Laura Veirs

“Troubled By Fire”
Bella Union
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Ms. Veirs is a twenty-first century Seattle girl pushing a traditional-down-home-back-porch sound. Her third album, “Troubled By Fire,” is nothing less then beautiful, mixing blues with folk to banjo-rock to everything on the in-between. Wi th a gift for quietly intermingling her opinions into her lyrics, she leaves us with insightful songs like, ‘Cannon Fodder’ and ‘The Ballad of John Vogelin’. Her rich voice can fill a room as heard in ‘Bedroom Eyes,’ which plops you down into a blissful world of rocking chairs and mint ice tea. Veirs is the green sky before a storm, the perfect mix of splendor and melancholy, and an album to be revered by all. If your a folk connoisseur or just a fan of the alt-country Lucinda Williams, Ani Difranco scene then you should put this CD at the top of your ‘to buy’ list.

-Suzie Sorenson

www.lauraveirs.com
www.bellaunion.com