What is Laura Marling?
{{update|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Laura Marling | image = Laura Marling 3.jpg | image_alt = | image_capt = | image_size = 237 | Landscape = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = | Alias = | Origin = [[Eversley]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]] | birth_date = 1 February 1990 | death_date = | Instrument = [[singing]], [[guitar]], [[bass guitar|bass]], [[piano]] | Genre = [[Alternative rock|Alternative]], [[Folk rock]] | Occupation = Singer-songwriter | Years_active = 2006–present | Label = [[WayOutWest Records]], [[Virgin Records]] | Associated_acts = | URL = [http://www.lauramarling.com/ LauraMarling.com] | Notable_instruments = }} '''Laura Marling''' (born 1 February 1990) is a [[British people|British]] folk [[singer]]-[[songwriter]]. Marling won Best Female Solo Artist at the 2011 [[Brit Awards]]. ==Early life== Marling was born in [[Hampshire]]. She went to [[Leighton Park School]]. When she was 16 she moved to [[London]]. ==Career== Marling has toured with a number of well-known [[Indie rock|indie]] artists in the [[UK]] including [[Jamie T]], who personally invited her on tour with him in 2010 after he attended her second-ever gig. She performed at this summer's 02 Wireless Festival [http://www.wirelessfestival.co.uk/london/artist_info.aspx?aid=11db9749-0183-4929-903e-4c095b9748c4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017235221/http://wirelessfestival.co.uk/london/artist_info.aspx?aid=11db9749-0183-4929-903e-4c095b9748c4 |date=2007-10-17 }} and also performed at the first [[Underage Music Festival]] in August 2007 at [[Victoria Park, East London]]. She has also performed at [[Electric Gardens]] Music festival in [[Kent]] [http://www.electricgardensfestival.com/viewArtistInfo.aspx?artistID=273&eventID=2]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fi