Artist Information Biography Born from sailors and hippies, Laura Brino discovered the piano in her parents house when she was 8 years old. She put her head against the keys, closed her eyes and began playing tunes that she heard her older sister practicing after school. Shortly after falling madly in love with the tinkling sounds of the wooden box, Laura pushed down the middle C and scribbled her name along with 'my life' on the inside of the key. From then on, she spent nights writing music that soothed her antsy soul. She adopted two guitars. One was blue. As she grew taller and discovered the aching pain of love, Laura spent time traveling and discovering what fed her heart. She's played shows in the creaking bars of Alabama to the legendary folk clubs in New York City. Constantly writing and experimenting with new songs, Laura has just released her third album. This time she's wearing a bird in her hair and an elephant around her neck. All of the songs on "How We Survived" (with the exception of 'How We Survived' and 'My Only') were written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by Brino in her tiny bedroom near the Chesapeake Bay.  The album showcases her breathy voice and her play on words, writing songs about garage sales and running shoes, as odes to new lovers and confessions to ones that were lost. She doesn't always make sense when she talks, but her songs spell out a meaning that is far more telling than her conversation. "All the roads that I know begin where they end....my feet feel heavy and I'm ready to fly again...I keep wanting what I leave." Venues Played: Ramshead On Stage (MD) 49 West (MD) Solly's(DC) World Cafe Live (Philly) Grape Street (Philly) The Knitting Factory (NYC) Pianos (NYC) Rockwood Music Hall (NYC) Lizard Lounge (Boston) Starr Hill (VA) Jammin Java (VA) Colleges Played: Shippensburg University MICA Towson University Goucher College University of Maryland University of Richmond Bucknell University Instrumentation Laura Brino...guitar, piano, vocals Sean Jackson....electric guitar Tim Atkinson....bass Luke Fronzoli....drums Discography Laura Brino Demo CD 2005 A Strange and Beautiful Trip c. 2006 ElePhant c. 2008 How We Survived c. 2009 Links http://www.laurabrino.com