| The Theresa Andersson release Hummingbird, Go! | | | | (aka dessert) she serves up the cover of the |
| reflects a new direction for the pop music virtuoso | | | | Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young classic Find The Cost |
| as she leaves her band behind and goes solo with | | | | of Freedom. To say that this was an energizing, |
| assistance from digital looping. | | | | invigorating, captivating, and fulfilling set would be an |
| Hummingbird, Go!: Na Na Na, Clusters, Birds Fly Away, | | | | understatement. |
| Introducing the Kitchenettes, Hi - Low, Innan Du | | | | Hummingbird, Go! projects a different more mature |
| Går, Hummingbird, Go!, Japanese Art, The | | | | and secure side of Theresa. She embraced a new |
| Waltz, God's Highway, Locusts are Gossiping, Minor | | | | format of music in looping where she breaks down |
| Changes | | | | her songs into their individual musical elements so she |
| Personnel: Theresa Andersson: Violin, Guitar, Lead | | | | could understand the pieces required for looping, |
| Vocals, Backing Vocals, Drums, Slide Whistle, and | | | | captured the elements, and brought it all together on |
| things like bottles, saw, wine glasses, high-heeled | | | | Hummingbird, Go!, while she recorded the release in |
| clogs; Ane Brun: Vocal Harmony on Innan Du | | | | her kitchen. |
| Går; Tobias Fröberg: Backing Vocals on | | | | The release opens with Na Na Na that has become |
| God's Highway, Rhodes on Innan Du Går and | | | | the darling of tracks from this release having |
| God's Highway; Brent Rose: Saxophone on Na Na Na; | | | | garnered exposure via a great streaming video on |
| Arthur Mintz: Drums on Na Na Na, Hi - Low, and | | | | You Tube. The recorded version does include some |
| Japanese Art; Alex Smith: Mouth Harp on Japanese | | | | assistance on drums and saxophone, but the focus |
| Art | | | | on this track is Theresa's alluring lead and backing |
| Hummingbird, Go! was released on the Basin Street | | | | vocals. The track Clusters is constructed from musical |
| Records label and marks the fourth release by this | | | | influences from her New Orleans music tenure, 60's |
| talented and vibrant musician. Theresa varies from | | | | Motown, and 70's rock harmony with a layered set |
| her previous recordings in format as she moves from | | | | of vocals all covered by Theresa. Keeping with her |
| using a backing band to the use of looping, a process | | | | music influences, the tracks Birds Fly Away and Hi - |
| where a single musician can capture riffs, melodies, | | | | Low have a 60's/70's feel to them with the light |
| and other musical textures and layer them into a | | | | drums and supporting strings, but a focus on the |
| track by use of a looping pedal, but she stayed true | | | | lyrics, vocals, and backing harmonies. The title track |
| to her style where the songs are a reflection of her | | | | Hummingbird, Go! is a short instrumental track that |
| life. The concept of looping has evolved with the | | | | leads into the pop tune Japanese Art that is similar to |
| digital age and allows a musician to dynamically | | | | the sound found on Theresa's release Shine; the |
| capture the elements they want and bring them into | | | | sound is crisp, tight, fast paced, and with a fun |
| a song at will via the touch of a pedal. I had the | | | | rhythm. The Waltz is interesting as the opening |
| opportunity to catch Theresa playing live at The | | | | vibraphone sound is cast by glasses filled with water, |
| Living Room in New York where her one-woman | | | | but the story is Theresa's vocals that capture the |
| show took the stage. Complete with her powerful | | | | traditional waltz time signature. The pop tracks God's |
| voice, signature violin, guitar, slide guitar, tambourine, | | | | Highway, Locusts Are Gossiping, and Minor Changes |
| drums, and digital loop setup she captured the | | | | are interesting as Theresa projects a different vocal |
| attention and admiration of a room full of music | | | | pitch on each song and matches the pitch to the |
| lovers. She moved through a 50 minute set like a | | | | string instruments (violin and guitar) that she plays. |
| chef preparing a five course meal, she served up an | | | | Hummingbirds, Go! may be a departure from her prior |
| amuse bouche by starting off with Na Na Na, | | | | three releases, but it shows a major step forward in |
| followed that by Bird Fly Away, Hummingbird, Go!, | | | | her development as a musician. |
| The Waltz, Innan Du Gar, and to close out the set | | | | |