Le Loup
I learned of Le Loup recently and can now recommend them for Kick-Starting-Your Weekend. On their new album, Family, I enjoyed Beach Town the best: Here’s a profile of the band that started in 2006 in Washington, DC, by Moira E. McLaughlin in the Washington Post. Loup means wolf in French and their sound is reminiscent of Radiohead in a non-typical, discordant way. Their music also reminds me of Theresa Andersson in it’s chamber-like acoustics. By the way. Hope you’re not superstitious about Friday the 13th, as I am, which was coincidentally when I first wrote about Theresa Andersson.
Theresa Andersson
Friday the 13th has traditionally not been good for me but the weekend is almost here and a little good music is in order. I am always eager to promote artists who have New Orleans influences. Although Theresa Andersson is from Sweden originally, she arrived in New Orleans at 18 and claims it as her adopted hometown. She was playing at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA last Saturday but as one son was leaving to go back to college from his spring break and another due to arrive, plus I was nursing the flu, I didn’t get to see her performance. However, here’s a great video of her work. The…
