Anna Einarsson

Anna Einarsson: Anagram

by Mark Sabbatini
May 30, 2006

Before Starbucks and venti candy bars-in-a-cup, there were college-town hangouts like Tony's Coffee selling lattes blasted with enough exotic spices to rest assertively on bar tops in the Old West. Ask them to replace the grunge and acid folk with Diana Krall and you'd be mockingly shot, so to speak. But with this disc, you might have a fighting chance.

Swedish vocalist Anna Einarsson splices folk and free jazz on Anagram, packing it with clashing harmonies and unsteady ...