10 Facts About Laura Cantrell

Laura Rose Cantrell was born on July 16,1967 and is a country singer-songwriter and DJ from Nashville, Tennessee.

Laura Cantrell briefly recorded songs with future Superchunk guitarist Mac McCaughan and others in a lo-fi band called Bricks and deejaying on the university's radio station, WKCR, until joining WFMU after her graduation in 1993.

Laura Cantrell's singing career began when she was at college, performing with various local groups.

Laura Cantrell later befriended John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, with whom she sings on the band's Apollo 18.

Laura Cantrell married Jeremy Tepper, the founder of Diesel Only Records and later programming director of Sirius XM radio station Outlaw Country, in 1997.

Laura Cantrell went on to release all but one of her studio albums on Diesel Only.

Laura Cantrell reached wider recognition in 2000 with her debut album, Not the Tremblin' Kind.

Laura Cantrell went on to record five sessions for Peel and dedicated her 2005 album, Humming by the Flowered Vine, to his memory.

Laura Cantrell's music has been celebrated in the press including features in The New York Times.

Laura Cantrell used to present a weekly country and old-time music radio show on WFMU called The Radio Thrift Shop.