Kevin Bronson on January 9th, 2015

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I’d like the cocktail table in the corner, thank you, and may I have a whiskey neat? No, it’s just me … and what, there’s no smoking in here? That’s OK, I suppose, because The Singer and the Songwriter will probably be smoky enough. I heard a couple tunes on a local blog. They’re a duo. It’s this woman named Rachel Garcia who sings like the people my grandpa listened to on his old Victrola, along with a guy named Thu Tran who supposedly taught himself how to play guitar, piano, harmonica, ukulele and banjo. What, you say? It’s the first you’ve heard of them? (Sure, you can keep my tab open.) Anyway, the Singer and the Songwriter put out an album in mid-December; they called it “What a Difference a Melody Makes.” I checked it out and dug its sophisticated but playful vibe. Sounds old but current at the same time, y’know? Like the cool lounge-y record you’d put on in the background when you have somebody over for dinner. Sure, I’ll have another whiskey. What did you say you were doing later?

||| Stream: “Homebody” and “Old Fashioned”

||| Live: The Singer and the Songwriter perform Feb. 7 at Room 5.