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Thorbjørn Risager does, with the release of his fourth CD in only five years, set a current status of a career that in record-breaking time has brought him and his band up to the front row on the European blues scene.
38 year old Risager has during the last few years established his name as vocalist, guitarist and composer of international class.
Nature has equipped him with an extraordinary powerful and expressive voice, and with his charismatic performance, soft hat on his head, well-played guitar over his shoulder and a top-tuned, tight band behind him, he and his group are definitely making their mark.
The headline is still RhythmnBlues, but the band is broadly, and competently offering a varied menu of
traditional Chicago blues, soul, funk and jazz along with
Some spicy New Orleans rhythms.
Influences from some of Thorbjorns great idols, Ray
Charles and B B King, cant be dismissed, but with his
unmistakable talent as composer, Risager has since
the bands start in 2001 developed his very own personal
and unique style
They have harvested lots of praise along their career: great international CD and concert reviews, selected as Blues Talent of the Year at Copenhagen Blues Festival in 2005 and a Danish Music Award nomination in 2008. Their two lastest CDs have had airplay at more than 60 radio stations worldwide. All this is obliging, and with Live at Victoria the band also does it very best to live up to the high expectations.
The 11 tracks of this new live CD have been hand- picked from two concert nights at Victoria in Malmö, Sweden, in October 2008.
The tracks have been carefully put together, condensing the two nights into a super concert, that will capture the listener until the last note have faded out.
By the way, we can soon expect more new material from Risager on a studio CD, with planned release January 2010.
Discography:
Live 2004 - Music Mecca 2005
From the Heart - Gateway Music 2006
- CD of the Week True Blues, BBC
Here I Am - Cope Records 2007
- Album of week on Danish P4
- Danish Music Award nomination 2008
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