Album: Year of Meteors by Laura Veirs (2005)
Style: Folk
Record Label: Bella Union
Format: Album

Description: "Year of Meteors"is the fifth studio album by Laura Veirs,  released in 2005 on the  	Nonesuch Records label.
With her band The Tortured Souls, singer/songwriter/guitar player Laura Veirs recorded her new record, Year of Meteors, in Seattle in February of this year. She calls the album "a road record", drawing inspiration from being in constant motion for much of 2004, touring in support of the critically acclaimed Carbon Glacier.
Produced by Tortured Soul band member, Tucker Martine, Year of Meteors' lyrics include dream-like images of sky and sea, punctuated by guitar bursts, handclaps and melodic keyboards and strings. In addition to Martine’s percussion and "beats" the album features Steve Moore (piano, organs), Karl Blau (bass, guitar, vocals), and Eyvind Kang (viola).
Veirs incorporates elements of contemporary folk, Americana, alternative rock, and laptop style electronics into a mix that remains her own. Nonsuch. 2005. 

Artist Background: "Laura Pauline Veirs" (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter. 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. 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. She listened to folk, country, classical and pop music around the house and on the radio during her youth. Attending Carlet... Part of the Colorado Springs, USA music scene. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Colorado Springs, USA music scene. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Folk, 2000s, Album, Bella Union

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"Year of Meteors"is the fifth studio album by Laura Veirs,  released in 2005 on the  	Nonesuch Records label.
With her band The Tortured Souls, singer/songwriter/guitar player Laura Veirs recorded her new record, Year of Meteors, in Seattle in February of this year. She calls the album "a road record", drawing inspiration from being in constant motion for much of 2004, touring in support of the critically acclaimed Carbon Glacier.
Produced by Tortured Soul band member, Tucker Martine, Year of Meteors' lyrics include dream-like images of sky and sea, punctuated by guitar bursts, handclaps and melodic keyboards and strings. In addition to Martine’s percussion and "beats" the album features Steve Moore (piano, organs), Karl Blau (bass, guitar, vocals), and Eyvind Kang (viola).
Veirs incorporates elements of contemporary folk, Americana, alternative rock, and laptop style electronics into a mix that remains her own. Nonsuch. 2005. 

Year of Meteors

Laura Veirs

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