Laura Ann Singh is a multilingual American singer, recording artist and composer, often associated with musica popular brasileira and Latin boleros. She has performed internationally in Europe, Russia, and South America, and with Miramar has been featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk and headlined globalFEST in New York City. She has recorded with Daptone Records, Barbès Records, and Electric Cowbell as well as dozens of independent recordings. Her repertoire pulls from all over Latin America, especially Brazil, but includes American Songbook standards, women composers, and original music.
In October of 2025, Singh released her debut album of original songs, Mean Reds, with her Fracas Quintet featuring Scott Clark (drums), Adam Hopkins (bass), John Lilley (saxophone), and Bob Miller (trumpet).
Also in 2025, Laura Ann began recording an album of commissioned arrangements of songs by women composers. Together with Rosette string quartet, she released Crumb of Me.
In 2023, she was the featured vocalist on the Doug Richards Orchestra’s Through a Sonic Prism: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. She has performed with DRO, most recently as a guest artist at VCU’s Singleton Center in Richmond, VA.
“She is able to make the listener aware of the emotional import of each lyrical phrase... In song after song.. Ms. Singh is able to find a new tone colour, a different touch of subtle rubato. In her hands this music is like a living thing.”
- Raul de Gama, Latin Jazz Net
“Her beautiful voice is an instrument”
-Thierry De Clemensat, Paris-Move
“She has a really exceptional voice.”
- Seton Hawkins, Jazz at Lincoln Center
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The Guardian
playful free jazz of Laura Ann Singh
A rowdy debut departs from Singh’s American bolero work to revel in the chaos of atonal scrapes, cymbal splashes, wonky horns and raucous vocals. » Read more here.
Pop Matters
Laura Ann Singh Creates a Unique, Unclassifiable Gem
Laura Ann Singh steers her reckless way through traditional jazz, torch song elegance, avant-garde experiments, and an anarchic sense of punk rebellion. » Read more here.