Artist Information Biography "Elegant singing and playing... a brilliant guitarist... a poetic lyricism that not many new people have.  Often it takes people decades - [Laura's] already there." - Steve Traina, WCSB Cleveland "Laura Meyer’s latest independent album is chock full of tough-minded vocals, insightful lyrics and gritty guitar that no doubt will keep her on the road for years to come. Meyer... sets the bar high on the album’s first few tracks, taking listeners on a musical journey of Bob Dylan-like balladry (“Katrina, Katrina”), old-time blues (“Miles From Nowhere”), rebellious punk scorn (“Used To Be”) and the flight of the imagination (“In the Clouds”). Gutsy stuff." - Michael Swanger, Des Moines Cityview "Beams of adeptly and uniquely finger-picked guitar support walls of elegant, earthy vocals and through tall, open windows come remarkably poetic and relatable lyrics. These songs are country roads, rich with story and movement. " -Dan D’Ippolito, Jezebel Music "My favorite of the evening was Laura Meyer, who positively trampled what few pieces of my heart were still beating with her forlorn crooning and subdued fingerpicking. Her poetic lyrics were particularly notable; she had a way of taking an image and stringing it out along an entire verse, cleverly leading her listeners' expectations into trap after heartbreaking trap." - Dan Barry, Hartford Advocate "A great performance... Conor Oberst mixed in with a hint of Lisa Hannigan and a dash of Robert Zimmerman." - John Sanford, Starving Artists Guide "'Between the Earth & the Sky' is a lush, tender ode, while 'Flying V' serves up some delicious gritty guitars." - David Byrne, Windy City Times "She's sultry, soft and a damn fine guitar player." - Alex Lowry, Jezebel Music Bio: Since 2007 I've performed at venues ranging from a tiny spirit store nestled amid medieval ruins north of Dublin to the main stage at the renowned Telluride Bluegrass Festival, where I've performed for over 10,000 festivarians in the Colorado mountains two years in a row. I chronicled much of 2008’s 30,000 miles of touring through photos, videos, and written entries, which can be found at www.laurameyer.net. After completing a marathon tour at last summer’s Rocky Mountain Folks Festival I retreated to the Lower East Side of Manhattan. I survived a winter without heat by writing more than a hundred songs and poems, which I'm ready to return to the road that inspired them, on Miles From Nowhere, out September 22, 2009. Tour starts in Cleveland September 25. See you soon. Honors: Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest (2007-2009), Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Song Contest (2008-2009), Winner of Great Waters Songwriting Contest (2008), Festival Song Contest Finalist, Williamsburg Live Songwriter Competition Finalist (2008), Winner of the Radio Crystal Blue Airplay Vote (2008), Selected by BMI for Professional Songwriting & Vocal Performance (2007-2008), NEMO/Starbucks Music Makers Competition Finalist (2007), Mountain Stage NewSong Northeast Finalist (2007), & 5x recipient of the ASCAPlus Award Instrumentation All songs composed & performed by Laura Meyer. Discography Miles From Nowhere, 2009 Roadwork EP, 2009 Boys & Eros, 2008 Four Corners, 2007 Across the Great Divide, 2006 Taking Off EP, 2004 Links http://www.laurameyer.net