Big noise Laura Branigan carelessly whispers to Jon Futrell
LAURA BRANIGAN has been told to keep her big mouth shut. The New Yorker with a voice to shake tall buildings has just played over 50 shows on an American tour. And with over 20 more to go, she has been instructed to operate some self control and give her voice a rest.
"It means only speak when I'm spoken to," she explained.
Laura Branigan is a regular torch on stage and in the recording studio, yet her brittle throat is only betrayed by her quiet speaking voice.
Our conversation was to have been last week, immediately after the shooting of her video for 'The Lucky One', the follow-up single to 'Self Control'. Doctors told her "like it or not" stay shtum* or she would be miming the remaining shows.
She laughs off the warnings with "I've put the smaller halls at the end of the tour, so it'll be alright."
