Japanese Breakfast - Live ACL 2018-10-06

Today's entry is Japanese Breakfast (aka Michelle Zauner) which comes via a recent recommendation from Terry, which he described as a "sort of a cross of Bjork and 10,000 Maniacs".  She/they are coming to the Norva May 2, 2019; unfortunately I'll probably be out of town that day otherwise I'd make a point of catching this show. 

Terry's description is pretty accurate, with a strong, bright guitar sound that also reminds me a bit of "Damon and Naomi with Ghost".  The concert video he shared with me is from the Austin City Limits Festival, Oct. 6, 2018.

Lisa Loeb - "I Do" (forgotten song)

Danette and I saw Lisa Loeb at the Attucks Theatre on Friday.  Although we like her well enough, neither of us are huge fans, so we went to the show on a whim, not really knowing what to expect. She was solo, with only her acoustic guitar, and gave a very good show.

We learned a few things in the course of the evening.  First, Lisa is a good story teller, and especially entertaining was the backstory about how her song "Truthfully" was constructed for the soundtrack of "One Fine Day", only to be bounced out in favor of Shawn Colvin's cover of "Someone Like You".   Second, we had no idea that Loeb has had a prolific career writing children's music, including winning a 2018 Grammy in "Best Children's Album" for "Feel What U Feel".  She performed just a couple of children's songs for us, the most memorable of which was "Disappointing Pancake".

Of course she performed "Stay (I Missed You)", the song for which she's most well known.  But she closed her set with another hit single, "I Do", from 1997's LP "Firecracker".  We both remembered the song, but neither of us could remember the last time we heard it.

Lisa Loeb - "I Do"