Laura Pauline Veirs (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter.
Veirs was raised in Colorado, studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China, and now lives in Portland, Oregon.
While growing up, she heard folk-country, classical, and pop music at home. However, she didn't "listen seriously," she says, until her 20s. At Carleton, she joined an all-girl punk band called Rair Kx!.
Veirs released
Saltbreakers in 2007.
July Flame appeared in January 2010 on her Raven Marching band label. The
Washington Post praised it.
Tumble Bee won a Parents' Choice Award in 2012.
In September 2012 her first feature film soundtrack was released:
Hello I Must Be Going. The exclusive soundtrack features eight instrumental versions of previously released songs, five catalog favorites and one new vocal track,
Spring Song.
In August 2013 she released "Warp and Weft" to widespread critical acclaim.
Veirs's husband, Portland-based producer Tucker Martine, has produced her last nine albums, and plays many instruments on the records as well. Their first son, Tennessee Veirs Martine, was born in April 2010. In May 2013 they welcomed a second son, Oz Rhodes Martine.