Bengt Berger

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Cool Funeral Beer

2021-08-09 The first public rehearsal of The Cool Funeral Beer will take place at Bellahøj friluftsscene in Copenhagen. on...

Interview with the C&E artistic advisor

2018-04-02 Todo Mundo just published an interview with Bengt Berger.

No Grammy for Country & Eastern – but……………….

2017-12-16 Two of our albums are on this year's 10 best albums by our favourite (of course!) Swedish music...

December 15: Last Christmas w Karin Inde

2017-12-15 Here is a modern Christmas classic with Karin Inde and the Party Band, [caption id="attachment_6200" align="aligncenter" width="520"] Karin...

December 14: Christmas medley 2 with the Party Band

2017-12-14 The second Christmas medley with The Party Band headed here by Mats Öberg and his Moog sound. [caption...

December 12: White Christmas w Ulrika Murray and the Party Band

2017-12-12 White Christmas w Ulrika Murray and the Party Band All songs in the christmas calendar are from our...

December 9: Father Christmas has a Master Plan

2017-12-09 The Party Band plays! [caption id="attachment_6054" align="alignnone" width="520"] Mats Öberg, Per Sjöberg, Bengt Berger, Sigge Krantz, Jonas Knutsson,...

Thug Life – Swedish Tabla Gangsta

2017-03-01 My son Jöns Jönsson is making fun of his father, very disrespectful <:-)

Beches Indian Brew – Swedish tour concluded – wonderful response

2017-02-18 Thank you all for a wonderful tour. We had full houses in Stockholm and Umeå and feel very...

C&E Newsletter – Januari 2017

2017-02-17 Farewell concerts in 2017 ! Country & Eastern newsletter Januari 2017 At the end of the summer I'll be...

C&E nyhetsbrev – Januari 2017

2017-02-17 Avskedskonserter 2017 ! Country & Easterns nyhetsbrev Januari 2017 När sommaren tar slut fyller jag 75 och tänker att 2017...

Beches Indian Brew – Swedish tour concluded – wonderful response

2016-11-05 Thank you all for a wonderful tour. We had full houses in Stockholm and Umeå and feel very...

Umeå Jazz Festival – from the press conference

2016-09-20 Umeå is where we conclude our tour for the Akkarai Sisters and for Beches Indian Brew. Today this...

Rehearsing for the October tour

2016-09-06 The Swedes of Beches Brew are practicing for three days in Gothenburg. From left: Staffan Svensson Thomas Gustafsson Stefan...

Old and New Dreams – OND PINGST lördag-söndag på Pygmeteatern

2016-05-12 Den legendariske Bo Anders Persson från Träd, Gräs och Stenar är i stan på lördag! Man behöver inte...

Bengt Berger, drums, composer, leader

2016-05-05 ” There is vorticist movement in percussion colorist Bengt Berger's music. Like a whirling fluid mass slingshot around the...

The first video from the January tour: “Happy Hindu”, Mumbai 2016

2016-02-05 On January 12, 2016 we played our last concert in Celebration of tabla guru Pandit Taranath Centenary in...

Beches Brew’s concerts in India – grand success!!!

2016-01-04 On the morning of January 3 we gave our concert in Chennai together with the four marvelous Karnatic...

On December 28 Beches Brew leaves for Chennai and Mumbai!

2015-12-27 There will be no album deliveries while we are in India. You may buy albums from our site...

Spjärnsvallet releases AGAIN AND AGAIN! in concert on December 8

2014-11-01 Country & Eastern is very happy to announce the release of the album AGAIN AND AGAIN with SPJÄRNSVALLET at a...

Country & Eastern on iTunes

2014-07-14 We have had a lot of problems getting correct titles and artists on iTunes for our productions but...

Fanart from Japan

2014-07-12 Japanese manga artist Harukichi just send us fanart from the duet album with Kjell Westling from 1977. Two more...

Really great reviews for Beches Brew BIG

2013-11-29 "There is a a good chance that anyone who experienced this great band will become a fanatic." -...

Berger Knutsson Spering at Plugged Records – interview and video

2013-11-07 Find out more about Plugged Records  

The concert November 26 at Stallet has been postponed!

2013-11-06 Here is an excerpt of a Ravel piece from our first concert with Filip Jers: 130924_Ravel September 24, October...

On Wednesday September 11 at 8 pm: Release/concert/party at Mosebacke

2013-09-09 Mexican master percussionist Rafael Sida has joined swedish-senegalese duo Ellika and Solo for the brilliant new album NOW....

Our new albums are in the mail today!

2013-08-07 Here is a link to the newsletter:

Also on september 11: Beches Brew BIG and BAG

2013-07-19 Livet Nord – voice, violinJonas Knutsson - soprano- alto -baritone saxophones, percussionThomas Gustafsson – soprano- tenor saxophonesSir Thomas...

Next album: Beches Brew BIG – ALIVE

2013-05-24 There is a minor problem though. We recorded two nights in Stockholm and Gothenburg and the Beches Brew band...

Live jazz at S/S Marieholm, Gothenburg on tuesday may 14

2013-05-12 Wonderful trumpetist Staffan Svensson will be our guest on the lovely ship S/S Marieholm for our second concert...

Off To India

2012-12-12 So I'm going there now to meet old musician friends and take part in "The Season", the worlds...

Beches Brew BIG had a wonderful september tour

2012-09-25 The opening of our last night on the Beches Brew BIG tour in september 2012. At Nefertiti in...

Mångkanalsinspelning på Fasching och Nefertiti

2012-09-18 Sigge Krantz spelar in oss med alla dessa mikrofoner onsdag och fredag så allt bör komma med. Här är...

Beches Brew BIG! Septemberturnéns tre sista konserter!

2012-09-18 Förra året fick jag till min stora glädje Jan Johansson- stipendiet. Med det följde en konsert vid årets...

Beches Brew – på cd

2012-09-18 Albumet kom ut 2009. Det innehåller en hel del av låtarna vi kommer att spela under septemberturnén. Raul...

Beches Brew BIG – september tour is NOW!

2012-09-06 THE BAND:Livet Nord - voice, violin Jonas Knutsson - saxophones Thomas Gustafsson - saxophones Sir Thomas Jäderlund - voice, saxophones, bass clarinet  Mats Öberg - voice, harmonica, keyboards Göran...

Beches Brew BIG! September tour

2012-09-05 Last year I was the proud recipient of the Jan Johansson stipend, which included a concert date at...

Beches Brew BIG! Septemberturné

2012-09-04 Förra året fick jag till min stora glädje Jan Johansson- stipendiet. Med det följde en konsert vid årets...

Beches Brew – på cd

2012-09-03 Albumet kom ut 2009. Det innehåller en hel del av låtarna vi kommer att spela under septemberturnén. Raul...

The Beches Brew album – english

2012-08-26 This cd was released in 2009. It contains quite a few of the songs we will play in...

The last Don Cherry workshops coming up

2012-07-31 We restarted the Cherry Workshops in august and will play every tuesday at 5 p.m. until the last...

Country & Eastern News – may 2012

2012-05-10 Hectic days for Country & Eastern: A few days after the end of the Bible we are heavily...

New Country & Eastern releases may 22: The Vedbod Tapes and More Vedbod Tapes

2012-05-04 In a “vedbod” (woodshed in swedish) in the swedish countryside three young instrumentalists from the progressive music movement...

BE Five release concert on march 19-20

2012-03-15  BE FIVE LIVE: Blues For E.D. This record is a “one night stand” (sic!) with all its thrills...

Country & Eastern – december news

2011-11-24 The annual Country & Eastern Christmas Party will be celebrated at Fasching on december 1st for the fifth year....

The Bible in Gothenburg!

2011-10-09  So from now on it will be a lot of time in Gothenburg for us. We hope to...