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LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS SERENBE

Laura Cortese wears many hats: fiddler, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, community builder, and creativity instigator. Her band Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards is a quartet of singing string players whose original music draws from diverse traditions and experiences to create a broad-minded yet clear-eyed sonic vision. Its based in the lyrical rituals of folk music while exploring new territories, moving seamlessly from gauzy, ethereal vocal harmonies to rowdy indie-rock percussion to propulsive fiddle melodies directly from Appalachia or Scotland. On the bands Compass Records debut album, CALIFORNIA CALLING, the bands indie sensibility comes to the fore with the support of producer Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive and Joy Kills Sorrow). Their lyrics deftly explore themes of heartbreak, independence, and the restless search for a home in the world. Its a new kind of pop music: born from the folk tradition, traveling the roads of 70s California, and delivered with power and heart. Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards have toured and performed at premier festivals throughout the United States, Canada, the UK, Europe, and Scandinavia.