ChrisBergson – guitar, vocals
Kyle Koehler – organ
Matt Clohesy – bass
Diego Voglino – drums
Chris Bergson is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter. Hailed as “the New York street poet with a blues soul” (MOJO) and “one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music,” (All Music Guide) Bergson is best known as the leader of the Chris Bergson Band. Elmore Magazine calls the Chris Bergson Band “one of the most talented bands playing today…From blazing rock to funk to soul to Delta blues and all that’s in between.” Bergson is also an accomplished sideman who has performed with luminaries across a wide range of genres including Norah Jones, Levon Helm, Hubert Sumlin, Bernard Purdie, Annie Ross, Al Foster and Matt Wilson. The Chris Bergson Band’s 2007 album Fall Changes, recorded at The Band drummer Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, New York, was named MOJO Magazine’s Number One Blues Album of the Year in 2008. Bergson was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame as a Master Blues Artist in 2015. Bergson’s latest album All I Got Left was named MOJO’s #4 Blues Album of 2021. Bergson is also an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music where he teaches guitar and songwriting.
“Over the past decade, Chris Bergson has become one of the most interesting blues-inspired songwriters. He describes the streetscapes and nightscapes of city life, painting small, memorable pictures, a kind of Edward Hopper of the blues.
-The Blues Magazine (UK)
“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
“Authentic but not stifled by tradition…Bergson is the classic triple threat.
-Jambands.com
For more info, please visit: www.chrisbergson.com