Chris Bergson Band

" * * * * ...these guys could strip down the engine of a soulbluesmobile and put it back together blindfold."
– MOJO

"Bergson's stirring voice and glorious guitar command immediate attention."
- BLUES REVUE

"One of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music."
- ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on…it's B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield."
- ROLL Magazine

Acclaimed New York-based guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Chris Bergson creates his own blend of rootsy blues and soul. The Chris Bergson Band's latest CD, FALL CHANGES was hailed by MOJO Magazine as the Best Blues Album of 2008. ALL MUSIC GUIDE calls Bergson "one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music." Chris Bergson has performed with Levon Helm, Hubert Sumlin, Norah Jones, John Hammond, and Little Sammy Davis as well as jazz legends Annie Ross and Al Foster.

Bergson's music has been heard on the BBC Radio, Public Dutch Radio NPS and NRK Public Radio Norway as well as on Blues and NPR stations across the U.S. The Chris Bergson Band's latest CD Fall Changes reached #23 on the Living Blues Radio Charts and the album's opening track "Gowanus Heights" was #5 on the MOJO Playlist with the magazine praising the band's "gut-busting, horn-bedecked NY blues." ROLL Magazine writes that "Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on...it's B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield."

The Chris Bergson Band has appeared at numerous festivals across North America and Europe including South by Southwest (Austin, TX), Harvest Time Blues (Ireland), Blues in Hell (Norway), Moulin Blues (The Netherlands), Groningen Rhythm and Blues Night (The Netherlands), the Leicester City Blues Festival (UK), the Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival (BC, Canada), River to River Festival (NY), Cape May Jazz Festival (NJ), and the New York State Blues Festival. Bergson has headlined at such top New York City venues Joe's Pub, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Blue Note, The Living Room, and Jazz Standard. Chris has also performed at the 606 Club (London), B.B. King’s Blues Club (NYC), the Highway 99 Blues Club (Seattle, WA), World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA), the Regattabar (Cambridge, MA) and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC). Bergson has opened for Etta James, Levon Helm, John Hammond, Mose Allison, the Average White Band and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Chris Bergson also serves on the faculty of the 92nd St. Y where he teaches rock guitar.

The Chris Bergson Band's latest album, FALL CHANGES (2 Shirts Records / Bertus) was recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY and features stellar performances from Bergson on guitar and vocals, Jay Collins (Gregg Allman, James Hunter) on tenor sax and backing vocals, Bruce Katz (John Hammond, Ronnie Earl) on piano and B-3 organ, and Tony Leone (Ollabelle) on drums. Special guests include vocalist Amy Helm and a Stax-styled horn section arranged by Jay Collins featuring Erik Lawrence on baritone sax and Kenny Rampton on trumpet. The venerable British publication MOJO praised the Chris Bergson Band's "gut-busting, horn-bedecked NY blues" and featured Fall Changes as blues CD of the month in October 2008, giving the album four stars. As the UK's LEICESTER BANGS writes, "this magnificent collection follows The Band in drawing intuitively and seamlessly from blues, country, folk, funk, soul and jazz. Bergson has the kind of voice that can be sepia-tinted, whiskey soaked or nicotine stained to fit the requisite style and mood, standing alongside Gregg Allman, Dr. John, Van Morrison and Danko / Helm."

"Chris Bergson is a serious talent," proclaims LIVING BLUES noting that "Bergson gives early notice to the listener on the album's opening cut, 'Gowanus Heights', of his prowess as both a performer and songwriter. With a horn section that would do the old Stax crew proud, Bergson lures the listener into his world of jazz influenced blues and doesn't let up until the final cut."

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