When listening to Laura Vane’s music you instinctively tap your feet; it’s that type of music. It’s lively and upbeat, a pleasant retro treat for the ears. It has jazz and soul sizzling from the core, with a funky, pop feel that keeps it current. With a similar sound to artists such as Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Caro Emerald, but with a distinctive tone that gives her songs a welcome uniqueness, Laura is a musical treat. She also comes across as a genuinely friendly and outgoing personality, a refreshingly likeable quality. She was more than happy to be a part of my interview where I asked her about her inspirations, her influences and her career highlights, of which there have been a fair few! Read more…
The Funky Soul Lady – Interview by Natalie Xenos
When listening to Laura Vane’s music you instinctively tap your feet; it’s that type of music. It’s lively and upbeat, a pleasant retro treat for the ears. It has jazz and soul sizzling from the core, with a funky, pop feel that keeps it current. With a similar sound to artists such as Amy Winehouse, Duffy and Caro Emerald, but with a distinctive tone that gives her songs a welcome uniqueness, Laura is a musical treat. She also comes across as a genuinely friendly and outgoing personality, a refreshingly likeable quality. She was more than happy to be a part of my interview where I asked her about her inspirations, her influences and her career highlights, of which there have been a fair few! Read more…
LAURA VANE & THE VIPERTONES: I Can’t Move No Mountains/ 110 Per Cent (Draaikolk Remix) (2012)
Dutch/ English outfit Laura Vane & The Vipertones drop a disco-touched jazz-funk cover of seventies number I Can’t Move No Mountains for the new millennium. Originally performed by R&B/ big-band/psychedelia fusioneers Blood, Sweat & Tears and covered many times, you’d have to move a mountain to improve on Margie Joseph’s soul-disco version and even if Vane and co don’t managethis impossible task, they do manage to dislodge a respectable amount of scree. Over on the flip (for this is a vinyl seven inch release) you’ll find a nu-funky rerub of the band’s own 110 per cent by the band’s own bass player Ton Van der Kolk (a.k.a. Draaikolk) which they were pretty much obligated to do to restore honour after all the dodgy house versions that got entered in their remix comp. Honestly, if you want something done properly… Read more…
Electronic Press Kit – EPK
There was a little break after some heavy touring last year but since then the band have been busy with all kinds of other things, like putting together an impressive EPK. Did you know Laura and her boys did over a 100 gigs, radio and television appearances throughout Europe since they started in 2008? They also released 5 official singles, two albums and released 5 official video’s as well! This EPK tells you everything you needed to know about Laura and the Boys from how they got together, how the writing works, up until now. Read more…
Some More Ear Candy – Maxazine.nl
Enkele maanden geleden bracht Laura Vane samen met haar Vipertones het album ‘Sugar Fix’ uit. Haar tweede alweer, en met het album ontving ze redelijk wat aandacht in de scene. De Nederlandse band met een Engelse zangeres trok de aandacht van onder anderen Gerard Ekdom en Giel Beelen, maar ook in Engeland werd de cd goed ontvangen door de radiostations. Het voordeel dat de Nederlands-Engelse band goed uitkwam, maken ze nu compleet met een nakomende EP, ‘Some More Ear Candy’. Read more…