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LAURA VEIRS

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Laura Veirs
 Laura Veirs (born 1973) is an United States of America|American singer-songwriter.

Biography
Laura Veirs grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she often spent summers camping with her family, which gave her much of her songwriting inspiration. She now lives in Portland, Oregon.

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.{{Fact|date=March 2007 She listened to folk music|folk, country music|country, classical and pop music around the house and on the radio during her youth.

Attending Carleton College in rural Minnesota, Veirs latched onto feminism|feminist punk rock from the Pacific Northwest, eventually starting an all-female punk band called "Rair Kx!". Laura studied geology and Standard Mandarin|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 (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 ... read all

Laura Veirs top albums

  1. Year of Meteors
  2. Saltbreakers
  3. Carbon Glacier
  4. The Triumphs & Travails of Orphan Mae
  5. Troubled by the Fire
  6. Galaxies
  7. The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae
  8. Laura Veirs
  9. Years of Meteors
    10. ...show all albums

Laura Veirs top songs and lyrics

  1. Galaxies
  2. Don't Lose Yourself
  3. Pink Light
  4. Ocean Night Song
  5. Rapture
  6. Fire Snakes
  7. Magnetized
  8. Saltbreakers
  9. Secret Someones
  10. Drink Deep
  11. Nightingale
  12. Wandering Kind
  13. Parisian Dream
  14. Where Gravity Is Dead
  15. To The Country
  16. Rialto
  17. Wrecking
  18. Phantom Mountain
  19. Spelunking
  20. Through the Glow
  21. Black Gold Blues
  22. Black Butterfly
  23. Lake Swimming
  24. Cool Water
  25. Ether Sings
    26. ...show all songs

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Laura Veirs will be playing at these Events
1. Laura Veirs + Liam Finn at St James Hall, Vancouver on 1 May 2008
Location: Vancouver Canada
2. Laura Veirs + Liam Finn at Schubas Tavern, Chicago on 15 May 2008
Location: 3159 N. Southport, Chicago 60657, United States
3. Laura Veirs + Liam Finn at The 930 Listening Room, Louisville on 16 May 2008
Location: 930 Mary St, Louisville 40204, United States
4. Laura Veirs at The EARL, Atlanta, GA on 18 May 2008
Location: Atlanta, GA United States
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