Theresa Andersson

"Connected," the leadoff track on singer/songwriter/violinist Theresa Andersson's new album, Shine, celebrates that hair-raising symbiosis that can occur when a performer and audience share a moment, when both the artist and crowd are lost in song. "That's the most important thing to me, to feel that connection," Andersson says. "Good music can't happen without energy from both sides."

Creating such moments is something the songbird has become quite good at over the past decade. Since moving to New Orleans in the early '90s, Andersson has... more