"Talon of the Blackwater", produced and engineered by Jay Hovnanian, features Michael Farquharson (MCA artist/Juno nominee), T Lavitz (Grammy nominee of the Dixie Dregs) and Eugene Friesen (Grammy winning Paul Winter Consort)). Blurring the bounds of genre, Laura melds an inventive, textured & rhythmic keyboard style with a voice Bob Ludwig calls "unique and very pure". Her first two albums, "when I left loss" and "Love Flows Like the Blood of a River" (with Eugene Friesen, cello, and Steve Wilkes, percussion) are a combination of song and spoken word pieces that "lend a riveting, personal touch and at times cut so deep the hair on the listener's skin goes on end".Laura has played at major art festivals and venues around the United States. She's opened for John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Connie Kaldor, Dana Cooper, Brooks Williams and Lori McKenna.
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"Enthralling and complex music with world-class musicians" melds jazz, classical, art rock, new age and folk in lush arrangements. Unfolding with the "lyrics and soul of a true poet", "Talon of the Blackwater" is the third independent release for this singer/songwriter and Berklee graduate and features Grammy/Juno nominated players Eugene Friesen, Michael Farquharson and T Lavitz.
Talon of the Blackwater
"Hurling shotgun shells at a wedding party, brother half-cocked at the pulpit, nausea always skimming just beneath what's cheated you, it's all coming up..." ("Talon of the Blackwater and Graces")
"Talon of the Blackwater", Laura Siersema's third independent release, is an ambitious and challenging call for this Berklee graduate, "a heady concoction of classical, progressive, and light jazz musics, a Renaissance-ish semi-symphonic enterprise by way of Joni Mitchell". Liken it to "Chuck Mangione's mellow side during his high period, minus the improv" with Norah Jones' soulfulness (Mark S. Tucker, FAME). Lush layers transform the folk music of her childhood with fluid guitars, synthesizers,piano, cello, fretless bass, percussion and the unique high qualities of her coloratura voice into a "depth and scale of music so strong, a soul searing connection to it becomes inevitable."
Produced by Jay Hovnanian and mastered by Jeff Lipton, this album features Michael Farquharson (MCA artist/Juno nominee), T Lavitz (Grammy nominee of the Dixie Dregs), Eugene Friesen (Grammy winning Paul Winter Consort), Nick Falk and Marcelo Woloski (Maeve Gilchrist Group), Nate Comp (Josh Logan Band), Bruce J. LeBlanc and Alastair Moock. Laura has played at art festivals and venues around the United States and opened for John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Connie Kaldor, Dana Cooper and Lori McKenna.
Beautifully complex and enthralling, Laura's music confronts its listeners with all that's true, calling relentlessly towards that deep, resonating center where one becomes oneself. With a voice Bob Ludwig calls "unique and very pure", Laura melds an inventive, textured & rhythmic keyboard style with "the soul and lyrics of a true poet" (Indie-Music Reviews).
Her first two albums, "When I Left Loss" and "Love Flows Like the Blood of a River" (with Eugene Friesen, cello, and Steve Wilkes, percussion) combine songs and spoken word pieces that "lend a riveting, personal touch and at times cut so deep the hair on the listener's skin goes on end".