Laurie Geltman

Laurie Geltman (born in Baltimore and raised in Boston), is an American rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. She studied at the Berklee College of Music as a film score major, and began performing in the early 1990s with the experimental rock group Vasco da Gama.^[1] She was a Boston Music Awards winner^[2] in 1998 for Outstanding Female Vocalist.^[3] After that, she began her solo career. She released her first album, Departure, herself, then her second album, No Power Steering on her own label. A year after its release, No Power Steering was re-released by Eastern Front Records. She also released her third album Motion Pictures, on her own label. Her song "Ghost in the House" appeared on the Respond I compilation, a benefit CD for domestic violence groups, which includes also songs from Patty Larkin, Melissa Ferrick, Jenny Reynolds and Faith Soloway among others.^[4]

Discography

• Departure (self-released) (1992)
• No Power Steering (1997)RBP (1998) Eastern Front Records/Koch Int'l
• Motion Pictures (recorded live at Club Passim) (1999)
• Up From Down (under band name LAYNE) (2006)
• "Radio" (Single) Laurie Geltman (Released Feb. 17, 2023)
• "Break Up This Fallow Ground" (Single) Laurie Geltman (Released March 1st, 2024)

References

1. Bergeron, Chris (January 23, 2008). "Laurie Geltman: A voice of experience". The MetroWest Daily News. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
2. Rodman, Sarah (January 18, 2008). "Laurie Geltman: Back where she once belonged". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
3. "WRBC-FM, 'Radio Bates College,' hosts Roots Music Festival". Bates College. April 23, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
4. Respond I CD listing

External links

• Official Web Site
• Laurie Geltman at AllMusic