Laughing With The Raindrops

Living in Paris, songwriter Virginie Lacour-Puiboube wanted something more and followed her sound heart and mind to the streets of London. "The vibrant music scene was alluring and I had an irresistible juvenile desire to form a band in London," is what she told Megastar Gongle on her move from one city to another. Over the years she had been a fan of progressive rock, jammed with friends, played guitar in an all-girl Reggae band, played in a Serge Gainsbourg tribute all-girl trio, but was mainly active on the Jazz scene alongside bassist Alexander Keen and pianist Gabriel Keen. Together they formed successively Piano di Lavoro, a 13-piece band featuring a woodwind section, Baton Rouge, a vocal-led 6-piece and finally became Laughing With The Raindrops in 2013. The self-titled album was released in late 2016. Primarily a physical product (also available as digital download) designed for listeners to enjoy the perennial pleasure of listening to music while perusing the liner notes and reading the lyrics on their sofa, Laughing With The Raindrops showcases Virginie's songs at their best. Since the album release some tracks have been featured on The Jazz Lounge on K107FM (Scotland) and The Chimnea on Wandsworth Radio (London) where Virginie was featured and interviewed. Meanwhile 'Any Joke' and 'Terra Incognita' have been on rotation on Jazzbites Radio (USA) while 'Hide Away' and 'Any Joke' are still on high rotation on Outbound Music Gravity radio (Texas, USA). Recently KB Radio in Canada and Big Time Radio in the US have had Laughing With The Raindrops' tracks on rotation. LWTR was also featured on The After Eight Show (19th September) and in August 2017, the album was 'Featured album of The Month' on the Steve Luff Show on Black Cat 107 FM in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Band members: Virginie Lacour-Puiboube: Lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars (founding member) Alexander Keen: Electric bass, double bass (founding member) Gabriel Keen: Piano,synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, alto sax in album horn section (founding member) Jon Desbruslais: Drums, congas, percussion Derek Nash: Baritone, tenor and soprano saxophones Paul Higgs: Trumpet, flugelhorn Theo Travis: Tenor saxophone, flute Paul Taylor: Trombone Chantelle Addow-Hamlin: Backing vocals Makeda Carbon: Backing vocals Jane Parker: Backing vocals Neil McBennett: Lead guitar and guitar solo on track 9 David Underwood: Additional crazy guitar on track 1, guitar solo on Track 10

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