NEWS

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LAURA WINS "COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR" 07 WITH "STICKS AND STONES" November 2007 was the second year in a row where Laura Lynn took home the "Country Artist Of The Year" at the Los Angeles Music Awards.

LA MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATION 2 YEARS IN A ROW!
Laura co-wrote "Sticks and Stones" with Page Jackson and Beau Hendrich, this song is on her current album self titled "Laura Lynn" available on CD Baby and iTunes. Laura was nominated for "COUNTRY VOCAL OF THE YEAR" again this year in the LA MUSIC AWARDS, with "Sticks and Stones". Last year Laura walked away with "COUNTRY FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR" with another song co-written by Laura, Page and Beau called "CROSS THAT LINE". Stay tuned for more info on the LA Music Awards!

 

ARTIST TO WATCH IN 2007!
Country Stars Online gave their list of country artist that they think are extraordinary and are the ones to watch explode in the upcoming year!

WINNER! "COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR"
Laura Lynn was announced as Winner in November 2006 at the LA Music awards in Los Angeles, Laura was nominated in this category with Brian White, Lyndsey Haun, Ashley Gearing, all who have had or currently have a record deal and currently have radio play.

ALSO NOMINATED FOR:
"COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR"

"FEMALE COUNTRY VOCALIST OF THE YEAR" & "FEMALE COUNTRY SINGER/SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR"

Laura Lynn is Nominated for 3 awards in the 16th Annual LA Music Awards being held in Los Angeles on November 9th, 2006. The song nominated for her VOCALIST of the year nomination is "Sticks and Stones" a song Laura co-wrote with Page Jackson and Beau Hendrich. The song nominated in the SINGER/SONGWRITER category and the ARTIST OF THE YEAR category is "Cross That Line" also co-written with Page Jackson and Beau Hendrich, this is also the song that won Laura 2nd Runner up in the VO5 Red Hot Rising Star Contest.


BLUEBIRD CAFE HERE I COME!
I auditioned a few weeks ago for the famous Bluebird Cafe and I made it! I am looking forward to that very special night, it is a few months away, due to the waiting list being so long, but hey, it's the Bluebird Cafe! For those of you who may not be too familiar with this historic place, it is the cream of the crop place for a songwriter to play here in Nashville. Check out their website for more info!....and join me on May 20th, 2007 at 8:00pm

TOP 3 NOW IN THE VO5 RED HOT RISING STAR CONTEST
Laura is the 2nd Runner Up! First of all, Thank you to everyone who voted for my song! I am honored to have made it this far. I will be flying to New York for a photo shoot on 9-14-06. I'm j so happy that people liked the song and took the time to vote for me. I'll take some photos while in NY and post them!


SKIP EWING HORSE and WRITER
I had the pleasure of spending this last week with 3 of the best song writers of all time. Skip Ewing, who wrote one of my all time favorite songs: "Love Me" by Colin Raye, and Richard Leigh who wrote "Don't it make my brown eyes blue" and James Dean Hicks who wrote "Jesus and Mama" and "Goodbye Time". It was an amazing week on a dude ranch called the Lazy L and B Ranch in Wyoming. We would ride horses everyday, and focus on song writing. I had one of the most amazing times. I will post photos so keep your eyes out!


VO5 RED HOT RISING STAR CONTEST
Laura is one the 5 finalist. This contest is for singer/songwriters and Laura wrote her song "Cross That Line" with co-writers Page Jackson and Beau Hendrich. JUNE 27th is the big day where you can to the the website and VOTE for Laura's song.


VO5 WEBSITE
Laura will be featured in the August issues of 6 major magazines where they will highlight the top 5 singers and then you can vote for your favorite artist and song.


WSM RADIO-GRAND OLE OPRY!
Laura was honored to be on the Grand Ole OPRY Radio station. She was asked by Malcolm West, host of the Race Night show on WSM airing Sundays from 7pm-9pm, to come in and sing on his show. Malcolm played "Where do you go" my recorded single and I sang "Cross That Line" and "Sticks and Stones" two songs that I co-wrote with Beau Hendrich and Page Jackson. It was a huge honor to be singing where every member of the Opry has sat and performed! Malcolm said Dolly was the last one to sit where I was sitting...it doesn't get any better than that!


Dan McGuinness - Monday night It's a Female Singer/Songwriter night at the Pub and Laura will be going on around 9:30pm October 3rd 2005

THE ALABAMA GRILL Lucas Hoge has been entertaining the shopping crowd in the Opry Mills Mall at The Alabama Grill from 6:30-9pm on Fridays. Lucas has asked Laura and her guitar player Beau Hendrich to join them.


May 8th, 2005 update: LAURA IS MOVING TO NASHVILLE". My how things change, here is the update: I have now bought a house in Nashville and will be moving in June. I will now be spending a week a month in LA, but most of my time will be spent in Nashville.

LAURA AT THE KZLA COUNTRY BASH Laura will be singing back up for Bret Michaels at the KZLA country bash, October 9th, 2004. Bret recently recorded a country song with Jessica Andrews and Jessica will be unavailable to be in LA for the 9th. Laura will be singing with Bret for the new hit "All I ever Needed" along with the rest of the set!


LAURA WILL BE HOSTING "The UNCooking show". She will be shooting the pilot on October 3rd here in LA. This is a cooking show focused on the Vegan and Raw lifestyle. Laura did stop eating red meat about a year ago, but still does eat chicken and fish. This show will be a challenge, but she says "it will be fun to learn all the variety!" Stay tuned for more info!


WERE GOING LIVE AT THE DERBY SEPTEMBER 2ND STARTING AT 8PM STAY TUNED FOR A FULL LIST OF THE BANDS PLAYING THAT NIGHT, AND I CAN PROMISE I WILL BE PLAYING MY LITTLE BUTT OFF!


B.B. KINGS The show at BB KINGS on JULY 26th was a HIT! They really liked the country vibe that all the bands gave. I'm sure we'll be playing again at BB Kings, so keep checking back for our dates!


LAURA WILL BE PLAYING FOR OUR TROOPS IN JAPAN! July 9th-18th 2004 Laura and her band will be traveling to the island of Okinawa and spend 9 days performing for our American troops. For information on the Armed Forces tours check out their website:
AKA PRODUCTIONS THIS WAS A GREAT TRIP, CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW FOR A FEW PHOTOS OF OUR FUN!