Laura Roppé Bio
www.lauraroppe.com
laura@lauraroppe.com

Singer/songwriter Laura Roppé was raised in San Diego, California, avidly listening as a child to Carly Simon and Fleetwood Mac. In early 2008, after years of neglecting her creative side, Laura ran a full marathon. This inspired her to pursue her lifelong goal: singing. Laura immediately joined local San Diego cover band CoolBandLuke and started belting out tunes from Janis Joplin to No Doubt. But soon, she realized, she had her own songs to sing, too. She made a demo of her original songs with her (fabulously talented) cousin Matthew Embree of Rx Bandits, and brought it to Grammy-nominated producer Steve Wetherbee of Golden Tracks Studio in Escondido, California. He absolutely loved Laura's songs and strongly encouraged her to make a full length album. So, she did.

Even before her album was completed, Laura was selected as the Runner Up in the Kenny Chesney's Next Big Star Contest (San Diego). A little while later, Laura's full-length debut album was self-released in the US in late 2008 -- all songs written by Laura. A chance encounter with the producer of San Diego's top rated radio morning show resulted in airplay for "Float Away" on Clear Channel radio, and an avalanche of positive response ensued. This exposure eventually led to a record deal with London-based label, Right Recordings in October 2008.

Support from fans, family and friends became a Godsend for Laura when, in October 2008, Laura was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and immediately underwent seven months of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Laura finished her cancer treatments in May 2009, just in time for the release of Laura's album "Girl Like This" and single "Float Away" in the UK.

In August 2009, Laura's song "Float Away" was aired on BBC Radio 2 -- the Wake Up To Wogan Show (the top rated radio show in the UK) -- among many other BBC stations and radio shows (BBC Merseyside, BBC Manchester, BBC Bristol, BBC Wales, etc.). The result: "Float Away" shot up from No. 76 to No. 5 on the Amazon UK chart in just one day! The music video for "Float Away" -- shot on the coast of England by renowned video director Steve Graham (Oasis, Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Lenny Kravitz videos to his credit) -- will be released in November 2009.

In November 2009, the Laura Roppe Band performed her hit "Float Away" at the Los Angeles Music Awards in Hollwood, CA, and she was thrilled to receive an award for Americana Single the Year!

Laura currently is hard at work on her second album, and trying to "wring as much joy and fun" out of every single day as she can.