For the passerby, Seattle's Laura Veirs may have sounded like an old Suzanne Vega cd spinning inside The Earl…or maybe one of a number of 80s female singer/songwriters accompanied only by a guitar. But this is 2008, and Laura Veirs is here and now. Her sound is fresh and original, and her guitar playing is marvelous. She does have a band - the Saltbreakers - which is also the name of her latest release (Nonesuch). For this stripped-down tour, though, she's going solo. And it fits her music. It's simple and melodic with discerning lyrics. Producer Tucker Martine (Decemberists, Bill Fr...