Laura Carter (musician)

Laura Carter
OriginAthens, Georgia, United States
GenresIndie rock
OccupationMulti-instrumentalist
Instrument(s)Clarinet, keyboard, percussion, drums, violin, guitar, french horn, Zanzithophone

Laura Carter is an American multi-instrumentalist musician from Athens, Georgia.[1] She is able to play the clarinet, keyboard, percussion, violin, guitar, drums, french horn, and Zanzithophone.

She is most notably in the indie rock band Elf Power,[2] but has performed with a number of bands within the Elephant Six Collective, such as Nana Grizol, The Gerbils, Neutral Milk Hotel,[3] and Dixie Blood Moustache.[4] She was also a founder of the Orange Twin Conservation Community as well as Orange Twin Records.[1] She also dated Jeff Mangum for several years in the late 1990s until their break up in 2000.

Works

  • In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Cooper, Kim, 2005 ISBN 0-8264-1690-X, 9780826416902

References

  1. ^ a b Aued, Blake (October 15, 2006). "Co-housing dream doesn't fit codes". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "About Elf Power". MTV Artists. MTV. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Kot, Greg (February 7, 2012). "Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum returns with his songs and their durability intact". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Laura Carter". AOL Music. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2013.