ANDERS OSBORNE: A severely UNDERAPPRECIATED musician
I’ve been meaning to write something about Anders Osborne for a while now. Born in Sweden, Osborne left home at a young age, traveled the globe, and luckily for us eventually settled in Louisiana. If you listen to his music you can clearly hear the influence New Orleans has had on his songwriting. Although he hails from Sweden, you’d never know. The beard, the voice, the slide playing and heavy blues riffs, and songs filled with horn sections all make you think Anders was born and raised in the Crescent city. In fact, I think it was preordained and he was destined to grace Nawlins with his gifts. Anyways, Osborne is a hidden gem, a diamond in the rough if you will. Only those addicted to finding new and previously unheard of musicians have probably heard his name (and I’m betting even fewer have actually listened to his music). If you have, you must have laughed at us all since we had no idea what we were missing. Anders is one of those musicians who’s had his songs featured in movies, and had them recorded by other mainstream artists, but still hasn’t garnered widespread popularity himself. His songs take three different roles: some are infectiously happy, make you think of warm summer days and cold beer Others just make you want to rock. And others are softer songs which show off his guitar playing ability and his talent for writing lyrics you can personally connect to. I’ve never seen Osborne live, but from what I’ve heard, read, and seen in video clips, I won’t be missing him the next time he tours here in the northeast. There are some youtube links below of varying quality you should check out, but make sure to listen to “Got Your Heart,” “Pleasin’ You,” “Summertime in New Orleans,” “Lucky One,” “Back on Dumaine,” and so many others.
That’s all for now, I’ll see you where the water tastes like wine…
For those who want to delve deeper, the Anders Osborne youtube playlist:
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