I’ve been wanting to start introducing music to my blog, and now’s as good a time as any! I’m not going to go into full-blown reviews, rather, I’d just like to share things I love. Maybe you’ll love them too!

My husband introduced me to Laura Veirs last year, when he bought me her CD Year of Meteors. He often buys me music he thinks I’ll like, and is usually right.

I quickly fell in love this CD, and bought as may of her other albums as I could. (Her first self-titled, self-recorded album is sold out.)

Sample verse, from “Icebound Stream” on Carbon Glacier:

watch, I can flash across the sky
a lightning bolt from up on high
and I can crash into myself
now a flower blooms in reverse
and a song takes back a verse
a photograph fades to white

Laura’s style spans many styles: a little country, a little folky, a little jazzy, a little rock. She sings clever lyrics, creating a vivid image for each song with a clear, honest voice.

She toured with Colin Meloy of The Decemberists last year. Perhaps it was due to this tour pairing, she is featured in the song “Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)” on The Decemberists’ album The Crane Wife.

Check out some samples on her site, or a live show through KCRW archives of “Morning Becomes Eclectic” (there’s also another show from 2003, which I just realized was there!).

Enjoy!