rescued from hardrock by the counting crows first album, then the usual teenage-angst-period with dEUS, pearl jam, tool and radiohead.
these days i like anything, that shines a light on what it's like being human. of course old-timers like joni mitchell, bob dylan, kris kristofferson, paul simon, rickie lee jones, bill withers, leonard cohen, nick drake, elvis costello, talk talk are always welcome.
there's some pop stuff, that i think is just better than the rest, as marc cohn, natalie merchant, david gray, seal, U2.
my life has been saved at times by grant lee buffalo, patty griffin, damien rice, lucinda williams, jeff buckley, joseph arthur, ray lamontagne, beth gibbons, emiliana torrini, will oldham, gillian welch.
and uhm, twice a year i'll play back my elvis and frank sinatra records and if i'm sure nobody's eavesdropping, i might even put on europe...
the official info
Christopher Bernhard left behind a career in his home country Switzerland to play the New York City-scene by himself. Back home, he had two records in the shops and on national radio; was called “the best songwriter we have here” in major newspapers, and sent to the Eurosonic Newcomer Festival in Groningen, NL as one of two Swiss acts in January, 2006. His work in Switzerland has been compared to acts like the early Counting Crows, David Gray and Joseph Arthur.
Only two weeks after the end of the tour for his second Swiss release, he was a nobody in New York, challenging his music to hold up to the city's high standards. He was quickly accepted in the East Village Indie-Folk scene based out of the Sidewalk Café, where acts like Beck, Adam Green and Regina Spektor started their careers. When he returned to Switzerland three months later, he let his band go, had a whole repertoire of new tunes, and an American and a European tour ahead of him.
Christopher Bernhard's songs are snapshots of wide-awake moments in life when things suddenly seem to fall into place. Of sceneries drenched in a colourful but sobering September light, sometimes revealing beauty, sometimes not.
He promotes an acoustic 5-song EP of new material recorded at a friend's apartment in one afternoon and is currently preparing the production of his first international release. the new songs are less band oriented and rely more on the songwriting and voice.
chris! we will definitely see each other in that time. my phone number has not changed, so if you still have it call me when u are in town. if not, message me and i will give it to you again. hope you are well brotha. xoxo,vincenzo
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Hi Trümmi Weiss nicht wo du Dich rumtreibst..... Falls Du in der Gegend bist, wäre es cool wenn Du am Open-Air in Frutigen auch noch auftauchen würdest.... Grüsse aus den Bergen cölä
Love the record!!! Thank you so much. Sorry it's taken me soooo long to get to you. I may be in Zurich the last week of July is that near you??? I've got open dates after the 26th and may try and book something over there. P
Schiff ahoi!
der liebe regen und immer dann wenn mann kein dach über dem kopf hat. wir bleiben drann und ende juni warte ich auf ein zeichen von dir und dann finden wir sicher eine ruhige ecke um zu diskutieren und trinken und auch rauchen.
Ah, wie schade!
Am 8.6. bin ich doch gleich auf zwei Geburtstagen eingeladen!
Wie doof, da wird es nix, mal kurz nach Norderstedt zu fahren, auch wenn es 10 min von mir entfernt ist:-(
Hoffentlich beim nächsten Mal!
Back to N.Y.City!
Viele Grüße
Christoph
Thanks for tuning in last week! Time for ROUND 2! TRACK TRIVIA! ---
Bandname: Cholo Song Name: Just Aks
Inspiration: Goat cheese farming as a metaphor for communism's ultimate demise
Guitar axes wielded: Takamine Electric and a custom-made Telecaster
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