Snow be damned, there are plenty of reasons to leave the house this weekend including lots of music. Here are three such examples featuring a lot of talented and lovely ladies. more ›

We were entranced by singer/songwriter Laura Veirs' shimmering, ethereal folk pop the first time we heard her 2005 record, Year of Meteors. Her intricate guitar parts and haunting voice didn't just get hooked into our brains; they burroughed there, refusing to leave. But she had been making her signature music long before we ever heard it. Her self-titled debut was released in 1999 via Raven Marching Band Records, who also put out her follow-up, The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae, in 2001. After another release in 2003 on Bella Union, Troubled by the Fire, Veirs signed to Nonesuch Records for the release of 2004's Carbon Glaciers and has since released two more records on the label. more ›