◇ image via WikipediaLaura Veirs
Laura Veirs is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Judee Sill, k.d. lang, Alice Coltrane, Colin Meloy and Elizabeth Cotten. Those roots explain a lot about how Laura Veirs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alela Diane, Mirah, Joan Shelley, Beth Orton and Ani DiFranco, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sam Amidon, Neko Case, k.d. lang, Colin Meloy and Jim James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Laura Veirs, reaching back through Judee Sill and forward to Sam Amidon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She is known for her folk and 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.
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Laura Veirs connections
Laura Veirs grew out of Judee Sill, k.d. lang, Alice Coltrane and Colin Meloy, shares an orbit with Alela Diane, Mirah, Joan Shelley and Beth Orton, went on to shape Sam Amidon, Neko Case, k.d. lang and Colin Meloy. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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