Laura Pauline Veirs[1] (born October 24, 1973)[2] is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon.

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

[7] In 1999, Veirs released her eponymous debut studio album, which was recorded live and featuring just herself and guitar.

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

[12][13] 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.

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.

[14] A story about the influential American folk and blues musician Elizabeth Cotten (aka "Libba") it was illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh.

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

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

It featured her band mates Shahzad Ismaily, Sam Amidon, Karl Blau and Charlotte Greve.

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

[24][25][19] In the summer of 2024, Veirs announced her engagement to Reed College music professor and ethnomusicologist Morgan Luker.