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Frontman for The Decemberists Colin Meloy
Colin Meloy in Real Audio
Colin Meloy in Windows Media
Laura Veirs in Real Audio
Laura Veirs in Windows Media
Colin Meloy/Laura Veirs Interview in Real Audio
Colin Meloy/Laura Veirs Interview in Windows Media
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The download version of Colin Meloy's performance is no longer available due to an agreement with the artist.
Frontman for The Decemberists Colin Meloy
Singer-songwriter Laura Veirs performing at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va.
Set List for Colin Meloy:
Devil's Elbow
We Both Go Down Together
Engine Driver
Gymnast, High Above the Ground
Baby Song
Shankhill Butchers
Tristan and Iseult
Here I Dreamt I was an Architect (ends with a bit of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams")
Shiny
Everything I Try to Do Nothing, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right
Barbara Allen
*stretch break*
Apology Song
California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade (leads with tease of Pink Floyd's "Fearless")
Encore:
Red Right Ankle
Blues Runs the Game (Jackson Frank cover)
Bandit Queen
March 1, 2006 - Frontman for The Decemberists Colin Meloy and Seattle art-pop singer-songwriter Laura Veirs perform a night of solo, acoustic music, recorded live at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va. Both performances originally webcast live on NPR.org Jan. 28 with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Downloadable versions of both concerts will be available on Monday.
Meloy is touring with just his guitar while the rest of The Decemberists take a break following the success of last year's break-out release Picaresque. A full, live performance featuring The Decemberists was featured on NPR Music's concert series in May. For his solo act, Meloy will perform works by The Decemberists as well as selections from his new EP, Colin Meloy Sings. The solo CD is only available at Meloy's live shows.
Laura Veirs, a Seattle singer-songwriter, crafts inventive and artful pop songs with quirky rhythms and riffs. Her music is intimate and, at times, atmospheric with poetically puzzling narratives. Her most recent CD, Year of Meteors made some of last year's best-of lists.
Veirs records and tours with her band, The Tortured Souls. But for Saturday's performance at The Birchmere she'll perform alone with acoustic guitar.
A presentation of NPR Music's All Songs Considered and The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va.
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