Chelsea Lynn LaBate has spent the past four years honing her stellar song-writing skills on the stages of NYC's Lower East Side and Brooklyn. Known for her lush "song stories," she paints pictures with her words, lyrically exploring human suffering, personal failures, courage, displacement and lost love.

Her ghostly ballads, combine an unchartable finger picking style with a warbling voice that captivates and stuns. Inspired by the works of Suzanne Vega, Billie Holiday, and Nick Drake, Chels...