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Laura Marling is one to watch out for. Our Spotlight this week goes to the songstress. All info is blagged from wikipedia.

Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990), is a folk-pop singer-songwriter from Hampshire, England. Marling has toured with a number of well-known indie artists in the UK and beyond including Adam Green and Jamie T, who personally invited her on tour with him last year after he attended her second-ever gig.

She performed at the 2007 O2 Wireless Festival and also performed at the first Underage Festival in August 2007 at Victoria Park, East London.

Her debut single came out on WayOutWest Records, with subsequent singles out on Virgin Records. She appeared on The Rakes track "Suspicious Eyes", from the band's second album Ten New Messages and Mystery Jets single "Young Love" released 10 March, 2008.from their second album. Until May 2008 she was a member of indie band Noah and the Whale, and performs on their recently released debut album Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down from which the current hit "5 Years Time" is taken. Charlie Fink, lead singer of Noah and the Whale, produced Marling's debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim which was released on 4 February 2008.The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize.

Her television appearances include The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson where she performed the song "Ghosts" and Later with Jools Holland where she performed the song "New Romantic".

Despite playing sold-out venues over the past few months, Marling has spoken of how she still finds larger venues scary. She was once refused access to one of her own performances at a gay strip club, for being underage. She instead chose to perform on the street.

She released her most recent single "Night Terror" on 27th, October, 2008. Her 6-date Night Terror tour starts in November.