Lilting melodies and a sweet vocal tone follow Laura Stevenson's stylized folk-rock through diversions into distortion-fueled indie rock and whimsical folk. After she released her first album, A Record, in 2010, she continued to mix acoustic and rock arrangements on sets including 2013's critically lauded Wheel and 2021's Laura Stevenson, her sixth LP.
Raised and based in Nassau County, Long Island, Laura Stevenson is the granddaughter of Harry Simeone, an arranger and conductor who was co-credited with writing the Christmas classic "Little Drummer Boy." Simeone's wife, Marga...