Humming By The Flowered Vine

"It's Cantrell's voice - vulnerable and at times downright fragile - that invokes inner strengths as old as the hills and as tough as the tenements, a voice that begs to be heard."
- Washington Post

'Humming By The Flowered Vine' is the much-anticipated third album by Nashville born, New York based, Laura Cantrell.

Produced by JD Foster [Richard Buckner, Marc Ribot] 'Humming By The Flowered Vine' is her Matador Records debut and features ten extraordinary songs both crafted and caught, but all blessed with reinterpretation by a wonderful musical performer.

As on her two previous albums, Laura's own compositions are some of the albums highlights ~ sitting alongside an infectious tune penned by Emily Spray "14th Street" and a previously unreleased Lucinda Williams song "Letters", dating back to her days as a struggling folk singer living in NYC. The album also features a version of the Appalachian murder ballad "Poor Ellen Smith" which was collected and published in the 1927 book American Mountain Songs by Laura's great, great Aunt!

Laura has toured with the likes of folk legends Joan Baez and Ralph Stanley and she was hand-picked by Elvis Costello to open for 17 dates on his U.S tour. Her debut album 'Not The Tremblin' Kind' earned her much critical praise. The late great John Peel, called it "My favourite record of the last 10 years and possibly my life." Cantrell is a quite remarkable talent and this is utterly essential.