My Music Episode 677 - Louise Aubrie

Some music careers are carefully planned. Louise Aubrie's really isn't and that's exactly what makes it so interesting.In this episode, Graham sits down with London-born, New York and LA-based singer-songwriter Louise Aubrie for a conversation that moves as freely as her music does. From growing up in a household where Sinatra sat comfortably next to the New York Dolls, to finding her way into a studio in Portugal through a chance encounter with Morrissey's long-time guitarist and musical director, Boz Boorer. Louise's story is one of happy accidents, open doors and the kind of connections that only seem to happen when you're genuinely following something you love.They talk about what it means to write from life — the experience of living between London, New York and Los Angeles, the strange creative freedom of writing through other people's stories, and why Louise dedicated a song on her new record to a silent film actress who directed Charlie Chaplin and was somehow almost entirely forgotten by history.There's also talk of her new single, Midnight Calls, recorded at the legendary EastWest Studios in Hollywood; an album on the way later in the summer; and a shared moment when Graham and Louise quietly manifest a film soundtrack into existence.If you haven't heard Louise Aubrie before, this is a very good place to start.Midnight Calls is out now. Album coming later this summer — available on all streaming platforms, and on vinyl and CD.