On Monday (August 22nd), I’m playing back at The Bedford in Balham.
If you’ve not been, the Bedford was recently voted Best Acoustic Venue in London…and for good reason. It’s a ‘Globe’ style theatre with a gallery, incredible sound and they webcast all their shows online. If you can’t make it down, you can watch it here from 8:30pm GMT (3:30pm EST).
Joining me on cello, guitar & vocals will be the wonderful Simon Lewis. We hope to see you at one of the shows.
Tom (& his wife Kathleen Brennan, among others) recently judged my song ‘Snow Globe’ as Best Story Song at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards. I’m still recovering.
Being nominated meant the world to me (and was a huge surprise), and winning the judges’ award from the likes of Tom Waits (my hero) was truly a great honour and has opened many doors.
But this award blows my mind. I didn’t have any fans prior to releasing this record last year (except for my mother & like, three guys from school) so I can’t begin to tell you how much this means.
Thank you everyone who voted, tweeted, retweeted and spread the love.
Thanks must again go to my friend, the immeasurably talented Alex Wong, who arranged and produced the album (which is beginning to feel like the gift that keeps on giving) and all the amazing players who breathed life into his stunning arrangements.
Mainly though, thank you so much for listening and supporting independent music. I literally would not be able to do this without you.
Next time I see you, I am so bear-hugging the crap out of you.
While we’ve been touring the UK, we miss our friends (& family) in the US and have decided to do this late at night so it’s a reasonable hour Stateside.
The title track to my album ‘Snow Globe’ was announced as winner of ‘Best Story Song’ at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards earlier this year. It was judged by Tom Waits, Aimee Mann, Seal & Anthony DeCurtis, editor of Rolling Stone – among others.
Now is your chance to vote for Snow Globe to also win the VOX POP (people’s voice) award.
Once you’ve voted, please feel free to email me at alex@alexbergermusic.com & I’ll send you an exclusive MP3 to say thank you.
HUGE, MASSIVE THANKS to WILL KNOX. Not only is he one of my favourite singer-songwriters (his new EP ‘Lexicon’ and his last record ‘The Matador & The Acrobat’ are both on constant rotation and never cease to blow my mind), he is also the reason I now have a working, functional website that I can update myself.
All being well, we’ll be doing some touring together sometime in the next year in either the UK or US (or both) – we’ll keep you posted.
The site is not 100% finished yet (still adding the ‘store’ and doing some tinkering), but if you have any suggestions/comments, please let me know.
In the meantime, please check in for tour dates and news.
