Laura Veirs
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Veirs has said that she didn’t seriously listen to music until she was in her 20s; instead, she just heard what was in her environment. She listened to folk, country, classical and pop music around the house and on the radio during her youth.
Attending Carleton College in rural Minnesota, Veirs latched onto feminist punk rock from the Pacific Northwest, eventually starting an all-female punk band called “Rair Kx!”. Laura studied geology and Mandarin Chinese. After college, she embraced older country and folk music. Her first foray into songwriting started with a geological expedition in China, where she served as translator. She was miserable and immersed herself into writing lyrics as a way of coping.
She put out her own self-titled album Laura Veirs, recorded live and featuring just her and guitar, in 1999. She has since made five highly acclaimed records with producer Tucker Martine. 2003 saw the release of Troubled by the Fire, a full-band effort that found the artist sharing the studio with such luminaries as Bill Frisell and violist Eyvind Kang. She signed to Nonesuch Records the following year with the atmospheric follow-up Carbon Glacier. Year of Meteors followed in August of 2005. She collaborated with The Decemberists on “Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)”, from their 2006 album The Crane Wife.
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Music Fest NW 2010
Various, Portland, OR, United States
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The Decemberists @ MFNW
Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR, United States
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Laura Veirs & The Hall of Flames
Bowery Ballroom, New York NY, United States
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News
UK January "July Flame Tour" Tickets Pre-sale!
17 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/lauraveirs
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West Coast shows this July!
7 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/lauraveirs
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