How does a girl from Tennessee (in red saddle shoes!) grow up to create captivating songs in French and English, with fresh elements of 1920s jazz, gypsy swing, and bossa nova? Andrea Carlson's new CD "Love Can Be So Nice" is all of that, perfectly prepared with the help of an array of leading musicians from Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, Chicago, and Paris.
Andrea is a classically-trained guitarist and versatile jazz vocalist. Her new album glows with passion and sizzles with free spirited joy, echoing her personal adventures in Europe and the USA, and her musical explorations of American standards, French chanson, and Brazilian samba.
As with her previous all-original release "Drivin' Myself Wild For You", the sessions were recorded and mixed by Grammy-winning engineer Glenn Barratt, and the CD is wrapped in Andrea's own delightfully expressive artwork.