1. Laura Anne Gibson was born on August 9,1979 and is an American singer-songwriter.
15 Facts About Laura Gibson
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Laura Gibson was born and raised in the coastal logging town of Coquille, Oregon.
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Laura Gibson was classically trained on cello in her youth.
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Laura Gibson attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon where she completed pre-medicine requirements and competed for the Women's basketball and Track and Field teams.
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Laura Gibson relocated to Portland, Oregon after graduating from college, and worked odd jobs prior to composing music.
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Laura Gibson began performing songs for patients at hospice homes prior to writing her first extended play, Amends, which was released independently in 2004.
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Laura Gibson released her debut album, If You Come to Greet Me in 2006 on the Portland-based indie label Hush Records.
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Laura Gibson performed at South by Southwest in 2007 to promote If You Come to Greet Me, and was likened by critics to Jolie Holland.
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Boilen then arranged for Laura Gibson to perform at his desk at the NPR office, and it subsequently evolved into a recurring feature.
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Laura Gibson has composed music and lyrics for multiple commercials, including a version of "Hey There Little Red Riding Hood" for Volvo, as well as original music for Microsoft and the Humane Society.
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In 2014 Laura Gibson composed the song "Live Long in Oregon" for the Cover Oregon Campaign, the Oregon branch of the Affordable Health Care Act.
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In 2015, Laura Gibson was principal composer and lyricist for Up the Fall, a musical production created for performers with developmental disabilities, for the Portland-based Non-Profit PHAME Academy.
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Laura Gibson has collaborated with Oregon Ballet Theatre and Portland Playhouse.
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In 2014, Laura Gibson relocated from Portland, Oregon to New York City to complete a Master of Fine Arts in fiction writing at Hunter College.
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Laura Gibson was home at the time of the explosion but escaped unharmed.