Laufey with the LA Phil concert review: A star is born… who looks like he was born a hundred years ago

Attentive music Fans to have had a few time NOW has become familiar with WHO And What THE singer Laufey East: A young Icelandic-Asian-American women of which traditional ballad often remember THE pre-rock time. Always, For A little of We, he could to have come as A very light surprise has see her stage on THE Outside scene of THE Ford In Hollywood on THE weekend And be recalled that She East 24 And not 124. If Never were tent has error her For A centenary, anyway, It is only In THE best possible path. Laufey ascending has major league popular artist East A of THE most comforting musical phenomena of THE last couple of years… Or should be, has anybody WHO has any of them particular affection For THE sounds And songwriting fashions of THE Great American Songbook years.

There is Never A complete shortage of talented young people WHO feel a few kind of affinity For Jazz standards, but A crucial difference with Laufey East, she is in writing her own great American songbook, Or has less get A very honorable to start on A. Efficient SATURDAY has THE Ford with THE THERE Philharmonic as her support band, Laufey did TO DO three covers Since THE classic time — "I Wish You Love," "Foggy" And "THE Proximity of You" – but THE other 18 were her own, virtually all of them feeling completely of A piece with THE thing of Hoagy Carmichael. Or of Astrud Gilberto, given that newly struck bossa nova Numbers came up more that once In THE settled.

It is not unfair has see This as semi-anachronistic thing. Again Laufey East savagely popular, far more SO that chart positions would be indicate. THE Ford to show was A instant sold, with resale tickets in general be Free For $300-600 In THE advance has THE weekend… And her two exhausted watch has THE Theater has Ace Hotel In November going For even more. (Each date on her autumn WE. tour sold through practically immediately.) SO, given that She probably could to have completed THE Hollywood Bowl through THE path, was TO DO A to show with THE Phil has THE Balls more modest cousin, THE Ford, A voluntary minimize, Or A accidental A? Let's go assume he was partially on purpose, considering that She values privacy enough that She spontaneously added last minute watch has THE Catalina Jazz club And Stove Peaceful Park This pass week, In THE advance has her full orchestra concert. Just A couple of years pass graduation Since Berklee, Laufey (pronounced "Lay-vay") likely has A GOOD head on her shoulders about accommodating all crowd sizes In due time.

Laufey has THE Ford with THE THERE Phil Farah Sosa on in the name of of THE The bone Angeles Philharmonic

WHO East jump on these tickets For Laufey (born: Laufey Linen Jonsdóttir) THE moment they go on sale? He makes For A interesting demographic puzzle that THE Ford concert went a few path towards solve. Close has half THE audience appeared has be Asian, eager has to kiss A new star WHO works GOOD out any of them typical cultural/gender box; maybe three quarters were below 30. And, sprinkled around slightly, as literal salt and pepper, THE grey hair You could Normally to wait for has find has A to show This rooted In THE her of pre-youth culture classics. (Typically, even When It is A younger interpreter TO DO music that remember THE GEORGIA. Songbook, he would be tender has be: Average age, death, as they say In to show business.) But clearly her music East registration with A audience that either doesn't know Or doesn't care about THE gap between stupid...