Name that band?

October 14, 2006 3:32 PM

Has anyone heard of a band or singer called something like "Sondra Leche"?

I asked someone in a museum store in NYC what music was playing, and I thought that was what he said, but I can't find anything online about it. I tried some other spellings, but nothing.
The music was kind of folk-ish, I think, and the words were in English.

posted by exceptinsects to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Best answer: Sondre Lerche.
posted by schoolgirl report at 3:34 PM on October 14, 2006

Response by poster: Hurray! Thanks.
posted by exceptinsects at 4:12 PM on October 14, 2006

Sondre Lerche is great. I suspect, based on your description, you were hearing the album Two Way Monologue. His most recent release, The Duper Sessions (released with the Faces Down Quartet) is a nice, quiet jazzy album.
posted by synecdoche at 5:55 PM on October 14, 2006

Sondre rules! First saw him open for Elvis Costello, and got to see him play solo at the Hiro Ballroom here in NYC last month. Truly great show.

YouTube the hell out of him. You will enjoy.
posted by secret about box at 8:34 PM on October 14, 2006

Yay, Sondre Lerche.
posted by ludwig_van at 11:05 PM on October 14, 2006

Sondre Lerche (the "-che" pronounced "-kay" I think) is an extraordinary singer. For people who haven't heard him, his music is a combination of melodic 1960s pop, Chet Baker-like cool jazz crooning, and a slight touch of bossa nova.

Remarkably young, too. When he first started getting some attention, I think he was still a teenager.
posted by umbú at 11:06 AM on October 15, 2006