Lauren grew up in Buffalo, NY where she taught herself how to play the guitar and the piano. She was raised on the music of the 60s and 70s such as the Beatles and Joni Mitchell. Later, Lauren was exposed to such female artists as Sarah McLachlan and her fellow Buffalonian, Ani Difranco. After performing religiously at local open mics throughout high school, Lauren soon developed a devout following of friends and fans. 

In early 2002 "Rumble, Rumble", her self-produced debut album, was released by the artist. The feedback from the collection of funky, folky, soulful music was overwhelming. Accompanied by bass player Jack Phinney, Lauren performed several shows before moving to California for University.

"Rumble, Rumble" continues to reach people from all over the world.  While Lauren is currently playing solo, she has never stopped working on and evolving her sound.  With the help of many musicians and producers in the Bay Area, she now has a serious understanding of so many elements of songwriting from conception to performance and her new favorite position: the producers chair.  

Her music is now available for download exclusively at Bandcamp and she is excited to get her archive of original acoustic music from the past decade published and available to the masses.  Please support Lauren and other independent musicians buy purchasing and downloading her album from Bandcamp.

You can listen here but please consider purchasing the songs so she can continue to create them!

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