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Laurie Anderson (aka Laura Phillips Anderson, born Jun. 5, 1947 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA) is an American art pop avant-garde and performance artist. Alongside her studio albums releases, she has worked with many other artists (musicians and non-musicians), and released several live albums, and she has also dedicated much of her live performances to the spoken-word genre. She has been honored with prizes for her music and for her musical influence to electronic and art pop music in general. She married Lou Reed in 2008.
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