It feels really good to put a Middle Eastern melody with an Afro-pop groove, it seems like they flow together naturally, and the bottom line is that we are supposed to get along, influence each other, absorb each other's culture. It's a dynamic thing. The bottom line for Laura Love is honesty and pure self-expression. Writer's block is being afraid to make a mistake, to be criticized for being juvenile or not being profound. If we could just live our lives the way we make love.
Nothing is better than an uncool moment in a slick situation.
Most of my life I've strived for uncool moments. Laura Love, one of the most significant and exciting artists to emerge from the Northwest music scene in recent memory, has been performing with her band regionally since 1990 and nationally since 1992. Her first gig took place at Nebraska State Penitentiary. Having settled in Seattle, she took up with grunge-blues outfit, Boom Boom G.I., in the late '80s. The band was alternately hailed as the best rock band in the city and reviled as the worst.