Ryan Adams & Laura Marling “Oh My Sweet Carolina” (via Listen Before You Buy)

This is awesome.

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Laura Marling, “Untitled” Live from Lincoln Hall, Chicago 9/22/2011

B and I have liked idolized Laura Marling for years, we love everything about her: her music, her dating history, her looks. (Seriously, hours have been spent deciding whether or not I should dye my hair Laura Marling-blonde or Laura Marling-brown.)
We saw her live for the first time last night and our love took a turn for the serious. She’s our generation’s Joni Mitchell- a perfected, whimsical story teller who dances between octaves with the ease in which most people speak. She’s funny, sweet and unrefined and humbled by every audience-echo of her lyrics or drunkenly shouted song request. She was, I think, one of the most talented people I’ve ever shared a room with.
The video above is poor quality and doesn’t even really catch the entire song, but it’s a brand-new, unrecorded piece she played sans-band and it’s really awesome. I’ve listened to her records for years, but seeing her live brought her to an unparalleled new level of talent. Go see her. And get her new album. Get all her albums. And seriously brown or blonde?

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Laura Marling “Blues Run The Game” (Jackson C. Frank cover)

It’s a grey, rainy morning in Chicago and I’ve got this song on repeat.

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Laura Marling - A Short Film by Fred and Nick

This short film offers a brief, yet intimate, peek into the life of Laura Marling as she tours the world. With beauty, talent, intelligence, and wit, it is no wonder that she has such a thriving career at her young age.

When speaking on her show in Kolkata, India:

Apart from the five expats in the front, nobody else wanted us to be there. And, but you know, like, it was our last gig, and I just felt like, I’m not gonna be defeated by this. So, I only played four songs. But I screamed them.

- Laura Marling

Now those are some words to live by. Touché, Ms. Marling, touché.

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There are certain things that put life into perspective.

After watching this video, I was so impressed with Laura Marling I decided to do some research. She’s from Hampshire, England. She was part of the original line-up of Noah and the Whale. She’s dating Marcus Mumford (aka my double-gold-hoop voice crush). Oh yeah, and SHE’S 20 YEARS OLD. It’s always depressing when someone younger than you is way cooler and more accomplished. It’s like Justin Bieber all over again.

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