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Laura Cantrell is a country singer and DJ from Nashville , Tennessee . She presents a weekly radio show on WFMU called the '''Radio Thrift Shop'''.


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Cantrell moved to New York City from her native Nashville to study Law and Accounting at Columbia University . She began presenting on the university's WKCR radio station before joining WFMU after her graduation in 1993 .

Her singing career began when she was at college, performing with various local groups. She later befriended on his "Hello CD of the Month Club" in June 1996 , which was reissued in 2004 as '' The Hello Recordings ''.

Cantrell reached wider recognition in 2000 with her debut LP , '' Not The Tremblin' Kind ''. The LP reached the attention of fellow DJ John Peel , who wrote of her it, " is my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life". She went on to record five sessions for Peel and dedicates '' Humming By The Flowered Vine '' ( 2005 ) to his memory.


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