Laura Marling is the youngest of three sisters. Born in Eversley, Hampshire - a small, affluent town near Reading and just on the outskirts of London - she credits her father with first exposing her to Folk music artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. As a music teacher and recording studio engineer, he was also the first to put a nylon-string acoustic guitar in her little hands. Music was always a big part of their family, and starting around age 5 he began teaching the young Marling how to play.
When she was 16 years old, Laura Marling packed up and moved to London. She quickly met other like-minded musicians and soon became an integral part of the small but burgeoning indie folk scene. Along with artists like Mumford & Sons, Noah and the Whale and Johnny Flynn, Marling's sound combines British Folk traditions with the melody and guitar work of '60s and '70s American Folk music. The British press quickly labeled the movement's sound "nu-folk," much to Marling's dismay who calls the name "painful."
Laura Marling was part of the original line-up of Noah and the Whale and is featured as a back-up vocalist on their debut record Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down. But she split from the group and lead singer Charlie Fink - to whom she was romantically linked - before the album's release to focus on her solo career.
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