coquille, Oregon

Coquille is a city that is the county seat of Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,184 at the 2000 census. The 2007 estimate is 4,215 residents. The primary economic base is the timber industry...

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She currently records for the independent

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 U.S. label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 Hush Records

Hush Records

-Background:Crouch, frontman of the band Blanket Music, organized Hush Records in 1997, when he self-released a solo record called Portland, Or. The following year, Crouch bought a CD burner and began recording and distributing music by Mike Johnson , Jeff London, and Ben Barnett to record stores...

. In 2008, she toured the United States as the opening act for Colin Meloy

Colin Meloy

Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists. In addition to vocals, he performs with an acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, percussion and interpretive hand gestures.-Early life...

. She also added vocal harmonies to his Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke

Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke

Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke is a tour-only EP by Colin Meloy, lead singer of The Decemberists. It is the third in a series of EPs featuring covers of influential artists, which includes works of Morrissey and Shirley Collins...

EP. In 2009 she toured the first time in Europe with Micah Rabwin and Sean Ogilvie from Musée Mécanique

Musée Mécanique (band)

Musée Mécanique is an American Indie folk band based in Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriters Micah Rabwin and Sean Ogilvie...

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She has worked with many other musicians, including Laura Veirs

Laura Veirs

Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter.Veirs was raised in Colorado, studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China, and now lives in Portland, Oregon.While growing up, she heard folk-country, classical, and pop...

, Danny Seim, and Rachel Blumberg

Rachel Blumberg

Rachel Blumberg is an American drummer and singer, best known for her tenure as the drummer for the indie rock band The Decemberists. Blumburg was a member of many Portland, Oregon-based indie bands, including Sissyface, Boycrazy, Norfolk & Western, The Minders and M...

, a former member of The Decemberists

The Decemberists

The Decemberists are an indie folk rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy. The other members of the band are Chris Funk , Jenny Conlee , Nate Query , and John Moen .The band's...

. Gibson has also collaborated with The Portland Cello Project

The Portland Cello Project

The Portland Cello Project is a collective of cello players in Portland, Oregon who have been performing since October 2006.-History:For almost a year, the group performed ambiguously under the names "Celli" and "Cellodarity" and eventually, exclusively "The Portland Cello Project." Originally...

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Gibson covered "Edelweiss

Edelweiss (song)

"Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps...

" from The Sound Of Music

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...

 for American Laundromat Records

American Laundromat Records

American Laundromat Records is an indie label based in Mystic, CT.The label has produced several tribute albums, including Dig For Fire - a tribute to PIXIES, Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young, and High School Reunion - A Tribute to Those Great 80's Films...

 charity CD "Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies".

She is a graduate of Linfield College

Linfield College

Linfield College is an American private institution of higher learning located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college with a campus in Portland, Oregon, it also has an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the...

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Discography

• Amends (2004, self)
• If You Come to Greet Me (2006, Hush)
• Six White Horses: Blues & Traditionals Vol. 1 (2006, Hush)
• Beasts of Seasons (2009, Hush)
• La Grande (2012, Barsuk)

Compilation appearances

• "Pilot Me" - Bifrost Arts
  Bifrost Arts
  Bifrost Arts is an ecumenical religious organization closely linked to the Presbyterian Church in America that produces written and recorded religious music, and frequently performs at Christian Universities and conferences....
  
  ' Come O Spirit (Sounds Familyre 2009)

External links

• http://opbmusic.org/performances/39-Laura-Gibson
• Laura Gibson profile from National Public Radio
• Laura Gibson profile from Daytrotter Radio
• Acoustic session in Vienna of "Where Have All Your Good Words Gone" and "Come By Storm" by playgrrround
• Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose - Bridge Carols | Folk Radio UK