Laura Smith

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Laura Smith is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1995 single "Shade of Your Love", one of the year's biggest hits on adult contemporary radio stations in Canada, and for her rendition of the Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean".

Smith was born and raised in London, Ontario. She was encouraged in her early writing by poet Margaret Avison, then writer-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario. She began playing music as well, making her debut in area coffeehouses. She briefly moved to Toronto in 1972, but soon moved to Nova Scotia.

Smith released her debut album in 1989.

[edit] Discography

  • Laura Maureen Smith (1989)
  • B'tween the Earth and My Soul (1994)
  • It's a Personal Thing
  • Vanity Pressed

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