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Laura Veirs Releases Her Unpolished ‘Phone Orphans’

Laura Veirs Releases Her Unpolished ‘Phone Orphans’

Laura Veirs’ Phone Orphans works because of its roughness. She’s not gilding the lily, and she offers her direct sensibility as a way to address her ignorance.

This Is the Kit Hold Us Captive with ‘Careful of Your Keepers’

This Is the Kit Hold Us Captive with ‘Careful of Your Keepers’

In Careful of Your Keepers, This Is the Kit again holds listeners captive with one of the unique voices in contemporary indie folk-rock.

Laura Veirs Re-Discovers Herself on the Glowing ‘Found Light’

Laura Veirs Re-Discovers Herself on the Glowing ‘Found Light’

After separating from her producer-husband, songwriter Laura Veirs not only charts a new path for herself but discovers new talents on the new album Found Light.

Laura Veirs ‘Found Light’ Being on Her Own After a Dozen Records

Laura Veirs ‘Found Light’ Being on Her Own After a Dozen Records

Laura Veirs’ songs on Found Light are more inquisitive and exploratory (and even experimental) than previously, and it’s the first time she’s co-produced her music.

Laura Veirs Talks to Herself on ‘My Echo’

Laura Veirs Talks to Herself on ‘My Echo’

The thematic connections between these 10 Laura Veirs songs and our current situation are somewhat coincidental, or maybe just the result of kismet or karmic or something in the zeitgeist.

The 10 Best Americana Albums of 2007

The 10 Best Americana Albums of 2007

If 2007 didn't invite any gripping controversies, it was certainly filled with competitive comparisons -- between young and old, past and present, and among splintered factions -- and both surprising hits and disappointing misses. All in all, a dynamic and at times resurgent year for the broad scope of Americana.
20 Questions: Laura Veirs

20 Questions: Laura Veirs

After a collaborative album with k.d. lang and Neko Case, Laura Veirs re-emerges with a delicate, deliberate collection of folk-pop wonders, as well as a love for the Pixar film Coco and all things coffee.

Laura Veirs Creates a Rich, Luxurious Sound on ‘The Lookout’

Laura Veirs Creates a Rich, Luxurious Sound on ‘The Lookout’

After the comparatively brash Warp And Weft, the geology-pop legend Laura Veirs returns with a more elaborate, luxurious sound for her tenth long-player.

Carl Broemel: 4th of July

Carl Broemel: 4th of July

Six years in the making, the second solo offering from the My Morning Jacket guitarist is tender, nostalgic, and often sweet. Neko Case, Laura Veirs, and MMJ buddies are on hand to help.
case/lang/veirs – “Honey and Smoke” (Singles Going Steady)

case/lang/veirs – “Honey and Smoke” (Singles Going Steady)

The song is extremely well-crafted, sounding like some classic from the minds of Jimmy Webb or Bacharach/David.
The Bloom Is On: An Interview with Producer Tucker Martine

The Bloom Is On: An Interview with Producer Tucker Martine

He's produced for the Decemberists, Mudhoney, and My Morning Jacket -- and also wrote the Windows Vista theme. A journey through the life of producer Tucker Martine.

Laura Veirs: Warp and Weft

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