High Energy!
"Songwriter Laurece West's clear, sweet tone and improvisational jazz vocal style frolic through creatively reinterpreted pop, rock, folk, & blues changes. She is a luminous channel for playful and poetic songs of personal transformation, spiritual celebration and love."
- Maiya Greaves
Laurece West
Laurece is a songwriter, producer, musician, and voice coach. She grew up in Madison, WI, lived in NYC 20 years, and now lives in Durham, NC. She's written and performed with pop, blues, blues-rock, and her original folk-jazz bands on electric bass, keys, and vocals.
Laurece has been in a songwriting group for several years, with a new song due every two weeks, unless they are on vacation or hiatus. The focus has birthed several good songs.
2026 releases are from songs written during the pandemic on Laurece’s iPad with Garage band loops, and songs recorded with her band in 2014, thought lost in a studio fire but rediscovered by Laurece’s engineer Jerry Kee in September 2025!
Laurece loves performing and interacting with her audience.
Laurece is also a vegan, competitive swimmer, improv artist, and storyteller. She lives near Eno River State Park with her husband Terry McCarthy and 2 cats from feral parents. Laurece loves Durham and her creative, business, and spiritual communities of friends.