Bjorn Berge hails from
Norway and the best way to describe label Berge is "one man band". Berge is a Blues musician performing solo with his 12 string acoustic guitar accompanied only by his southern rock alike vocal and him tapping on a flightcase.
Berge makes the best outta these simple means. This is a live recording from Belgium and its back to the basics. Of course Berge is limited in his musical expression and therefore he tends to sound a bit monotonous at times.
However, Berge manages to give the listener the feeling of sitting in the Belgian club with a Duvel beer enjoying the show. Its raw, honest and unpretentious acoustic blues rock with lots of slide guitar.
Despite being a one-man-band Berge has a big sound.
Bjorn Berge sounds best on
Bring it On Home, where he certainly lives up to his reputation as "a one man groove machine". The setlist is build around sweaty Blues rocking songs, but the amazing ballad
Angel Band gives the setlist a vital variation.
All Berge fans -or fans of acoustic Blues rock- should get the first edition of "Live in Europe", since it comes with a bonus DVD.
The first concert is Berge recorded on homeground - in Oslo 2001. Berge plays several cover versions including an obscure version of Red Hot Chili Peppers's
Give it Away.
Bjorn Berge actually recorded a CD called "I am the Antipop" where he covered
Give it Away and songs by Audioslave,
Led Zeppelin and
Rage against the Machine etc.
The DVD also has footage from a huge outdoor festival where Berge plays in front of thousands of people. Thumbs up to Berge for being a musical craftsman, since he manages to spellbound the large crowd. He plays an electric baritone guitar, which again gives a nice variation and a bit more rawness to it. He finishes off with a cover of Motorhead's
Ace of Spades in a version that most of the metalheads in the crowd never thought was possible.
Check this phenomenon out for yourself. Berge is a modern day troubadour.
Written by
Michael Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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