AARON BERG sings and plays all electric and acoustic guitars and harmonica as well as piano, organ, bass, and ambient effects.
THE HEAVY LOVE is a rotating cast of characters from New York City to South Carolina and beyond they include: John Byce (Drums), Ira Rosoff (Bass), Myk Freedman (Lap Steel), Michael Effenberger (Piano, Rhodes, Moog, Nord, Tape Delay, Electronics), Brian Quinn (Drums), Sam Howard (Bass)
TOP DOWNLOADS BY AARON BERG:
* Waiting For A Woman
* Too Soon To Tell
* Fellowman Blues
* The Wheel
* Two Of A Kind
* Behind Closed Doors
* House Of Light
* Madonna Of The Evening Rose
* Nothing Between The Walls
* Madame X
CONTACT US AT - TheHeavyLove (at) gmail (dot) com
AARON BERG IS ALSO AT:
Influences
"Madame X" (From Songs For Madame X)
Words and Music Aaron Berg (Turf Club, Saint Paul, Minnesota, with Monica In Red)
"If I Was A Criminal" (Unreleased)
Words and Music Aaron Berg (home tape, Summer 2006, Gracias Rosy)
Love & Coffee Tour
Sept 7 American Folk Art Museum - NYC
Sept 8 The Rongo – Ithaca, NY
Sept 10 Victoria Station Café – Putnam, CT
Sept 13 The Downtown – Morristown, TN
Sept 21 The Coffee Underground Theatre– Greenville, SC
Sept 23 The Bluebird Café, Nashville, TN
Sept 24 Acoustic Coffee House – Johnson City, TN
Sept 25 The Basement – Nashville, TN
Sept 26 The Juggling Gypsy – Wilmington, NC
Sept 27 The Cave – Chapel Hill, NC
Oct 1 Bryn Mar College - Pennsylvania
Oct 2 The Living Room - NYC
Oct 4 Rudyard Kipling – Louisville, KY
Oct 5 Jasper Wall Café – Dayotn, OH
Oct 6 House Concert - Lansing, MI
Oct 9 Yeild Bar – Milwaukee, WI
Oct 11 Tip Top Tavern – Indianapolis, IN
Oct 12 Uncommon Ground – Chicago, IL
Oct 14 Turf Club – Saint Paul, MI
Oct 15 Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines
Oct 17 Mick’s Music Room – Omaha, NE
Oct 18 The Art Studio – Denver, CO
Oct 19 The Woodshed – Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 20 The Headlands – Fort Bragg, CA
Oct 21 Brain Wash Café – San Francisco, CA
Oct 22 Mama Buzz Coffee House – Oakland, CA
Oct 23 Sandrini’s – Bakersfield, CA
Oct 24 The Blue Café – Longbeach, CA
Oct 25 Hotel Café – Hollywood, CA
Oct 26 Koo’s Art Center – Longbeach, CA
Oct 27 Waterloo Station – Mission Viejo, CA
Oct 28 Lestat’s Music Room – San Diego, CA
Oct 29 Pappy and Harriet’s – Pioneertown, CA
Oct 31 Mama Java Coffee House – Phoenix, AZ
Nov 2 The Red Room – Tuscon, AZ
Nov 3 Banter – Denton, TX
Nov 4 Absinthe Lounge – Dallas, TX
Nov 7 The Carousel Lounge – Austin, TX
Nov 10 The Hole In The Wall – Austin, TX
Nov 12 Neutral Ground – New Orleans, LA
Nov 13 The Afterthought – Little Rock, AR
Nov 16 The Rusty Nail – New Orleans, LA
Nov 20 The Downtown – Morristown, TN
Nov 21 The Next Door – Johnson City, TN
Nov 24 The Bohemian – Greenville, SC
Nov 26 Eddie’s Attic – Atlanta, GA
Nov 27 The Basement – Nashville, TN
Nov 30 The Garage – Winston-Salem, NC
Dec 1 The Juggling Gypsy – Wilmington, NC
Sounds Like
YOU WILL ENJOY AARON BERG IF YOU ALSO LISTEN TO:
Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Daniel Lanois, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Malcolm Holcombe, Buddy Miller, Chuck Prophet, Cat Power, Lucinda Wiliams, The National, Arcade Fire, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Dave Alvin, The Jayhawks, Morphine, Pixies, Avett Brothers, Steve Earle, Donovan, Woody Guthrie, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Neko Case, Spoon, The Modern Lovers, Calexico, Iron & Wine, M. Ward, Tyler Ramsey, Jackson Browne, Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, John Hiatt, She & Him, My Morning Jacket, Spoon
"Berg resides in New York but is originally from Greenville, making this release one of the finest folk-rock albums ever made by an Upstate musician. Only 22 years old, Berg sounds like a sage with a deep-throated vocal style that at various turns recalls Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Robyn Hitchcock. Hardly a typical singer-songwriter release, "Songs For Madame X" is full of lush musical arrangements and diverse instrumentation that makes it clear that Berg is a serious artist with unlimited potential."
--Dan Armonaitis, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, March 15, 2007
About Aaron Berg:
Born in South Carolina in 1984, to mom and pop owners of a local independent record store, Aaron Berg was raised largely under a record bin and was playing in nightclubs and bars by fourteen. Originally an upright bass player, Aaron left South Carolina for New York City at age seventeen. He toured and recorded with a variety of folk and blues bands before eventually moving to a basement studio in the Hispanic section Brooklyn where he picked up guitar and began to write songs and sing in 2005. During his time in Brooklyn Berg fronted a four piece psychedelic folk band formed as a backing group called The Heavy Love. The band recorded one album titled 'Songs For Madame X', which has sold three printings since 2007 and is available for download at .
His affinity for traveling and singing deepened when he met and befriended the legendary bluegrass troubadour Peter Rowan, who was leadsinger for five years in the 1960's for American music icon Bill Monroe as well as contemporary musical counterpart for artists such as Tony Rice, Jerry Garcia, and Sam Bush. Before departing for the road himself he joined Rowan at The Windgap Folk Festival in Pennsylvania as the headlining act and performed in front of thousands. During this time he also met Chris Hillman of The Byrds, a temporary member of the of band's dynamic lineup.
In the last half of 2007, Berg traveled over 15,000 on the road from the coast of North Carolina to California's Pacific and back to the very same beach four months later. In 2008, Aaron returned to South Carolina where he began to record in a two-room garage apartment in Berg’s hometown of Greenville located in the Appalachian mountains just across the border from Asheville, NC. The resulting tracks combined with live road tapes, rap remixes, and the occasional thread-bare hotel demo make up the monthly podcast 'Love & Coffee' which is distributed as mp3s by email. To receive Aaron's podcast which is free, please join the email list above! The first seven songs from 'Love & Coffee' are now available at .
Berg’s live performances are not to be missed blending bizarre tales of the road with comedic quips and mysterious one-liners. Critics from New York to Nashville have described the live show as “riveting and uplifting from one hypnotic twist to the next...” and “...another Dylan on the cusp of something else very big.” Volume Two of ‘Love and Coffee Tapes’ is due out in March and will be gathered from a series of live one night sessions with Southern bandmates and friends. Berg’s second full length studio album titled ‘River Taxi Man’ will be released in the Fall of 2009.
yes sir, keep spinnin that whurr, keep rocking the spot, blottin the clot, spottin the top, keep movin the groove, soothin the few, axin the lame, tossin the pain, ignorin the rain, livin the true, paintin the blue, bein the you... keep bein the you that you want in the world.
Hey, Im posting new videos today! New pictures too!
And TUESDAY July 14, the band will be filming a performance for the tv show at SAXON PUB! Be in the audience for the tv show 4:30 to 6!!!!!!!! Ruby Jane
Hello, after an unfortunate hiatus, the reasons for which are probably best not gone into here, we finally have some new music on the AUK MySpace site. For your listening pleasure this month we offer Nathan Oliver, Conrad Ford, the irrepressible Todd Snider and the delightful Beccy Owen. Don't forget too, for those of you within striking distance of Leicester, Electric Dustbowl 2 on 19 September.
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