Laura Orshaw
Musician · Pennsylvania
Best known for
Fiddle
Harmony Vocals
Laura Orshaw is a fiddler and singer who became the first woman named SPBGMA Fiddle Player of the Year, and who works the two ends of the music at once — hard traditional bands on the road, and a Boston scene built around conservatory-trained players.
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- She is from Pennsylvania and graduated from the Berklee College of Music; she is now based in the Boston area.
- She played fiddle with the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys from 2020 to 2024, one of the most traditional touring bands of the period.
- She was named SPBGMA’s Fiddle Player of the Year, the first woman to take that award.
- She sings as well as playing, and harmony singing is a regular part of what she is hired for.
- In this catalog she appears with the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys and with Chasing Blue, on fiddle, mandolin and in the harmony.
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The Po’ Ramblin’ BoysPlayed on recordings with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
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Chasing BluePlayed on recordings with Chasing Blue
