#laura nyro

[mudwerks]

Laura Nyro at her Home in New York City, March 1969, by David Gahr.

[saramencken]

Laura Nyro at Stephen Sondheim’s place, October 3rd 1968.

Photo: Stephen Paley

Via: @tnpcollection

[page-gleaner]

Laura Nyro, photographed by Joel Bernstein, 1969

[leonardcohenofficial]

laura nyro is up there with joni mitchell leonard cohen and bob dylan for one of the best lyricists of all time fr

[lisamarie-vee]

[chaoticdesertdweller]

"Laura Nyro watching Stephen Stills play during a CSNY rehearsal at Warner Brothers movie lot, 1970."- Henry Diltz via Facebook

[yourdailyqueer]

Laura Nyro (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 18 October 1947  

DOD: 8 April 1997

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, music producer

[erunderovercast]

Laura Nyro receives flowers from Miles Davis.

Filmore East, NYC | 1970

[jt1674]

[cynthiaruth95]

i’m on a journey to listen to more albums in full, going to be listing some favorites here: 

. eli and the thirteenth confession (1968), laura nyro (my dad suggested this and holy fuck, no actually holy fuck)

. american v: a hundred highways (2006), johnny cash, (something about late johnny cash hits me in the heartstrings)

. pink moon (1972), nick drake (the guitar?? i have some songs i need to learn...like all of them)

. i’ll cry if i want to (1963), leslie gore (never realized it’s my party had a whole concept album attached -- obsessed, want to play it at every party i ever throw if i ever throw a party again)

. soup (1995), blind melon (just really good and fun and interesting and ridiculous, all the good things)

. in a silent way (1969), miles davis (i just simply enjoyed it, definitely will be bringing more miles into my life) 

. god save the animals (2022), alex g (listened to this because halsey has talked about him a lot and yeah this album is sick; the songs often have nostalgic acoustics mixed with electrics and insane electronics and to me it feels familiar but new at the same time? Idk if that makes sense but it’s masterful)

.i am a bird now (2005), antony & the johnsons (this feels like listening to a soul, i don’t say that lightly --  i’d say more but most words feel shallow with this one) 

.the decline of british sea power (2003), british sea power (the concept of this album + the quality of the songs both within and beyond the concept = HOLY SHIT) 

[groovytimes]

My first published writing work was an introductory piece on Laura Nyro this past spring.

Happy heavenly birthday Laura.

[thenewgothictwice]

Laura Nyro - Up on the Roof

"When this old world starts getting me down

And people are much too much for me to take (up on the roof)

I climb right up to the top of the stairs

And all my cares just drift right into space

On the roof, the only place I know

Where you just have to wish to make it so

Up on the roof

When I get home feeling tired and beat

I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof)

I get away from the hustling crowds

And all that rat-race noise down in the street..."

[cesontlesfemmes]

Laura Nyro chez elle, à New York City, Mars 1969.

[saramencken]

Laura Nyro, Fall 1968. Image: Stephen Paley

Via @tnpcollections

[jonesyjonesyjonesy]

Laura Nyro with CSNY by Henry Diltz

One day @davidgeffen dropped byCSNY reversals and brought along Laura Nyro. What an incredibly talented woman she was. A true original. — Graham Nash

[chaoticdesertdweller]

"I just listened to a piano solo from that tour (1970). I could have sworn we didn't have a piano player on the stage and I was like, 'What? Who? I can't play piano like that.' Turns out I can." Stephen Stills via Facebook

Photo with Laura Nyro on the set of They Shoot Horses, Don't They at Warner Brothers, 1970 by the great Henry Diltz