Laura Cortese
Encyclopedia
Laura Cortese is an American
singer, songwriter
, and fiddle
r. She was born in San Francisco and attended Berklee College of Music
in Boston
, where she is currently based.
Cortese regularly performs solo, with Tao Rodríguez-Seeger
in The Anarchist Orchestra, and with Hanneke Cassel
and Lissa Schneckenburger in Halali. In the past she has played with acts including Uncle Earl
, Band of Horses
and Pete Seeger
. She is also a co-founder of the Boston Celtic Music Festival.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, and fiddle
Fiddle
The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
r. She was born in San Francisco and attended Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
in Boston
Boston
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, where she is currently based.
Cortese regularly performs solo, with Tao Rodríguez-Seeger
Tao Rodríguez-Seeger
Tao Rodríguez-Seeger is an American contemporary folk musician. He plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, and sings in Spanish and in English. He is known as a founder of The Mammals and is the grandson of folk musician Pete Seeger....
in The Anarchist Orchestra, and with Hanneke Cassel
Hanneke Cassel
Hanneke Cassel is a folk violinist. She was born in Oregon and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance at Berklee College of Music in 2000. Hanneke is the 1997 U.S...
and Lissa Schneckenburger in Halali. In the past she has played with acts including Uncle Earl
Uncle Earl
Uncle Earl is an American old-time music group, formed in 2000 by KC Groves and Jo Serrapere. They are an all-women-band and often they refer to themselves as the g'Earls. Their fans have also been nicknamed as g'Earlfriends....
, Band of Horses
Band of Horses
Band of Horses, originally briefly known as Horses, are an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell. They have released three studio albums, the most recent and most successful of which is 2010's Grammy nominated Infinite Arms...
and Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
. She is also a co-founder of the Boston Celtic Music Festival.
Solo discography
- Bad Year: Single (2008)
- Blow the Candle Out (2007)
- even the lost creek (2006)
- Hush (2004)