Lauren Mitchell Trio

Lauren Mitchell hails from Bradenton, Florida, but in 2021 Ms Mitchell relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana to expand her musical knowledge and influences. Most recently, in August 2022, she recorded as a guest vocalist with  the Count Basie Orchestra for their upcoming album “Basie Swings The  Blues”, alongside vocalists Keb’ Mo, Carmen Bradford, Bobby Rush, and  Bettye LaVette, among others. Scotty Barnhart, Director of The Count Basie  Orchestra, has said that “Lauren is one of the most important blues artists  working today.” Prior to 2020, Lauren was sharing her gifts with audiences all around the U.S.,  and even internationally for a January 2019 performance at the Havana Jazz  Festival in Cuba! From 2016 to 2019, Lauren and her band travelled the country on several lengthy U.S. tours that had her sharing the stage with Buddy Guy, Danielle Nicole and Lurrie Bell. Her 2017 release, "Desire" was  recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy Award Winning producer Tony Braunagel (Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Robert Cray). That album garnered her two  Blues Blast Award Nominations, and was ranked the #6 Soul Blues Album on  the Roots Music Report for 2017. “Desire” also earned high praise from the  Blues/Soul/Roots community, including a comparison to the late Etta James  by Grammy Award Winner Josh Sklair, guitarist, producer, and music director  for the last 25 years of Etta's career.  Ms Mitchell has been on the rise since the release of her first album, "Please  Come Home" in 2013, which was followed by a 2014 win to represent the  Suncoast Blues Society in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge.   Lauren's second album "Live! From the Bradfordville Blues Club" (2014), was  also chosen in 2015 as the entry for Best Self-Produced Album at the 2015  IBC by the Suncoast Blues Society. Ms Mitchell has been a featured artist in  several industry publications including Blues Music Magazine (Memphis, TN),  The Morton Report "Bentley's Bandstand" (Los Angeles, CA), Blues Blast  Magazine (Chicago, IL) , Munich Talk (Munich, Germany), Mayhem Magazine  (Tampa, FL) and more