Martin Guitars has named LP one of their “Martin Ambassadors” for her songwriting and use of Martin's “2 Concert Uke.”
Check out their write-up on her below and see the attached .pdf of LP and her uke.
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It's simple: Once you see and hear LP, you remember. She's a gripping performer, a curly-headed force of nature who looks like a cross between a young Bob Dylan and Marc Bolan, albeit often wielding a ukulele. A rockin' ukulele, in front of a dynamic, versatile band, that is. And her voice is instantly ear-catching, a natural instrument of power and grace. But there's much more to it. There's just something about the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter-artist that grabs hold – a spirit, an exuberance, and a belief in her gifts as a musician and in the power of music to reach people. It comes through in her songs, whether written for Rihanna (the 2011 hit “Cheers”) and Christina Aguilera (“Beautiful People” from the movie Burlesque), or for herself, such as “Into the Wild” (the song that has tantalized ears through its use in a Citibank Card TV commercial) and the hauntingly epic “Tokyo Sunrise,” also from the “Live At EastWest Studios” EP (6-song CD + DVD)to be released April 24th, 2012. While writing songs for others was rewarding (artistically, as well as in other ways), her most natural habitat is on stage. It was playing the L.A. club gigs that reenergized LP's drive to write songs for herself as a solo artist. Thinking back about her earlier days, performing live is what motivated her while living as a rock 'n' roll road warrior: “We were doing 250 shows a year, driving around the country in a crappy van my brother leased for me; one hotel room for all of us in the band,” she explains. |