AARON BERG sings and plays all electric, acoustic, and nylon string guitars as well as harmonica, piano, organ, bass, loops, and ambient effects.
THE HEAVY LOVE is a rotating cast of characters from New York City to South Carolina and beyond: John Byce (Drums), Mike Bagwell (Pedal Steel), Chris Garrett (Upright & Electric Bass), Robert Gowan (Harmonium, Violin, Assorted Amazing Devices of Sound), 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
Born in South Carolina in 1984 to mom and pop owners of one of the oldest independent record stores in the Southeast, Aaron grew up 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 of Brooklyn where he picked up guitar and began to write songs and sing in 2005. During his time in Brooklyn he 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 lead singer 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 on bass 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 his native South Carolina where he began to record in a two-room garage apartment in his hometown of Greenville located 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 download the 14 collection on the widget above or join the email list below to receive future editions!
Berg’s live performances are not to be missed blending bizarre tales of the road with comedic grenades 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 Winter of 2010. Aaron will also be recording a brand new cd/lp in Chicago for Tight Ship Records this November 2009 due to be released soon after!
"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
Check out the new single Daisy, we’re shooting our first music video for it in a couple weeks! Native June’s new album is coming soon, enjoy the single Daisy”! Keep rocking! Native June will be rocking the Key Club on Nov 20th, check it out!
Greetings Aaron, paying you a visit to invite you and your friends over for a visit and a pre-release listen to the songs Love And Money and Mammon from the new Telegraph album. You might also enjoy the video for Country Music, although for a few viewers, it might get you, as the song puts it “all riled up”. We’d also love to make some new myspace friends….
Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.
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