As a guest vocalist, Sara Bareilles belts a great opening line on “Come Back Down,” the first track on Greg Laswell’s new album, Landline. It goes, “All of your wallowing is unbecoming/You have to ...

Making music videos are seldom easy, but Greg Laswell didn’trealize the one for “Take Everything” would be as challenging ashis college studies in San Diego. The concept revolves around a raucous ...

Listening to the two songs back to back, it becomes obvious that 'Glee' copied its 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' arrangement from the Laswell version. But should that matter? Every episode of 'Glee' ...

Growing up, Greg Laswell says he confiscated his sister’s upright piano after she showed no interest in the instrument. “It was my sister’s 13th birthday present, but she never got into it…I remember ...

With all the songs Laswell writes about lost love, he must be a serial breakup artist. That may be bad for the California native’s heart, but it’s great for his art. His latest falling-out led him to ...

It’s fair to say Greg Laswell covers a lot of ground on his latest album. As its title indicates, “Covers II” is the San Diego singer-songwriter’s second set of cover songs, coming 10 years after its ...

Greg Laswell is an LA-based producer and songwriter with a few full-length original albums under his belt. For his upcoming EP, however, he's decided to re-interpret some of his favorites songs.

It’s an early Tuesday morning in the idyllic Orange County community of Newport Beach, but resident Greg Laswell’s mind is currently elsewhere. “I lived in San Diego for about 15 years, and it was ...

Greg Laswell releases his latest album, “Take A Bow,” today and it’s definitely worth checking out. You can stream the entire album on his website right now (as well as get your hands on a free MP3 of ...

Bob Boilen was first blown away by Anna Calvi's guitar playing and stunning voice when she released her self-titled debut in 2011. Hunter is the British artist's third full-length album and first in ...

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