Jazz Articles about Theresa Andersson

Theresa Andersson: Shine

by Jim Santella
April 14, 2004

Blues/rock excitement oozes from Theresa Andersson’s latest album, Shine. Interpreting with a down-to-earth Nashville flavor complete with slide guitar, dobro and violin, the singer captures blues roots and surrounds them with pop backbeats.

While her singing is oftentimes drowned by louder instruments and background voices, Andersson maintains control. She sings of independence, serious relationships, courage, inner beauty, ambitious dreams, and enduring love. These are the things that make popular music popular. We can relate, and her music ...

Theresa Andersson: Shine

by C. Michael Bailey
April 14, 2004

This is not jazz and I could not be happier. Like Blue Note sneaking Norah Jones under the radar, Basin Street Records has added a bit of Tabasco to their musical meal with New Orleans' own Theresa Anderson. Ms. Andersson is all about rock. With Shine, she provides a heaping helping of post-'80s fem-rock that is at once original and familiar. The recording defies categorization as Miss Andersson mixes electric guitars, violin, and electronics in such a way that you ...