Laura Roppe
Singer/songwriter Laura Roppé was raised in San Diego, California, avidly listening as a child to Carly Simon, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Jim Croce, and James Taylor. Laura sang her way through high school musical productions, and eventually obtained a degree in Theatre Arts from UCLA.
For years, Laura did not pursue singing, but instead pursued a legal career, marriage and motherhood. However, after running her first marathon in 2006, Laura was so overcome by her sense of accomplishment, she vowed to follow her heart and resume singing. In 2006, Laura became the lead singer of a popular Southern California cover band CoolBandLuke and began belting out cover tunes from artists as varied as Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Blondie, Lucinda Williams, and Kelly Clarkson. In 2007, after running a second marathon, Laura made another life changing vow: to release an album of her original songs within a year. In early 2008, Laura made a demo with her cousin Matthew Embree of Rx Bandits, and the brought it to Grammy-nominated producer Steve Wetherbee of Golden Tracks Studio in Escondido, California who absolutely loved Laura’s songs and strongly encouraged her to make a full length album. Laura’s full-length debut album is scheduled for release on July 31, 2008—all songs written by Laura.
The album features Laura’s cousin Matthew Embree on electric and acoustic guitar on several tracks, as well as other incredible musicians, including Marc “Twang” Intravaia, Dennis Caplinger and Jennifer Argenti. In May 2008, even before her album release, Laura was selected as the Runner Up in the Kenny Chesney’s Next Big Star Contest (San Diego) for her song, “Mama Needs A Girls Night Out!” Keep posted for the album on July 31, 2008 and check out the music video for “Mama Needs A Girls Night Out!” Thank you for listening to the music!!!!
