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My looks were confusing to people, I felt like I had to explain a lot - Laura Benitez - Multiracialverse Podcast Episode #19 Pt. 1

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Laura Benitez - songwriter, lead singer and founder of Laura Benitez and the Heartache - has been making her mark on stage and screen since 2000. She spent several years appearing in soap operas and commercials in Los Angeles before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2004, diving into the region’s rich Americana and Roots music scenes. Taking her musical cues from the heavily rock influenced Bakersfield sound, and her lyric inspiration from her favorite songwriters Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn, Laura began writing songs in 2008, and joined up with The Heartache in 2013. Since the band released their 4th studio album California Centuries in 2022, they were featured at the Mill Valley Music Festival, Healdsburg Concerts in the Plaza, and Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, as well as opening for Pacos and the Rooftops, Taylor Rae and Dale Hollow. 


Praise for "California Centuries"


"The album has a larger-than-life sound, with bedrock rhythms complimented by washes of steel guitar and reverberating electric guitars that take up an immense sonic space." --j.poet, EAST BAY EXPRESS


"A fresh classic country remains her bedrock, to which Benitez has added layers of rock and bluegrass. While never shirking from tough subjects, she is drawing more on personal experience here. Ranging from the joyous to the somber, Benitez is always completely frank. California Centuries is a tight sounding and complete album.", --Lyndon Bolton, NO DEPRESSION


"Completely written and produced by Laura Benitez, California Centuries features some classic country Golden Era selections indicative of Patsy Cline, some vintage folk and rockabilly textures for variety, quality songwriting that gets feisty in spurts, and excellent lead and steel guitar trade-offs throughout, courtesy of Bob Spector on electric guitar, and Ian Sutton and Dave Zirbel on steel guitar." --Trigger, SAVING COUNTRY MUSIC


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