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Laura Veirs (Laura Pauline Veirs) was born on 24 October, 1973 in Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S., is an American singer-songwriter. Discover Laura Veirs's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?

Popular As Laura Pauline Veirs
Occupation Singer · songwriter · composer · musician · writer
Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 24 October, 1973
Birthday 24 October
Birthplace Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.
Nationality United States

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Laura Veirs Net Worth

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1973

Laura Pauline Veirs (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon.

She is known for her folk/alternative country records and live performances as well as her collaboration with Neko Case and k.d. lang on the case/lang/veirs project.

Veirs has written a children's book and hosts a podcast about parenting and performing.

Veirs graduated from General William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1997

In 1997, Veirs graduated from Carleton College, where she was a geology major and studied Mandarin Chinese.

During this time, she worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China.

Growing up, Veirs heard folk-country, classical, and pop music at home; however, she did not "listen seriously," she says, until in her 20s.

At Carleton, she joined all-girl punk band, Rair Kx!

After graduation, her taste moved to older country and folk, and during her time in China she began writing lyrics.

1999

In 1999, Veirs released a self-titled album, which was recorded live and featuring just herself and guitar.

2003

2003 saw the release of Troubled by the Fire, accompanied by veteran musicians such as Bill Frisell.

She then signed to Nonesuch and released Carbon Glacier.

She also signed to Bella Union for European distribution.

2005

Year of Meteors followed in August 2005, and was selected by the New York Times as a "critic's choice".

2007

Veirs released her final album for Nonesuch, Saltbreakers, in 2007.

2010

In January 2010, Veirs released July Flame on her own Raven Marching Band Records.

The album received praise from The Washington Post among other publications.

2011

In November 2011, Veirs released the album Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for Children.

The album presented mostly traditional songs, and featured an array of guest musicians, including Colin Meloy, Jim James and Béla Fleck.

2012

Tumble Bee won a Parents' Choice Award in 2012.

In September 2012, her first feature film soundtrack was released: Hello I Must Be Going, for the movie of the same name.

The exclusive soundtrack featured eight instrumental versions of previously released songs, five catalog favorites and one new vocal track, "Spring Song".

2013

In August 2013, she released Warp & Weft.

2015

In 2015, she worked on the album Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens.

Veirs' long term collaborator and then husband, Tucker Martine, engineered some of the album.

2016

Veirs was lead songwriter for the 2016 album case/lang/veirs, a collaborative project between Veirs, k.d. lang and Neko Case.

The album received positive reviews and a Metacritic rating of 82.

2018

In April 2018, she released her tenth studio album The Lookout on her own label Raven Marching Band in North American and Bella Union in the rest of the world.

It was a concept album about the fragility of precious things.

It featured contributions from Sufjan Stevens, Jim James and was produced by Tucker Martine.

Earlier, in January 2018, she had launched a podcast, Midnight Lightning, about the lives of musician parents.

The first season featured weekly interviews with 14 mother musicians such as Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), Carol Kaye, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, Meshell Ndegeocello, Amanda Bergman among others.

In early 2018, Chronicle Books published her first picture book, Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten.

A story about folk musician Elizabeth Cotten (aka "Libba") it was illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh.

Libba was a Junior Library Guild selection and received the Parents' Choice Award.

2020

On Valentine's Day 2020, Veirs released the song "I Was a Fool", exploring her divorce.

In July, her eleventh studio album My Echo was made available for pre-order with a scheduled release in October.

Veirs continued to write and record, finishing most of an album's worth of material by the time, My Echo, was released.

Tucker Martine was a producer on many of the albums including Carbon Glacier, Year of Meteors, Saltbreakers, July Flame, Tumble Bee and Warp & Weft.

Veirs runs a record label, Raven Marching Band Records, that has released her own and other artists' music.