Laura Veirs - Two Beers Veirs

Laura Veirs covers five traditional folk/blues/country songs on this cd.

'Wildwood Flower' was the last song recorded by June Carter Cash before she died. I believe it was originally recorded by A.P. Carter an ancestor of hers. Laura brings the Carter family spirit to the song but makes it her own.
'The Coo-Coo bird' is a traditional Appalachian song which according to the internet is about the bird being a symbol of fickleness in love or the coming of summer and has some lovely vocals and whistling on it.
'Freight train' was written by Elizabeth Cotten when she was 12 years old and is a classic traditional folk song. She was apparently self-taught and played the guitar left handed and upside down. I've always had a soft spot for this song and Laura's version remains true to the original feeling of wanting to disappear and get away. This was also one of the songs which I tried and failed to learn to play on guitar a few years ago in an introductory class.

Her approach to singing these traditional songs with honesty and a simple delivery has made me want to check out her own music and track down the original versions of these traditional songs.