Artist of the week – Laura Bell Bundy
April 21, 2010
Filed under A&E
This up and coming country starlet is a double threat. Before going the country route, Laura Bell Bundy was also an actress. Her first album, Achin’ and Shakin’, is a combination of sultry and sassy country songs.
In a gomoxie.org press release, Bundy describes her album as having both of her personalities mixed in one.
“I have two different sides of my personality,” she said. “I have a crazy, wild, humorous, outspoken personality, and then I have a depth that only opens up when I am alone or with one other person, and that is captured with this album. I really couldn’t do one without the other.”
Bundy moved to New York at age 18 and got noticed for her acting chops more than her singing.
“I moved to to New York,” she said, “and my intention was to have a music career, not to do Broadway.”
Bundy had a recurring role on The Guiding Light from 1999 to 2001 and starred in Broadway plays. She was Amber von Tussle in Hairspray and Glinda in Wicked. Bundy was nominated for a Tony Award for her role as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. She’s also been credited in movies such as Dream Girls, Jumanji, and The Adventures of Huck Finn.
Bundy credits Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton as her idols, but her main influence was her grandfather, who was a radio DJ and introduced her to Frank Sinatra and Patsy Cline.
Achin’ and Shakin’ is a collection of experiences throughout her Broadway and music career.
“Songwriting and recording is my passion; this is my love,” Bundy said. “There’s a part of myself that has come out that I really like and it’s very important to me.”
Bundy wrote all songs but one on her new album.
“This is a dream,” she said. “It has been a dream since I was a kid.”
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