Laura Veirs to Play Seattle and Portland on Upcoming Tour in Support of New Album ‘The Lookout’

Laura Veirs, a still too little-known songwriter based in Portland, Ore., previews her 10th album, The Lookout, with “Everybody Needs You.” It’s a tense, friendly tune thoroughly interwoven with nervous undercurrent: her quick acoustic guitar-picking, a rock band, a chamber orchestra full of woodwind pulsations and string-section countermelodies. Her voice sounds shy, but the ambitions are huge.

“The Lookout is about the need to pay attention to the fleeting beauty of life and to not be complacent; it’s about the importance of looking out for each other,” says Veirs. “I’m addressing what’s happening around me with the chaos of post-election America, the racial divides in our country, and a personal reckoning with the realities of midlife: I have friends who’ve died; I struggle with how to balance life as an artist with parenting young children.”

Veirs will be making two Northwest appearances on an upcoming tour, including stops in Seattle and Portland. Full tour dates can be found below.

Sat. Apr. 14 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe (WYEP)
Sun. Apr. 15 – Charleston, WV @ Mountain Stage
Tue.  Apr. 17 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Wed. Apr. 18 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre
Thu. Apr. 19 – Saxaphaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
Sat. Apr. 21 – Macon, GA @ Cox Capitol Theatre
Fri. May 18 – Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abby
Sat. May 19 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Mon. May 21 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Tue. May 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Thu. May 24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
Fri. May 25 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (upstairs)
Sat. May 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
Sun. May 27 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage