Sondre Lerche

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:42 pm

Sondre Lerche with Golden Republic, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22

Being from Scandinavia is seemingly a prerequisite for any exciting new rock act. Hail from the snow and ice countries and your credibility automatically increases. Lerche became a star in his native Norway while still a teen. But he doesn't bang out the proto-garage rock of his area brethren. Instead, Lerche has digested a world of folk-pop -- from Burt Bacharach to Jeff Buckley -- and crafted his own rich, yet accessible melodic universe. Now 21, there are good odds he's only beginning to hit artistic stride. $20. Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St., Ridgefield. 438-4519.
http://www.greenwichtime.com/features/s ... -headlines

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:37 pm

Music Preview: Norwegian bringing a sophisticated sound
Wednesday, October 27, 2004

By Ed Masley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Sondre Lerche says he wanted to do something different with his latest record.

There's nothing in the lush, sophisticated chamber pop of "Two Way Monologue" to suggest the work of a 22-year-old making CDs in the age of Ashlee Simpson.

But it is what fans of Sondre Lerche's breakthrough, "Faces Down," have come to look for in the young Norwegian's records -- timeless song craft and elegance by a rainy-day romantic with musical roots that stretch from Beck's "Mutations" through Burt Bacharach and the "Pet Sounds"-era Beach Boys to Cole Porter's "Night and Day." ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04301/402153.stm