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Laura Siersema / Talon of the Blackwater

"Talon of the Blackwater", Laura Siersema's third independent release, is an ambitious and challenging call for this Berklee graduate. 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.

Beautifully complex, Laura's music confronts its listeners with all that's true. With a voice Bob Ludwig calls "unique and very pure", Laura melds an inventive, textured and 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".Laura has played at 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.