Hi All,

Welcome to my brand new website to coincide with my new CD, Girl in the Band. Thanks to Tom Diamond for his gorgeous web design, Kate Romero for her photography, and Adam Kenger for making the whole site work.

Videos! Ralph Modica at Phase 1 Digital in NYC shot and edited three amazing videos: Girl in the Band, Laura Vecchione Promo Video, and my latest historic-election-inspired, Tell Them About the Dream featuring piano virtuoso Jonathan Batiste and his band. Please be sure to watch all three videos on my Media Page and share with friends on YouTube and Facebook.

You are invited to "become a fan" of Laura Vecchione by visiting my Facebook artist page. It's an easy way to share my music with friends, and invite them to shows. And as always, thanks for your support!

SUMMER 2009 News:

We are so excited to be playing at the US Meadowbrook Pavilion for the DIANA KRALL show on July 3rd! If you have not yet booked tickets, we would be mighty grateful if you buy tickets on line at this link. If you phone in or buy at the box office, please tell them Laura referred you and give them this super special secret code: LVECC

Stamford, CT and New York area tri-staters, come on out to ALIVE AT FIVE in Columbus Park in downtown Stamford, CT on Thursday, July 23rd. We will be opening for country star and American Idol alumnus, JOSH GRACIN!!

In August, we are off to the races!! Check out the famous horse races in Saratoga Springs, NY, and then stop by to hear us play at historic Caffe Lena (rated best small venue in the Northeast!!) on August 15th.

Please check the calendar on Myspace and Facebook regularly for gig additions.

Thank you to our wonderful Boston radio stations, 92.5FM The River, for sponsoring the Diana Krall show (members, feel free to write WXRV and thank them for playing me!).

And also HUGE thanks to WUMB 91.9FM for playing “This Town” regularly and for inviting us in again to play live. Check out my Myspace blogs for pictures of the visit and other shows!!

Dream On! MLK Compilation:  I am honored to be included among the many wonderful artists contributing to the Dream On! compilation and charitable website honoring the work and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (www.thedreamcontinued.org). The CD compilation and full website are set for release by Martin Luther King Day, January 18, 2009. If you are in LA don't miss many of the Dream On! Artists play at the CD Release Party at Molly Malone's on January 15, 2009 8PM.

Girl in the Band:  Thank you to all the musicians, singers, and engineers in Boston, Nashville, and Los Angeles for giving so much of yourselves to the music.

More TV Placement: Girl in the Band just received its third placement, Laura's fourth total song placement to date, on TNT's edgy, adult drama Saving Grace, starring Academy-Award-Winner Holly Hunter. "Better Run" joins "Fly Home Flag Boy", "Magnolia", and "Jane" (from Deeper Waters) in Grace's favorite police watering hole.

Charitable Collaboration:  All CDBaby and digital sale proceeds of Laura's original "Fly Home Flag Boy," and the Mardi Gras Indian traditional, "Indian Red," continue to go to Sweet Home New Orleans (http://www.sweethomeneworleans.org), working to restore the artistic fabric of New Orleans by assisting traditional New Orleans musicians and Mardi Gras Indians with housing, legal assistance, and healthcare.

Finally, I want to thank you, because if you are taking the time to read this, or come to a show, or tell a friend about my music and encourage them to sign my mailing list, then you are the biggest part of what is making it possible for me to make music. And thank you always for your support and good wishes as the music spreads. I am so excited to share it with you!

Mark Prentice, my friend and co-producer always warns, "you want to eat the sausage, you don't want to see it being made." However, I ignored his advice this once to invite you into the recording process of Girl in the Band. You can check out my bi-weekly photo blogs of behind the scenes recordings on Flickr. Be sure to click on the "sets" because they are better organized!!

I welcome your email questions and requests and hope you can make a live show. As always, thanks for
stopping by!

Peace & Love,
Laura