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Laura Smith (March 18, 1952 – March 7, 2020) Canadian folk singer-songwriter.^[1]

LauraSmith.ca

Deep Roots Music Cooperative, "2013 Festival Artists: Laura Smith"

CBC, "Bandwidth — Laura Smith"

"The folksinger went 15 years between albums due to an addiction to narcotics. She's back with Everything Is Moving"

"Laura Smith happy to be back after long absence" (August 18, 2013)

CBC New, "Folk Singer Laura Smith has Died" (March 8, 2020)

Roots Music, Canada, "Laura Smith: A Powerful Voice is Missing" (2020)

Just Us Folk, "Laura Smith's Final Album [As Long as I'm Dreaming" (2020)

Ron Moores' Archives, Sounds Atlantic, Episode 71, Part 1: Nova Scotia Singer-Songwriter Laura Smith: Profiling "A Beauty"

Laura hit bottom hard through addiction to pain killers. She was homeless and on welfare for a time.

Ron Moores' Archives, Sounds Atlantic, Episode 71, Part 2: Nova Scotia Singer-Songwriter Laura Smith: Profiling "A Beauty"

Ron Moores' Archives, Sounds Atlantic, Episode 117, Part 2: A Laura Smith Legacy: As Long as I'm Dreaming

YouTube channel, "Laura Smith — Topic"

Discography

The Blues and I

It's a pale blue sky,
Clouds are rolling by on the port side.
I am seeing eye to eye
With the storm in my heart.
The winds wave us apart on the port side.

Everything is moving.
Everything is moving.
So why am I standing still,
looking for a star?
Let there be a star!

Guiding me —
Aye yay yay yay yay yaya.

All those blues in the sky!
Well, the blues and I —
We meet on the port side.
We see eye to eye
Oh eye to eye
The blues and I.

We see eye to eye
Oh eye to eye
The blues and I.

From the album, Everything is Moving, Borealis Records (BCD224), Canada, 2013. Genre: Folk, World, & Country.^[2]

Laura Smith (1989)

1. Bells 4:10
2. Elemental 2:59
3. The Tides After Shiftin' 1:58
4. Faceless Wonder 3:30
5. Jordy 4:21
6. Shorelines 3:11
7. Matt's Tune 4:07
8. So Far From Home 3:54
9. Diggin' 2:36
10. It Works Great On Paper 2:29

B'tween The Earth And My Soul (1994)

1. Shade Of Your Love 3:57
2. Four Letter Word (For Lonesome) 3:16
3. My Bonny 4:52
4. So Close To My Knees 6:53
5. Two Steps 3:44
6. No Call For Mercy 3:39
7. Duine Air Call 3:56
8. I Go There 4:20
9. Gypsy Dream 4:54
10. Clean Up Your Own Backyard 4:11
11. Whilaround 4:54

It's a Personal Thing (1997)

1. My Gate's Wide Open 3:20
2. I'm A Beauty 2:48
3. It's A Personal Thing 3:05
4. One Suitcase 3:32
5. Armistice Day 3:10
6. I Didn't Dream 4:19
7. When I Get My Way 4:23
8. For Better Or For Worse 3:57
9. Hanging By A Thread 2:45
10. Yes Harm Done 3:36
12. Tell The Truth 4:00
13. Liquid State 3:46
14. You Know Too 2:53

Everything is Moving

1. Lonely Waterloo 4:40
2. I Built A Boat 2:43
3. Magdalen McGillivray 4:01
4. The Blues and I 3:34
5. Gartan Mother's Lullaby 5:49
6. John Keane's Boys 1:48
7. What Goes Around (Comes Around) 3:50
8. Horses and Plough 5:02
9. Inspiration 4:58
10. Safe Home, Sweet Light 3:08

As Long as I'm Dreaming (2020)

1. Middle America 04:17
2. One Woman 07:53
3. Southers Faithless Love 04:39
4. Jordy 04:22
5. Shade Of Your Love 03:57
6. Four Letter Word (For Lonesome) 03:16
7. Passchendaele (by Tony Quarrington, For King and Country) 06:23
8. My Bonny 04:51
9. I Built A Boat 02:41
10. I Go There 04:21
11. If I Were A Bell (by Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls; with a jazz trio) 03:48
12. It's A Personal Thing 03:05
13. The Blues And I 03:32
14. Gypsy Dream 04:56
15. Whirlaround 04:30
16. I'm A Beauty 02:49
17. On The Road to Glory 04:41
18. As Long As I'm Dreaming 03:37

References

[1] Wikipedia, "Laura Smith (singer).

[2] Discogs Laura Smith (2) — Everything is Moving.

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