With an ear for a catchy melody, Doherty recorded her first album, Kids in the City , in 2009, winning the coveted Gold Parents’ Choice Award. The equally endearing Shining Like a Star (2011) and In a Heartbeat (2014) followed, and both won the Silver Parents' Choice Award.  Animal Tracks (2016) is a collection of her most engaging animal songs, and Doherty's newest album, High Five (2018), received the Gold Parents' Choice award and is getting lots of radio play across the country. It explores the themes of friendship, family, and childhood.

Before recording her own original children’s music, Laura co-produced Old Town School’s Wiggleworms Love You (2005), with Rich Rankin at Mosaic Music studio and has recorded educational songs for Disney Sound with indie rocker Ralph Covert of Ralph’s World.

Often joined by her band of Chicago talent on stage, The Heartbeats, Doherty has performed hundreds of shows at premier venues and festivals across the country, including Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, Ravinia, Lollapalooza, Nashville's Pilgrimage Fest,  Austin's SXSW, Philly’s World Cafe Live, Boston’s Club Passim and many more!