In the summer after kindergarten, Lottie discovered her idol and inspiration, Alison Krauss.
“I remember sitting in the car with my mom and her best friend while on vacation in Lexington, Kentucky, and the song ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ came on. The first chord of that song, her voice, the lyrics, everything about it inspired me. That entire album truly shaped the person that I am today in the sense that after listening to it over and over and over again, memorizing every word, and falling in love with all twelve of its perfect tracks, I absolutely knew what I wanted to do in life, sing.”
In 9th grade, she began singing in the school chorus, and was quickly recognized by her esteemed choral director, Dr. Damien Womack. She performed various different solos throughout her high school career, and gained a tremendous amount of experience along the way.
After graduating high school, Lottie attended The University of Alabama, where she studied Advertising and Public Relations. In the summer after her freshman year, she and her five best friends lived and worked down in Seagrove Beach, Florida, where she gained additional performing experience playing at local coffee shops and bars in the area.
After graduating from Alabama, Lottie moved to Nashville in February of 2012 to pursue a career in music. During her first year in Nashville, she began teaching herself the guitar and writing her own songs.
When asked what genre her music falls under, Lottie explains, “I am looking to combine a few genres of music. I love bluesy, soulful chords, but I’m also very fond of bluegrass vocal styling and the instruments used in bluegrass and folk music. The best way I can describe what I’m going for is a blues and soul fusion mixed with bluegrass-style vocals and instrumentals.”
Laura Tucker Moore, nicknamed “Lottie” at the age of 2 by a favorite babysitter, was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. From an early age she was drawn to music, and began taking piano lessons at the age of 6. Her passion, though, was always singing.
Lottie recalls her first performance, saying, “Picture a little girl in a purple plaid skirt, purple shirt, and black, extremely scuffed, black leather Mary Jane’s. She has in one hand one of those yellow, red, and blue tape players for babies, with a microphone attached. In the other hand, she’s got a Lisa Loeb cassette tape with her favorite song, ‘Stay’. That was me, heading to school on my first show-and-tell day.”
Her major musical influences include Alison Krauss and Union Station, Bobbie Gentry, Norah Jones, Marvin Gaye, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Fleetwood Mac, Sheryl Crow, and Bob Dylan.
Though she expresses excitement about living in Nashville and the headway she’s finally making thanks to her new manager, Lottie is perfectly candid about how intimidating it can be to live in Music City.
“I am in the process of facing some of the issues that scare me most, such as the fear of failure and rejection in a town where there is such overwhelming talent,” she explains.
A glimpse of Lottie’s fighting spirit and fiery determination is clearly visible in the insights she gives about herself and her music, “I realize that I may be underprepared in comparison to other artists my age, and though it’s intimidating, I won’t let it stop me. I feel a compulsion to trudge onward, despite my occasional desire to settle for a simpler life. I feel, and have always felt, like I don’t have a choice in the matter, and I know that this divine unrest within me was given to me for a reason. I have come to accept that the only way to satiate my God-given restlessness is to create music, and I will.”
