Click for downloadable one-page bioLaraBIO10_10.pdf
Click for Acoustic Live Magazine feature article PDF
the Songwriter and Musician
Lara Herscovitch is “captivating” (Smother.net). “A remarkable performer” (WSHU Profiles in Folk), “one hell of a find” (New Haven Advocate). A unique and charismatic songwriter and performer, Lara’s music is a skillful blend of contemporary acoustic/folk with pop, jazz, blues and Latin influences: "truly someone to watch for." (Acoustic Live in NYC)
•Connecticut State Troubadour (2009-2010)
•New England Foundation for the Arts / New England States Touring Performing Artist Roster Member
“Delicious” (Indie-Music.com), smart, poetic and witty, Lara “masterfully” (Womenfolk.net) merges soulful melodies with “perfect wordcrafting” (New Haven Advocate) and “keen intelligence” (The Chronicle). She is engaging and “inspiring” (Manchester VT Journal), “fresh and invigorating” (Music Morsels), with a voice “clear and smooth like expensive liquor” (Northeast Performer).
"…Her voice and performance style had me captivated right away. She truly stands out in a crowd of rising folksingers" (Valley Folk). Her songs cover a broad range of topics: love, laughter, family, wisdom, poverty…; “the more you listen, the more you will like what she does” (Green Man Review); it is “pure musical poetry” (The Courier). Her most recent CD, Through A Frozen Midnight Sky, is "magic" (Westport Magazine). She tours solo and with her band.
Where She’s Been
“Herscovitch is doing a fine job of building up a rabid fanbase” (smother.net) – she has played at notable venues including A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (American Public Radio), the Bitter End, Towne Crier, Club Passim, WFUV On Your Radar Concert at The Living Room with John Platt, The Sanctuary Concerts, Minstrel Coffeehouse, Connecticut Folk Festival, WUWF Radio Live Concerts (FL), Acoustic Long Island, and the Folk Music Society of Huntington. She has opened for Patty Larkin, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Cliff Eberhardt, Eliza Gilkyson, Vance Gilbert, Ellis Paul, Aztec Two-Step and Eric Anderson, and has shared the stage with the late jazz great Joe Beck, Sloan Wainwright and Mustard’s Retreat, among many others.
the Person
Lara was raised in New York and lives in Connecticut. She narrowly escaped law school, training instead as a macro social worker. She has worked in the US, Latin America and Asia, on behalf of disadvantaged individuals – focusing on education, community development and juvenile justice. Echoes of this work, including personal and global themes and questions of social justice and equity resonate throughout her music.
www.myspace.com/laraherscovitch
www.sonicbids.com/laraherscovitch