Laura Veirs
Songwriter
Musician whose prolific recording career, including 2005's Carbon Glacier: Year of Meteors, garnered great acclaim with critics and fans alike.
She studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, where she began performing with Rair Kx!, an all-girl punk band.
She won a Parents' Choice Award for her album Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for Children in 2012.
She married
She featured fellow musicians Colin Meloy, Jim James, and Bela Fleck on her 2012 chidren's album.