#Laura Cantrell

[swartzmark]

Coming October 1

[musiconspotify]

#LauraCantrell Secret Language

[dickfuckk]

A list of season 2 cast and crew members, confirmed and speculated

I will try and keep this updated

Not counting the obvious ones

Please note that this is a list of both cast and crew members, so PAs and such are also included and not just actors

Also if you're interested: on my bts instagram I only follow people who have worked on season 1, and people I suspect worked on season 2. So feel free to go through the list of people I follow if you're into that

A

Aaron Morton (Camera) - he’s listed on the very last picture as the camera-man

Adam Stein(Writer)

Alan F. (English solider)

Alexandria S.

Alison Telford (Casting)

Alistair Gregory - from this tweet so uncertain, but followed me back on my bts instagram account so seems to have some interest in ofmd

Amy Barber (Sound department)

Amy Tunnicliffe

Amanda Grace Leo

Amanda M. (Wedding guest)

Andrea Basile (Costume)

Andres Gomez Zamora (Visual effects)

Andrew DeYoung (Director) - I don’t remember if there was any other reason than the fact that he was in Aotearoa during filming

Andy McLaren (senior art director)

Andy Rydzewksi (Cinematographer)

Angelina Faulkner (Sound department)

B

Blair Nicholson (Camera)

Blair Teesdale (Camera)

Brad Coleman (Visual effects)

Brad McLeod (Special effects)

Brian Badie (Hairstylist)

Bronson Pinchot (“Torturer”)

Bryn Seager - I don’t remember why but I follow him

Bryony Matthew (Food stylist)

C

Caleb Staines (Camera)

Chantel Partamian (Visual effects)

Colin Elms (Art department)

Colin Rogers (Sound department)

Cora Montalban (Makeup and/or hairstylist) - I believe she was tagged in an instagram story once, and she’s followed by a ton of cast and crew members

Corrin Ellingford (Sound department)

Corey Moana (Camera)

Corry Greig (Art department)

Coti Herrera (Prosthetics/Makeup)

D

Damian Del Borrello (Sound department)

Daniel Fernandez (Spanish priest)

Danica Duan (Assistan accountant)

David Boden (production manager)

David G. (Stand in)

David Rowell (Financial controller)

David Van Dyke (Visual effects)

Dennis Bailey (Hairstylist)- Leslie revealed that he’s there.

Dion Anderson (Rescue diver)

Don A. (Swampy Town folk)

Donna Pearman (Assistant accountant)

Donna Marinkovich (set decorator)

Doug McFarlene (Pirate)

Duncan Nairn (Visual effects)

E

Eliza Cossio (Writer)

Erroll Shand (Prince Ricky)

Esther Mitchell (Camera)

F

Fernando Frias (Director)

G

Gareth Van Niekerk (Sound department)

Gary Archer (dental prosthetics)

Gemma Campbell (Visual effects)

Grant Lobban

Greg Sager (Safety manager)

Gregor Harris (Camera)

Gregory J. Pawlik Jr. (AD)

Gypsy Taylor (Costume designer)

H

Haroun Barazanchi (Set designer)

Harry Ashby (AD)

Helene Wong (Voice work)

I-J

Jacob Tomuri (Stunts)

Jaden McLeod

James Crosthwaite (Set decorator)

Jamie Couper (Camera)

Jason Samoa, possibly spotted on location

Jemaine Clement, pretty sure this is only based on his friendship with Rhys and Taika tbh

Jes Tom (Writer)

Jessica Lee Hunt (Makeup artist) - followed by a ton of crew and cast members and I believe she’s been tagged in instagram stories and such

John Mahone (Writer)

Jonathan Bruce (Sound department)

Jono Capel-Baker (Groom)

Jonno Roberts didn’t get the role from his audition, but could still have gotten a different role - hung out with Ruibo

Judah Getz (Sound department)

Julia Huberman (Sound department)

Julia Thompson (Costume)

Justin Benn (Republic of Pirates Town)

K

Karl L. (Action extra)

Kate Fu

Kate Leonard (Casting)

Kathleen Zyka Smith (“Red Flag”)

Kosuke Iijima (Fabricator/Sculptor?) - due to interaction on this post

Kris Gillan (Fabricator/Sculptor)

Kura Forrester - followed by quite a few cast and crew members, but I don’t remember if there was anything else to it

L

Laura Stables (SFX makeup artist)

Leanne Evans (Art department)

Lee Tuson

Leslie Jones (Spanish Jackie) - she’s spoiled this so many times, but gjfhdks

Leyla - followed by a lot of cast and crew members, don’t remember if there was more to it than that

Lindsey Cantrell (Set decorator)

Louis Flavell Birch (Blue coat)

Luke V. (Stand in)

[sacredarts]

Alice in Wonderland-Alice Kingsleigh: Elizabeth Harnois

Asper Creek-Emily Sommerset {OC}: Sofia Carson

The Baby-sitters Club-Dawn Schaffer: Undecided

Stacey McGill: Undecided

Camp Rock-Caitlyn Gellar: Alyson Stoner

Mitchie Torres: Demi Lovato

Charmed-Warren Trudeau {OC}: Blake Lively

Criminal Minds-Kaylia Strauss {OC}: Sophia Bush

DC-Barry Allen: Grant Gustin

Dick Grayson: Undecided

Hallie "Hal" Jordan {Fem!Hal}: Jessica Alba

Kara Kent: Laura Vandervoort

Oliver Queen: Justin Hartley

Diana Prince: Gal Gadot

Bruce Wayne: Undecided

Wally West: Undecided

Descendants-Alana {OC}: Undecided

Mal Dragonheart: Dove Cameron

Alyssa Florian {OC}: Sabrina Carpenter

Eliza Fitzhurburt: Undecided

Rebecca Fitzhurburt: Undecided

Evie Grimhilde: Sofia Carson

Princess Red: Kylie Cantrell

Whitney {OC}: Undecided

Fandomless-Whitney Castellan: Sofia Carson

Jack Frost: Undecided

Lana Hall: Victoria Justice

Lucifer: Dylan O'Brien

Emerson McCall {OC}: Undecided

Merlin: Katie McGrath

Cupid/Valentina Valois: Madelaine Petsch

Frozen-Elsa: Undecided

Glee-Hunter Clarington {Fem!Hunter}: Phoebe Tonkin

Clary Smythe {OC}: Lily Collins

Evan Smythe {NPC OC}: Victoria Justice

Lincoln Smythe {NPC OC}: Ian Harding

Riley Smythe {NPC OC}: Nina Dobrev

Sebastian Smythe: Grant Gustin

Solistice Smythe {NPC OC}: Demi Lovato

Jasmine "Jassi" Sterling. {NPC OC}: Undecided

Gossip Girl-Raelynn van der Woodsen: Madelaine Petsch

Serena van der Woodsen: Blake Lively

Halloweentown-Marni Piper: Sara Paxton

Harry Potter-Julietta Black {NPC OC}: Ashley Tisdale

Sirius Black: Undecided

Daphne Greengrass: Dianna Agron

Armani Malfoy {OC}: Lily Collins

Diana Malfoy {Fem!Draco}: Dove Cameron

Kristiana Malfoy {OC}: Lily Collins

Violet Grace Potter {Fem!Harry}: Kylie Cantrell

Alixzandria "Alixz" Riddle {OC}: Sofia Carson

Lady and the Tramp-Lady: Leighton Meester

Marvel-Jamie "Bucky" Buchanan Barnes {Fem! Bucky}: Olivia Wilde

Peter Parker: Andrew Garfield

Pepper Potts: Undecided

Johnny Storm: Chris Evans

Mythology: Apollo {Fem!Apollo}: Blake Lively

Artemis: Madelaine Petsch

Athena: Undecided

Chaos: Lana P

Hecate: Katie McGrath

Hestia: Undecided

Iris: Kristen Bell

Lethe: Alexis Bledel

Nike: Sarah Michelle Gellar

Styx: Chad Michael Murray

Nancy Drew-Nancy Drew: Kristen Bell

Once Upon a Time-The Poisoned Apple: Sofia Carson

One Tree Hill-Mikaela Scott {OC}: Sofia Carson

Paw Patrol-Skye: Undecided

Percy Jackson-Silena Beauregard: Lily Collins

Luke Castellan: Jake Abel

May Castellan: Undecided

Annabeth Chase: Alexandra Daddario

Monet Celestia Jackson-Blofis: Selena Gomez

Perci Jackson {Fem!Percy}: Lucy Hale

Sally Jackson: Undecided

Everly Riddle {NPC OC}: Blake Lively

Julietta Riddle {NPC OC}: Blake Lively

Pokemon-Eevee/Evline {OC}: Lily Collins

Pretty Little Liars-Imogen Adams: Bailee Madison

Aria Montgomery: Lucy Hale

Ava Jalali: Sofia Carson

Serenity Sakura Samuels {OC NPC}: Madelaine Petsch

Rise of the Guardians-Sapphyre Black {OC}: Shelley Hennig

Baby Tooth/Chelsey White: Dianna Agron

Sailor Moon-Marina Storms/Sailor Galaxy {OC}: Undecided

Scream-Sidney Prescott: Neve Campbell

Sonny With a Chance-Sonny Munroe: Demi Lovato

Supernatural-Brenna Braeden {Fem!Ben}: Crystal Reed

Gabriel: Demi Lovato

Addison Milligan {Fem!Adam}: Hayden Panettiere

Tangled: Pascal: AJ Cook

Rapunzel: Blake Lively

Teen Wolf-Stiles Stilinski {Fem!Stiles}: Troian Bellasario

The Vampire Diaries-Davina Claire: Danielle Campbell

Jeremy Gilbert {Fem!Jeremy}: Victoria Justice

Hope Mikaelson: Danielle Rose Russell

Kol Mikaelson: Undecided

Nicola Mikaelson {OC}: Undecided

Wizards of Waverly Place-Alex Russo: Selena Gomez

[sdwolfpup]

Tagged by @camiercoles!

name: These days I mostly go by 'sdw' online

pronouns: she/her

Where do you call home? The Pacific Northwest of the United States!

Favorite animal: Wolves. I know you're shocked.

Cereal of choice: I don't eat cereal. I have never cared for it. Though I've recently discovered I do enjoy eating Honey Bunches of Oats plain.

Are you visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner? Visual and kinesthetic. I pick things up quickly by looking, but to really understand and retain it, I have to do it.

Favorite scent: i love the smell of a campfire in a forest.

Do you believe in astrology: Not especially, though I am a very Virgo-Virgo lol.

How many playlists do you have on spotify/apple music? Ones I've created myself: 23.

Sharpies or highlighters? ...both. They have such different purposes. I find myself using sharpies more, I guess.

Song that makes you cry? So many, but the one that always comes to mind first is Bees by Laura Cantrell.

Song that makes you happy? Again, there are many! But I have so many fond feelings about Starships by Nicki Minaj and it's such a bop, let's go with that for now.

And finally, do you write/draw/create? Yes. :)

If you're reading this, you are gently tagged should you be interested in doing it.

[rapha-reads]

I can watch any Ghibli in the original Japanese audio, EXCEPT Howl's Moving Castle. I just adore the French dub for HMC, every time I start watching it in Japanese and after 3 minutes I have to switch to French because I just miss the voices of Frédérique Cantrel (old Sophie), Laura Préjean (young Sophie), and Rémi Bichet (Howl).

Amongst others, Laura Préjean is the French voice for Kaley Cuoco and Kristen Belle, Frédérique Cantrel is one of the most prolific French VA (seriously, her voice acting credits are so long), and Rémi Bichet is Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Cillian Murphy, Diego Luna, Martin Freeman and so many others' voice.

[thebandseance]

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝙰𝙽𝙳

Caleb “Kay” (Fernando) Hernandez. Age: 33. Orientation: Bi. Heritage: Italian, German, British. Family: Gabriel “Gabe” Hernandez (father), Lucile “Lucy” Hernandez (mother), Kevin “Kev” Hernandez (brother, 25), William “Billy” Hernandez (brother, 20), Caroline Hernandez (sister, 28). Plays: Drums, keyboards. Member of The Satanic Temple. Experienced bouncer. Roadie extraordinaire. Occasional "sound guy". Speaks: English, Spanish (scarce). Education: College drop-out, Bachelor of Arts in Music Production and Sound Engineering.

Matthew “Matt” (Abraham) Reeves. Age: 27. Orientation: Bi (closeted). Heritage: Chinese, Irish, British, Native American. Family: Natalie Reeves (mother), Kennedy "Ken" Lynch (father, estranged), Nathaniel “Nate” Reeves (brother, 32). Multinstrumentalist: Bass, piano, drums, guitar, oscillator, synthesizers, organ. Business savvy. Well connected. Known in the "scene". Experienced Merch Guy and Event Coordinator. Unofficial Tour Manager and Promoter. Speaks: English. Education: Bachelor of Science in Music.

Christopher “Chris” (Anakin) LaPlante. Age: 28. Orientation: Pan. Heritage: Argentinian, Spanish, British, French, Canadian. Family: Iris LaPlante (mother), Cassidy “Cassie” LaPlante (father, deceased), Marabella “Mar” LaPlante (sister, 23), Helena “Hels” Rodriguez (girlfriend, 26). Plays: Guitar, piano (both poorly). Lead Singer. Official Blood Donor. Unofficial Art Studio and Merch Designer. Greeting Card Hater. Both Cryptid and Relic. Designated Poster Boy. Speaks: English. Education: College drop-out, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration.

Alexander “Alex” (James) DeSantos. Age: 25. Orientation: Bi (inexperienced). Heritage: Spanish, Mexican, British, French. Family: Corazon “Cora” DeSantos (mother), Colin Robinson (father, estranged), Violeta “Violet” DeSantos (sister, 29). Expert Merch Guy and Party Bartender. Tuner Extraordinaire. Gamer. Off Season Twitch Streamer. Marvel Nerd. "Baldur's Gate". Chick (and *Covid) Magnet. The Kid. Road Connoisseur. Plays: Guitar, drums, harmonica. Speaks: English, Spanish. Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design.

Pascual (Herman) Kalenko. Age: 31. Orientation: Pan. Heritage: Italian, Ukrainian, British. Family: Laura Kalenko (mother), Boris “Bo” Kalenko (father, deceased), Emma “Mimi” Bailey Copeland (fiancée, 28). Plays: Lead Guitar, Violin, Cello (poorly). Expert Guitar Restaurateur. Bookworm. Road DJ. Unofficial Mixing Engineer. Designated "Zen Guy". Great cook. Responsible Adult. Pets: Cats, Mewto, Cat Cobain and Tobi-Wan Kenobi. Speaks: English, Italian (scarce), Russian (learning). Education: Bachelor of Arts in English.

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Guillermo “El Metalero” Guillen. Age: 52. Heritage: Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese. Affiliations: From The Pit Metal Zine (co-founder), Morbid Media (co-founder), El Metalero Management Group (founder). Family: Leah Richardson (daughter, 32, estranged), Micha Richardson (grandson, 3), Stephen Richardson (in-law, 34), Valeria "Vale" Olmos (sister, 48), Mateo "El Matado" Guillen (brother, 50), Margarita "Doña Rita" Guillen-Saucedo (mother, 70), Jose "Don Pepe" Guillen (father, deceased), Thomas Olmos (in-law, 49), "A Shit-Ton of Nephews". Title: Band Manager. "The Grass Is Always Greener Where The Dogs Are Shitting". Unofficial Band Dad. Stephen King Fan. Got Drunk With Jerry Cantrell Once. Former Dogstar Roadie. Speaks: English, Spanish, Korean (some). Education: College drop-out, Bachelor of Social Work (licensed), Unfinished Masters of Social Work.

[staciegirl78]

Im going to add to and edit this post later. This is something I'm working on on my family tree. This is from my family tree and a section I'm researching right now. Some of the Bennett siblings and some of the Lord siblings ended up as couples. I also grew up in the the church of Christ and I was looking to see if I had a family history of this way back in my family. There isn't much and I'm grasping at straws with this. Sarah Bagby and Joseph Noah Cantrell were my great grandparents. Here is Sarah Bagby's parents and grandparents. I've been to the graves of Joe and Sarah and Bill and Nancy and Nancy parents Bill and Sarah. Sou great grandmother was named after both of her grandmas I was told.

New Grove church Of Christ

WRIGHT CO., MISSOURI

1891 Church Membership List from the Journals of Rev. Thomas Todd

Compiled by Yvonne Todd Riley & Joanne Todd

The number in [Brackets] shows the order that the person's name was listed on the original document.

Names are spelled as they appeared in the original document. Mist = Mister ?

ALCORN, R.E.

ALCORN, R.H.

ARMSTRONG, Lucy J.

BAGBY, Nancy C.

BAGBY, Rebecca J.

BAGBY, Sarie K.

BAGBY, Wm. J.

BAGBY, Ws.

BOLINE, Mary J.

BROWN, Oley

CALHOON, Albert

CALHOON, Unas E.

COLE, Sarah E.

GORGE, Jacob

HONEYCUTT, James

HONEYCUT, Mand

HONEYCUT, Rufas

HONEYCUTT, Mist

HURST, Calvin

JOHNSON, Ida F.

JOHNSON, Jenny I.

JOHNSON, R.O.

JOHNSON, Rebecca J.

JOHNSON, S.C.

KENDER, Emeretta

KENDER, Gorge

KENDER, J.P.

KENDER, Treace

KNOST, Oliver

KOLER, Frank

KOLER, Martha

LITLE, Enorinthy

LITLE, Gorge

LORD, Sarah J.

MARRS, Frank

MARRS, Vety

MARS, Wiliam H.

MATLOCK, Nancy A.

MATLOCK, Thos. J. (Deac.)

NEWTON, Barney

NEWTON, Jerry

NEWTON, Poley

OSBERN, Isac

OSBERN, Mary

PEARSON, Sary J.

PILHINGTON, Catherine

PROCK, Anna H.

PROCK, Elizabeth

PROCK, Ellen

PROCK, G.W.

PROCK, James

PROCK, John A.

PROCK, John F. (Deacon)

PROCK, John H.

PROCK, John P.

PROCK, Leander P.

PROCK, Leary

PROCK, Martha A.

PROCK, Preston

PROCK, Sarah J.

PROCK, Sofa

PROCK, Wm. T.

REESE, Perniecy

REESE, Sally (deceased)

RICHMAN, A.L.

RICHMAN, Andrew

RICHMAN, Malinda

SCOTT, Sarah

SHEALDS, Mary E.

SHEALDS, Thomas

SHUMATE, A. (Elder)

SHUMATE, Rebeca

SMITH, Ancy (gone)

SUMERS, James

SUMERS, Mist

TODD, A.J.

TODD, A.J.

TODD, Amanda

TODD, Andrew

TODD, Betty

TODD, Clemin C.

TODD, Elen J.

TODD, Elizabeth

TODD, G.W.

TODD, James H.

TODD, James N.

TODD, John

TODD, John M.

TODD, Mahaly

TODD, Margret

TODD, Mary

TODD, Mary E.

TODD, Mary L.

TODD, Nancy

TODD, Rebecca

TODD, Rebecca

TODD, Rosy

TODD, S.P.

TODD, Thomas (Elder)

TODD, Thomas D.

TODD, Wm.

WARD, Emer

WARD, R.H.

WARD, Sarah

WARD, Sarah

WELLS, Cory

WILLBANKS, Nancy

WILLBANKS, Thomas (Eld)

WILLSON, Mist

WILLSON, William

WOMPLER, G.W.

WOMPLER, July C.

WOOD, Frank

WOOD, Ostan

WOODS, Charley (withdr)

WOODS, James

WOODS, Laura

WOODS, Margret (withdr)

WOODS, Mist

WOODS, Sarah

WYET, John S.

WYET, Sarah

YANDLES, Gorge H.

YANDLES, Isabell

YANDLES, John W.

YANDLES, Nelly

YANDLES, Sary J.

Note from Stacie: some of these names are wrong. For instance the name is Yandle and not Yandles for the names directly above. Perhaps the transcribers could read the notes or maybe they were not right in the notes. I copied and pasted them from the website where the transcription was.

"Webster county state of Missouri. I, William W. Shaver a legal minister of the gospel, did solemnize the rites of matrimony between William S. Bagby and Nancy C. Lord on the 8th day of August 1872.

William W. Shaver

A Minister of the Gospel"

In red is from the real written copy that I saw in online archives but it was blurry when I did a screen shot or the other option made it to small to read so I wrote it out.

You may notice Ws Bagby and Nancy C. Bagby in the church list. They were my 2x great grandparents. I looked at some info for William Wilson Shaver. He was also a minister in the Christian church and a part of the Stone-Campbell/Restoration Movement. My most immediate family subscribes to the church of Christ which is part of the same movement. I never knew where it started. I think this might be a coincidence. This is on my dad's side and actually on his father's side. I never met my grandfather because he passed away before I was born. It was my understanding that he didn't go to church. I know my granny did with us. I know my grandfather's father was a bad person and very mean. It was his wife who was the daughter of Ws Bagby and Nancy Lord.

Also Nancy Lord Bagby's Parents were William (bill) Lord and Sarah J. Bennett. Nancy was the only child ever listed on census records with her parents. I don't have any indication that there were ever more. This feels really unusual for the time but perhaps they couldn't have more.

I noticed that Sarah Lord is in the church list. Bill Lord was also still alive and I don't see him in the church member list. Ws Bagby's Parents were John Bagby and Sarah. I believe that Sarah's Maiden name was Todd and that she was the sister of Thomas Todd...he was the minister of the church members listed above. John and Sarah (Todd) Bagby moved to Texas and we're not here to be in this church. In fact I'm unsure of when they passed away and they may not have been alive at this time... I do not know what church they went to if any. I also can't prove that Sarah was one of the Todds but a lot of the family researchers believe this.

Here is another side note. This appears to be a very tight knit group. I wouldn't expect any less. Below is something on the find a grave site. This is the grave for the daughter of William Shaver who married my 2x great grandparents. You might notice her married name is Isabell Yandle. You might notice this name on the church list of Thomas Todd's church members. Her husband was John W. Yandle according to this site and the photo of the tombstone. I haven't looked for documents to prove this. I don't have any reason to think they are related to me but honestly anyone In this church list could be as tight knit as they were. I'm still looking at the members. I will say a lot of my ancestors and related people are in the New Grove Cemetery.

I will give updates as I have them.

[howlingmoonradio]

August 24th Playlist

In anticipation of attending their show, we figured what better excuse to spin a few tracks from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, both solo and collaborative. So that covers Side A. The flip side is the usual hodgepodge of new and old, something from the latest Grace Potter album, Band and Dylan, and a track from a band that we missed from the 90's "Sparklehorse", but plan on digging into now, as the release of the long awaited last album from the late Mark Linkous is due next month.

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams Here in California-Dave Alvin July, You're a Woman-Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore Just a Wave-Jimmie Dale Gilmore Dallas-Flatlanders Wanda & Duane-Dave Alvin & Guilty Men Downey to Lubbock-Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Side B Masterpiece-Grace Potter When I Paint My Masterpiece-The Band Tom Thumb Blues-Bob Dylan Rainmaker-Sparklehorse My Morphine-Gillian Welch Legend in My Time-Laura Cantrell

[jdalton]

Classic Country at Sinatra Park, Hoboken, NJ 8/17/2023 by John Dalton Via Flickr: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: A Night of Classic Country hosted by the Demolition String Band Sinatra Park, Hoboken NJ August 17th, 2023 The Demolition String Band (Elena Skye, Boo Reiners, Kenny Soule, Winston Roye and Jeremy Beck) will be joined by guest performers including Laura Cantrell, Karyn Kuhl, Tammy Faye Starlite, Queen Esther, Jon and Deena of The Cucumbers, Heidi Leib and Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs, Glenn Morrow, Rebecca Turner, Joanna Choy and John Brodeur, John Bauers of Swingadelic, Ed Fogarty, Dave Calamoneri, Jaime Della Fave and Carlos Haase.

[garudabluffs]

The Ink in the Grooves: Conversations on Literature and Rock 'n' Roll

Drop the record needle on any vinyl album in your collection, then read the first pages of that novel you've been meaning to pick up―the reverberations between them will be impossible to miss. Since Dylan went electric, listening to rock 'n' roll has often been a surprisingly literary experience, and contemporary literature is curiously attuned to the history and beat of popular music. In The Ink in the Grooves, Florence Dore brings together a remarkable array of acclaimed novelists, musicians, and music writers to explore the provocatively creative relationship between musical and literary inspiration: the vitality that writers draw from a three-minute blast of guitars and the poetic insights that musicians find in literary works from Shakespeare to Southern Gothic. Together, the essays and interviews in The Ink in the Grooves provide a backstage pass to the creative processes behind some of the most exciting and influential albums and novels of our time.

Contributors: Laura Cantrell, Michael Chabon, Roddy Doyle, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, William Ferris, Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, Dave Grohl, Peter Guralnick, Amy Helm, Randall Kenan, Jonathan Lethem, Greil Marcus, Rick Moody, Lorrie Moore, the John Prine band (Dave Jacques, Fats Kaplin, Pat McLaughlin, Jason Wilber), Dana Spiotta, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Richard Thompson, Scott Timberg, Daniel Wallace, Colson Whitehead, Lucinda Williams, Warren Zanes."

Florence Dore

8:00 PM Mar. 28,2023 https://www.thedrakeamherst.org/events/florence-dore

Award winning Americana singer songwriter from North Carolina via Nashville. 'She sits on the advisory board for the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies at the University of Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Archive, and, most recently, has launched Ink in the Grooves Live, a Traveling Public Humanities Program that finds her performing and giving talks on vernacular music and civic belonging across the US.'

READ MORE https://englishcomplit.unc.edu/faculty-directory/florence-dore/

[selfcallednowhere]

Guitarin’

[musiconspotify]

Laura Cantrell

Just Like A Rose (2023) … anniversary sessions …

#LauraCantrell

[deathnskulls]

The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter by Laura Cantrell

[brokenbuttonsmusic]

Laura Cantrell: Nashville-born, New York-based, Acclaimed Country Singer-Songwriter & DJ (& Kitty Wells Fanatic)

This post is a near- transcript of the Broken Buttons: Buried Treasure Music podcast (episode 2, side B). Here you’ll find the narration from the segment featuring the pioneering rock band Fanny, along with links, videos, photos and references for the episode.

Listen to the full episode on Spotify, Anchor or Mixcloud.

Music blog Stereogum used to have a running feature called “Quit Your Day Job” where they interviewed indie musicians about their current or former jobs. There was one with Marty and Drew from the band Blitzen Trapper. The two discussed being torn about walking away from teaching as their third album, Wild Mountain Nation, was starting to blow up. There was another where the lead singer of War on Drugs detailed some of the disgusting things he had to clean up while working as an apartment property manager. Mostly dead rats and clogged toilet stuff, but he did walk into an apartment that had been converted into a porno set. I remembered this discontinued “musician day job” feature while reading up on my next featured artist and it got me thinking. 

How many professional musicians do you think have a full time day job? How many juggle multiple side gigs and still manage to tour and put out records regularly? How many have really successful careers all while trying to make it as a musician? 

I don’t actually know. I did some research and there aren’t any reliable stats that I could find. There is a lot of anecdotal discussion on the topic. The consensus seems to be that most musicians are not getting by with music as their only, or even their primary source of income. I don’t think anyone is surprised by that. 

One Reddit user said less than 5% of musicians derive all or most of their income from music. He didn’t offer a source or anything, but he seemed very authoritative in his post. And then after a few more Google searches I lost interest and listened to more Laura Cantrell. 

Laura Cantrell’s story is what got me pondering how indie musicians go about juggling making art with the necessity of, you know, making a living to survive. In 2003, after two critically acclaimed albums, including a tour opening for Elvis Costello all across the United States and Europe, Cantrell was at a similar crossroads. Laura had risen to the position of Vice President of Equity Research at Bank of America in New York. Yes, you heard me right. Laura Cantrell was working as a corporate executive and touring with Elvis Costello at the same time. She actively worked on the road during the day and then performed for thousands of people each night.

Before we get further into what led up to this point and what came after, let’s hear a song from Laura Cantrell’s debut album, Not the Tremblin’ Kind. Here’s the title track.

That was Not the Tremblin’ Kind from Laura Cantrell’s first album back in the year 2000.

Laura grew up in Nashville. She played a little bit of piano and sang in the church choir, but did not get into performing music and playing out until her college years. As a teenager she worked at the Country Music Hall of Fame as a tour guide. This job, in addition to the influence of the diverse musical tastes of her parents, sparked an interest in traditional music, particularly classic country. She also became somewhat of an aficionado in this area. 

This love and knowledge of the early days of country music would help differentiate Laura as she honed her sound and selected her songs while developing as a performer down the road. Before that, however, it would make her an excellent college radio DJ and later an even more excellent DJ at WFMU, one of the best and longest running free-form radio stations in the country. Out of the New Jersey/New York area, WFMU is awesome to this day, with a wide array of programming where DJs still get to play whatever they want. 

Laura is my favorite kind of DJ, and the kind that has been dwindling in numbers since the rise of music downloads, which then gave way to streaming and endless algorithms. First off, she’s knows her stuff. She carefully curates each shows, and thoughtfully sequences each set within every episode. She packs in history, context and story to create something that transcends your typical weekend-afternoon-background-radio-soundtrack. I know this show is about under appreciated bands and artists, but Laura Cantrell’s contributions to radio deserve to be heard by more people. You can find her past WFMU shows, called The Radio Thrift Shop, archived on the WFMU website. You can hear her present day on her “States of Country” radio show on the Gimmie Country radio app, or on her SiriusXM George Harrison themed show “Dark House Radio,” on The Beatles station.

This concludes the part of the show where I babble my enthusiastic endorsement of Laura Cantrell’s past and present radio career.

Laura began playing music with others in college at Columbia University. Her jam pals included Andrew Webster, future member of Tsunami Bomb and Mac McCaughan, who would go on to form Superchunk and Portastatic + found Merge Records. The friends would call their band Bricks. A lo-fi, mostly apartment recording projects that played sporadic gigs over the years. 

Here’s the Brick’s song, The Girl with the Carrot Skin.

Living in New York, Laura began playing guitar and writing her own songs. She also plucked some choice classic country finds and incorporated them into her own performance catalog. One day she met a guy named John who asked her to sing on a song that would appear on his band’s next major label release for Elektra. 

That’s The Guitar from They Might Be Giant’s 1992 album, Apollo 18. John Flansburgh asked Laura to sing on that recording. It was the first time Laura recorded in a professional studio. John Flansburgh became a fan of Laura’s music and released her first recorded material as part of his Hello CD of the Month Club, an EP called The Hello Recordings in 1996. 

Let’s hear another Laura Cantrell song. This time one that she wrote with Amy Allison. From Laura Cantrell’s 2014 album, No Way There From Here, this is All the Girls are Complicated. 

That was Laura Cantrell with All the Girls Are Complicated from her last full length release, No Way There From Here. Actually, that was her last full album of new material, but Laura did release an album a few years back of her BBC recordings on John Peel’s radio show. That album is called At the BBC: On Air Performances and Recordings 2000-2005. 

I mentioned earlier that Peel was a big fan. Again, here’s John Peel’s full quote about Laura’s first album, Not the Tremblin’ Kind: "[It is] my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life.” Having the endorsement of the legendary English disc jockey was enough to give Cantrell wider exposer throughout the UK. She developed a loyal fanbase through regular appearances on Peel’s show, as well as US and European tours, including the opening slot for Elvis Costello. Which brings us back to Laura’s fork in the road. Before her third album, Laura decided to walk away from the corporate gig. She was excited to focus on music full time, but a little worried about walking away from the security of a successful career she liked and position she was good at.

From a spotlight CNN Business did on Cantrell in 2004:

“For several months until she finally quit, Cantrell balanced her day job with a growing schedule of rehearsals, gigs, recordings and publicity. On the day she appeared on the Conan O'Brien show she was at her desk until lunchtime.”

“And while life as a professional musician is a dream come true, Cantrell still looks back with fondness on more than a decade on Wall Street.”

“‘I came into Wall Street with a very typical kind of stereotype that it was all going to be people just obsessed with money. What I found was that there were just loads of interesting people who were a lot like myself, just doing it as a job and who had lives that were full of other things.’

‘So I miss some of the contact with people I met. Ironically it was a very supportive environment for me as an artist.’”

Laura’s first two albums were released on the the indie label Diesel Only, which was founded by her husband, Jeremey Tepper. Her third album was released by Matador Records, also an indie label, but with an impressive roster that included Liz Phair, Modest Mouse, Pavement and Sleater-Kinney. Released in 2005, Humming By the Flowered Vine continues Cantrell’s classic country sound, but with some evolved production and arrangements. Laura’s mastery as a song selector gets more and more impressive. This album includes a cover of a rare, unreleased Lucinda Williams song form 1975 called, “Letters.” 

In fact, Lucinda Williams herself was thoroughly impressed with Laura’s cover of “Letters.” She attributes the cover to bolstering her confidence to go back through her earlier material and look for her own buried treasures. 

From Blurt Magazine: 

“The inspiration for her journey through the past struck when she heard Laura Cantrell’s version of her song ‘Letters,’ which Williams wrote around 1975 and recorded on a demo but never officially released. Explains Williams, ‘She got a copy from a mutual friend and did a beautiful, really sweet version of it that made me think wow, she brought this early song back to life, maybe I should go back and review some of my old stuff. I’ve got all these tapes of old little songs, but I never thought they were good enough to do anything with.’”

You know you’re an ace at finding under appreciated gems when you surprise Lucinda Williams by helping her discover one of her own songs. Let’s hear Laura Cantrell’s version of Letters.

That was Laura Cantrell with Letters from her 2005 release Humming by the Flowered Vine.

In 2008, Laura returned with an EP called, Trains and Boats and Planes with 9 songs about… trains, and boats and planes. It’s very good and it includes a fun cover of New Order’s Love Vigilantes. 

Throughout this time, Laura continued her radio show. She also started a family and became co-owner and co-operator of Diesel Only Records. 

In this clip from an interview with Face Culture, you can really hear Laura’s passion for country music and its roots. She talks about the importance of country’s influence on rock n’ roll, and how each artist is inspired by something great that came before. 

And Laura continuously pays tribute to the greats that came before through her radio show and on her own records. In 2011, Laura released a tribute to Kitty Wells called “Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music.” The collection includes nine Kitty Wells covers and one original, the title track, Kitty Wells Dresses.

From the Washington Post:

Here’s Laura talking about the inspiration for the album. 

“Kitty wore very typical stage clothes for women who performed at barn dances and in early country music shows,” says Cantrell, a Nashville-born, New York-based country singer and host of an old-time music show on the legendary radio station WFMU.

“They were these frilly gingham dresses, non-threatening and cutesy. It became this uniform that all the women of the era wore, and I always thought it was a great metaphor for how you can underestimate the strength of the person or the value of the artist underneath.”

That was the song Kitty Wells Dresses from Laura Cantrell’s tribute album of the same name, released in 2011. Wells was the oldest living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame upon its release. She was also the first woman inducted into the hall. Cantrell met and talked to Kitty about her album. She said that Kitty asked which songs were selected and as Laura began calling them out, Kitty would sing each one. 

I’ve mentioned all of Laura’s past and present DJ efforts, all of which I’ll link to on my website, brokenbuttons.com. Laura also continues to release music. She had planned a host of special activities for the 20th anniversary of Not the Tremblin’ Kind, which had to be put on hold due to all things 2020. 

You can contribute to Laura’s IndigGoGo campaign to help fund her new digital singles collection that she’s already started releasing. The plan is to release six singles with an A and a B side, all working with different musicians and producers. I’d recommend the $50 Kitty Wells Dresses Pack, which gets you access to the digital singles as their released, a signed CD copy of both the singles collection and the Kitty Wells Dresses album, as well as a copy of Laura's essay on Kitty and Patsy Cline from the book "Rock and Roll Cage Match: Music's Greatest Rivalries"

Laura Cantrell is the rare performer whose work is deeply rooted in its original source material while still feeling fresh and exciting. Laura’s radio shows can be described the same way. A buried treasure unearthing buried treasure and taking the old and classic and making it new and lasting and so much sweeter. Laura Cantrell.

References and other stuff to check out:

Laura’s Indiegogo campaign for her digital singles series

The Radio Thrift Shop - Laura’s prior radio show. You can stream past episodes and check out her playlists

Gimmie Country, where Laura hosts her current show States of Country. New episodes air 3:00 Monday EST. Laura chats during the show with listeners in the app.

Darkhorse Radio on Sirius XM. Laura’s other show dedicated to George Harrison. New episodes air Thursday at 3:00.

John Peel wiki entry about Laura

TMBG wiki entry about Laura

A Wall Street journal feature on Laura

An NPR feature on Laura

A CNN Business Week feature on Laura

Stereogum archive of the Quit Your Day Job feature

[harrisonstories]

OLIVIA HARRISON: We’d been watching Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly. We’d been watching that movie, and they do a duet, and just that little harmony thing they do – I guess she wasn’t known as really a singer – he’d play and then we’d sing it, and it just would get in his head. It would go around and around. I guess a lot of people get loops in their head about songs, and the natural progression was to go in the studio and record it. He didn’t care if it was punk rock. He was putting out “True Love”. [laughs]

LAURA CANTRELL: But I love that that shows a real genuine musical enthusiasm. There’s nothing jaded about putting out a cover of “True Love”, you know? Or calculated, you know, it just sort of shows this –

OLIVIA: Yeah, maybe he was feeling true love, after all!

- Dark Horse Radio (Nov. 2018)