Little Red Suitcase live at Jazzfest Berlin 2010

Elena Setién, vocals, violin
Johanna Borchert, piano, keyboards, vocals

recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage, November 5, 2010

1. Well Don't Care
2. Come and Be My Baby
3. If You Dream of me
4. La Vie Est Belle A Paris
5. Today I Woke Up
6. Impro
7. Organic Hen
8. Corriendo
9. Swimming with the Dolphins
10. Paco's Song
11. In A Butternutshell
12. Rainy Holidays
13. Spanish Your Song
14. What A Wonderful World

Their songs are wry, eccentric and nevertheless beautiful. The Danish-German duo Little Red Suitcase is, as it were, the European equivalent to the American group CocoRosie. With seductive sugariness they lure their listeners in order catch them, not to release them ever again. Their musical “doll house” is crawling with strange figures and objects. With charm and seemingly minimal effort the two young ladies accommodate different principles of cabaret, pop-performance and improvisation. Their pieces are ephemeral; their entire musical luggage fits into the little red suitcase referred to in their band name. Violinist/vocalist Elena Setién has already worked with Django Bates and Simon Toldam. Berlin-born Johanna Borchert is most notably known from the quartet Schneeweiß & Rosenrot. Their joint project Little Red Suitcase is a ravishing retreat to the original impulses of innocent singing, expressed on the basis of standards or original compositions.