Laura, Laura Love
- 14 Feb 07, 09:13 AM
Yesterday I interviewed an artist from Portland, Oregon called Laura Veirs. She was in a studio in London and I in Belfast, but it worked fine down the wires as we discussed her excellent new record, ΅®Saltbreakers΅―. It is strange and elemental music, with hints of Patti Smith and Emily Bronte. Apparently her personal life was a bit tempestuous at the time. But she sounds revived now and she gushes quietly, remembering a recording session at Johnny Cash΅―s old home studio in Henderson, Tennessee. Apparently the mantelpiece is signed by all the guests, including Bob Dylan, and Laura was also asked to add her name.
Even minor stars have interesting things happen to them, and Laura went to France last year, where a school choir was singing these ethereal versions of her songs. She was smiling and weeping at the same time. I hope she gets so famous that she΅―s immortalised on Rockney Rhyming slang. As in: ΅°I went down to the pub for a few Lauras, and then across the road for a Ruby.΅±
She speaks fluent Chinese and has a degree in geology. I told her about the Giant΅―s Causeway and she΅―s already talking about a field trip during her next Irish tour. Let it rock!
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