http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6758&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rssBorn to a nearly absentee father (jazz saxophonist Preston Love) and a schizophrenic mother (Wini Winston, a singer in Preston's jazz band), Laura Love grew up in and out of foster homes in Lincoln, Nebraska. She got her start as a musician with a gig at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, before moving to Seattle and joining grunge-blues outfit Boom Boom G.I. At age 25 she learned the bass, which became the staple instrument of her solo career. Developing a style that blended funk with folk, blues with bluegrass, hip-hop with riot grrrl rock, Love used her music to espouse her own feminist and leftist politics and to explore the issue of race and her own racial identity (she is part white, part Native American, and one-eighth African American). Love released three albums on her own label, Octoroon Biography, before recording five more albums on various major labels, starting with Polygram. In 2004, Hyperion published her autobiography, <i>You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes</i>, accompanied by an album of the same name. Love has opened for the likes of Bo Diddley and Lyle Lovett and headlines her own shows on the festival and college circuits. - Rachel DevittModern Folken720Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:03:09 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6758&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Born to a nearly absentee father (jazz saxophonist Preston Love) and a schizophrenic mother (Wini Winston, a singer in Preston's jazz band), Laura Love grew up in and out of foster homes in Lincoln, Nebraska. She got her start as a musician with a gig at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, before moving to Seattle and joining grunge-blues outfit Boom Boom G.I. At age 25 she learned the bass, which became the staple instrument of her solo career. Developing a style that blended funk with folk, blues with bluegrass, hip-hop with riot grrrl rock, Love used her music to espouse her own feminist and leftist politics and to explore the issue of race and her own racial identity (she is part white, part Native American, and one-eighth African American). Love released three albums on her own label, Octoroon Biography, before recording five more albums on various major labels, starting with Polygram. In 2004, Hyperion published her autobiography, <i>You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes</i>, accompanied by an album of the same name. Love has opened for the likes of Bo Diddley and Lyle Lovett and headlines her own shows on the festival and college circuits. - Rachel Devitt http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037573&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037573 tra.1037573 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Octoroon alb.187116 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/8/5/2/1082585_170x170.jpg 1997-05-13 00:00:00.0 1997-05-13 00:00:00.0 true Amazing Grace tra.1037573 255000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037573&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037573&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16142094&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 16142094 tra.16142094 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Negrass alb.16139261 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037598&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037598 tra.1037598 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Shum Ticky alb.187117 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/9/2/1082954_170x170.jpg 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 true Serenity tra.1037598 201000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037598&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037598&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16142093&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 16142093 tra.16142093 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Negrass alb.16139261 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/2/8/4/1094826_170x170.jpg 2007-06-11 00:00:00.0 2007-06-11 00:00:00.0 true The Cuckoo tra.16142093 289000 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Shum Ticky alb.187117 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/9/2/1082954_170x170.jpg 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 true Clapping Song, The - (featuring Sir Mix-A-Lot) tra.1037593 330000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037593&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037593&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037570&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037570 tra.1037570 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Octoroon alb.187116 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/8/5/2/1082585_170x170.jpg 1997-05-13 00:00:00.0 1997-05-13 00:00:00.0 true All The Pushin' tra.1037570 322000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037570&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037570&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037591&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037591 tra.1037591 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Shum Ticky alb.187117 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/9/2/1082954_170x170.jpg 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 true Mahbootay tra.1037591 304000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037591&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037591&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037595&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037595 tra.1037595 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Shum Ticky alb.187117 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/9/2/1082954_170x170.jpg 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 true Longfellow Creek tra.1037595 217000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037595&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037595&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037596&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037596 tra.1037596 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Shum Ticky alb.187117 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/9/2/1082954_170x170.jpg 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 true Shum Ticky tra.1037596 180000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037596&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037596&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212824&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 3212824 tra.3212824 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212827&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 3212827 tra.3212827 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Welcome To Pagan Place alb.272141 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/2/0/2/562029_170x170.jpg 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 true I Want You Gone tra.3212827 321000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212827&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212827&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212829&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 3212829 tra.3212829 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Welcome To Pagan Place alb.272141 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/2/0/2/562029_170x170.jpg 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 true Little Black Beetle tra.3212829 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Love art.6758 0.99 Welcome To Pagan Place alb.272141 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/2/0/2/562029_170x170.jpg 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 true Fly Like An Eagle / Come Together tra.3212832 257000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212832&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212832&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212833&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 3212833 tra.3212833 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Welcome To Pagan Place alb.272141 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/2/0/2/562029_170x170.jpg 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 2003-04-22 00:00:00.0 true Talk About Sufferin' tra.3212833 124000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212833&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3212833&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037587&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037587 tra.1037587 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Fourteen Days alb.320329 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/0/4/9/1659408_170x170.jpg 2000-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Hey Bigelow tra.1037587 321000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037587&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037587&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037586&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037586 tra.1037586 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Fourteen Days alb.320329 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/0/4/9/1659408_170x170.jpg 2000-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Way Off The Hook tra.1037586 276000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037586&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037586&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037583&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037583 tra.1037583 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Fourteen Days alb.320329 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/0/4/9/1659408_170x170.jpg 2000-05-01 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 true In Seattle tra.1037583 328000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037583&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037583&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037577&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 13 May 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037564&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037561&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 1037561 tra.1037561 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Shum Ticky alb.187117 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/5/9/2/1082954_170x170.jpg 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 1998-09-29 00:00:00.0 true Less Is More tra.1037561 327000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037561&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1037561&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16142085&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss Modern Folk Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Laura Love on Rhapsody Online 16142085 tra.16142085 Laura Love art.6758 0.99 Negrass alb.16139261 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/2/8/4/1094826_170x170.jpg 2007-06-11 00:00:00.0 2007-06-11 00:00:00.0 true Brogan tra.16142085 154000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16142085&variant=play&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16142085&variant=data&rws=%2Flaura-love%2Ftop-tracks.rss