Laura Veirs

artist

Biography

Laura Veirs is an American singer-songwriter.Veirs was raised in Colorado. While she heard folk-country, classical, and pop music at home, she didn't "listen seriously," she says, until her 20s. While she was a college student at Carleton College, when she ed an all-girl punk band called "Rair Kx!". She now lives in Portland, Oregon. Veirs released Saltbreakers in 2007 and July Flame in January 2010 on her Raven Marching band label. The Washington Post said it "may well be one of the best releases of 2010." (read more at Wikipedia)