From Nashville, Tennessee

From last.fm:

Music has played an integral part in Lauren Shera’s life from the very beginning. The New York native grew up surrounded by an eclectic range of performers. When she was 13, her family relocated to northern California at the same time that she picked up the guitar. Shera swiftly developed a reputation in the folk-indie world, joining the ranks of such artists as Jessica Lea Mayeld, Iron & Wine and Gillian Welch, and earning titles such as “Princess of Power” and “Folk music’s new royalty.” Read more about Lauren Shera on Last.fm.