Laura's Paper Heart
Sheffield, South Yorkshire

From £495

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About Laura's Paper Heart

Choose a selection of songs from my repertoire that will best complement your big day. If you wish to hear a specific song I am happy to learn up to three new songs for your celebration. I offer services across a variety of packages. Couples can choose her music to accompany their ceremony, have me play throughout their welcome drinks, or during their wedding breakfast or First dance. I am also available to play all day, from the ceremony right up until the first dance.


Laura's Paper Heart Details

  • A “heart-melting” solo acoustic wedding singer-guitarist – combining “warm guitar strings and soaring, ethereal vocals” to create a beautiful, atmospheric soundtrack for weddings and celebrations.
  • 11 years in the wedding industry and over 400 weddings & events performed – bringing a wealth of experience to every celebration, from intimate ceremonies to full wedding days, with past performances even including Downing Street.
  • Known for a “charming reworking of popular songs and classics” – putting a distinctive acoustic spin on familiar favourites, with vocal comparisons to Eva Cassidy and Joni Mitchell.
  • Two-time Wedding Award winner – 2025 & 2026 – professionally trained at Paul McCartney’s LIPA, a Musicians Benevolent Fund Award winner, and currently rated 5.0/5 on Hitched.
  • From “sensitive and breathtaking vocals & guitar” to upbeat, fun-filled acoustic pop and rock – music can set the tone for the ceremony, drinks reception, wedding breakfast or carry right through to the first dance.
  • A soundtrack that feels personal to each couple – with an extensive repertoire spanning today’s charts, the Nineties, Noughties and Golden Oldies, across pop, R&B, folk, indie and rock, plus the option to learn up to three special songs especially for

Laura's Paper Heart Awards & Accreditations

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Hitched wedding award winner 2026 for Most 5 star reviews in my category

Meet the Key Person

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Laura James

Hello! I’m Laura, I’m a singer and acoustic guitarist based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. I’ll be dealing personally with enquiries, because that’s my preference! I’ve been working in the wedding industry since 2015 and I absolutely love it! Whether it’s an intimate ceremony or a huge event with everyone you know and their uncle and auntie, I’ll happily give it my everything to make your day extra special and memorable. I’m frequently told that my performances have moved couples & their guests to tears during the aisle song and so I make it my mission now to put as much emotion as possible into my performances. I’m happy to learn songs because music is so important to me and I know what songs mean to individuals!I would love to hear your ideas and song choices for your big day so please get in touch and let’s start planning!

Videos

Laura’s Paper Heart Acoustic Singer-Guitarist Show Reel

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley/Kina Grannis A Thousand Years - Christina Perri You're The One That I Want - Grease/Angus & Julia Stone Teardops - Womack & Womack Dreams - Fleetwood Mac Lauraspaperheart is a heart-melting solo acoustic act based in and around sheffield. A classic mixture of warm guitar strings and soaring, ethereal vocals, Laura traverses an eclectic mix of material, your favourite songs from The Forties to The Noughties and beyond. A refreshing acoustic wedding singer,

I Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin) LaurasPaperHeart Acoustic cover

Laura’s popular acoustic reworking of Aretha Franklin’s ‘I Say A Little Prayer’

LaurasPaperHeart Show Reel - Acoustic Covers

Hold On by Wilson Phillips, Wake Me Up by Avicii & I Say A Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin.

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Get in touch with Laura's Paper Heart

Address

69 Fitzwalter Road, Norfolk Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 2SJ

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