Birds fly away

You know The Basement Tapes and Toys in the Attic. You've heard plenty of garage bands. You might have suffered through more than a few bedroom folk singers in your high school or college days. You probably sing in the shower. But kitchen rock? Maybe not.

One man bands – toothless old men with harmonicas, accordions, and all manner of percussion strapped to their backs and limbs – sure. It's not so uncommon these days to see performers on stage hunched over a laptop with a guitar slung around their shoulders. The frantic calm with which Theresa Andersson attacks the array of effects pedals laid out before her while performing her song "Birds Fly Away" in her kitchen, though – it's pretty good. Fascinating. Mesmerizing. Or at least entertaining.

The New Orleans-based Swedish expat plays tonight in Charlottesville, VA before hitting the road with fellow Swedes Ane Brun and Tobias Froberg on Tuesday. Andersson's new CD, Hummingbird, Go! – recorded in that same kitchen that you just saw – came out last month on NOLA's own Basin Street Records.

It's a fine day for a beer whenever you can "try it before you buy it." We have a pair of tracks from Hummingbird, Go! here for you to listen to and download. Enjoy!

Download "Birds Fly Away"

Download "Na Na Na (Empty Heart)"

Theresa Andersson tour dates

10/21: Washington, DC @ The Swedish Embassy
10/22: New York, NY @ Living Room
10/23: Phildelphia, PA @ Tin Angel
10/24: Arlington, VA @ IOTA Club & Cafe
10/25: Norfolk, VA @ Attucks Theatre
10/28: Nashville, TN @ The Basement*
10/29: Dayton, OH @ Canal Street Tavern*
10/30: Indianapolis, IN @ Rathskeller*
11/01: Chicago, IL @ Schubas
11/06: London, ON @ London Music Club**
11/07: Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo
11/08: Montreal, QUE. @ Les Saints
11/11: Allston, MA @ Great Scott
11/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall

*solo shows

**with Tobias Froberg only