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The Austin 100: Lisa LeBlanc

NPR | By Stephen Thompson
Published March 1, 2018 at 6:00 AM EST
John Londono
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Courtesy of the artist

Hometown: Montreal, Canada

Genre: Rock

Why We're Excited: Acadian singer-songwriter Lisa LeBlanc has released records in English and French, always with a wry, plainspoken songwriting language that hits hard at unexpected times. Take the conversational long-distance dedication "5748 km," in which LeBlanc maps out exactly what it takes to travel from New Brunswick to Vancouver: One minute, she's singing about stopping on the road to pee, and the next, she's sighing a note of devotion — "But I love you / Yes, I really do" — with weary affection that cuts deep.

SXSW Schedule:

  • March 13: Bungalow (92 Rainey St.)

  • March 15: Victorian Room at The Driskill (604 Brazos St.)

  • March 16: Swan Dive Patio (615 Red River St.)

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    Stephen Thompson
    Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)
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