Soul touching and truth telling - Laura Ivancie is seducing hearts and minds of fans with a blend of musical stylings, lyrics and vocal deliveries that are frequently breathtaking. Laura’s music is inescapably soulful - a mix of many genres, including electronica, alt-folk, and RnB. Most often found wrapped around an acoustic guitar, Laura’s soulful voice and captivating smile turn her performance venues into a communal living room. A Portland native, Laura has distilled the passions and travels of her 28 years into a seemingly effortless powerful presence that is captivating and infinitely approachable. Attending college in both Southern California and Oregon, her spirit blossomed playing college basketball, fighting fires with the US Forest Service, and songwriting, while pursuing her academic program. Having acquired skills in Applied Psychology/Organizational Development she hit the road with her guitar, immersing herself in Spanish culture in South America and working as an English teacher briefly in Buenos Aires. After graduating and returning to Portland in 2008, music became her focus - and the gift she shares with the world. Laura takes from her life experience to create songs that paint images and stir the emotions of those who listen. Growing up in a conservative catholic political family (Laura’s grandfather is Mayor Frank Ivancie 1981-1985) has contributed to many of her songs. ******************* Recently her musical and energetic exploration journey is diverging a bit from her initial acoustic/folk/blues sound. As a solo singer/ songwriter she’s working on a new “live” DVD/ CD music and video project, having made a debut performance in “Reach Out,” a dream-like urban anthem produced by hip hop artist My-G. Her guest performances along side local DJ's and producers such as Solovox, Evan Alexander and Tony Smiley, push her stream of consciousness stylings in new free form directions. Close to Laura’s heart, is her back up vocal work with Grammy recognized vocalist and producer Skyler Jett - and his Conscious Music for Causes inspirational organization. Recently, Laura had the honor of performing for a “Pre-Event for Bruce Springsteen” in the Sphere Room for the premier members of the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden. Most immediate is her first Kickstarter Fundraising Project launched last 28 Nov 2012 thru 28 Dec 2012- that funded her debut EDM (electronic dance music) E.P., produced by herself and Keith Schreiner of Auditory Sculpture. The EP was engineered and mixed by recent grammy nominee Lars Fox. This project acknowledges a deep affinity Laura has always had for electronic dance music. Being a fan of Keith Schreiner since she first heard him in 2002 with Dahlia, this E.P. project is like a dream come true. ******************* In terms of wider exposure, Laura has performed at Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival with grammy nominees Reggie Houston (saxophone) and Janice Scroggins (pianist) two consecutive years, has shared the stage with blues legend Norman Sylvester, and most recently opened an acoustic show for Vicci Martinez, finalist from NBC television’s “The Voice.” Since her first turn in the spotlight with her song, “Little Girl” holding the #1 spot for 3 weeks straight in the Portland Lilith Fair 2010 songwriting contest, Laura has proven she is not simply content to please her loyal fan base. This remarkable woman shows a poise and level of skill that is just begging for a larger stage.