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Country & Eastern Newsletter – January 2018: Beches Brew in Gothenburg/Coming releases

2018-01-18 The Newsletter in English  / Nyhetsbrevet på svenska / Read about our coming releases and Beches Brew every Saturday afternoon from...

Ullén – Berger – Hernandez – Ström

2017-01-31 Our names are Lisa Ullén, Bengt Berger, Kat Hernandez and Nikke Ström. We play piano, drums, violin and bass....

SIMBA – Månadens Indie: Country & Eastern

2016-12-27 Swedish Independent Music Business Alternative presents Indie of the Month for December 2016 - in Swedish

Today! New music to be made!

2016-11-14 There is a small place in Stockholm by the name of Rökridån where experiments of various kinds are being made....

Beches Indian Brew – concert tour October 16 – 29

2016-09-01 Thanks to a grant from Musikverket we have been able to visit India twice during the last twelve...

Huge update of the Country & Eastern site!

2016-08-31 There might still be some minor problems and some photos and stuff are not uploaded yet, but basically...

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...

Lise-Lotte Norelius, percussion, live electronics

2016-05-02 "Norelius makes difficult music fun to listen to in a consequent and personal artistry with room for humour...

Spjärnsvallet in Denmark last week

2015-12-16 These three young men could be heard in Aarhus and at Global in Copenhagen last week. Bengt Berger, Christer...

ORSA BY NIGHT – Tidholm-Knutsson on C&E

2015-05-27 Thomas Tidholm and Jonas Knutsson are working on a duo album with music and some text. We hope...

OLD AND NEW DREAMS -our new club, next on saturday 28/2

2015-02-22 OLD AND NEW DREAMS Musical meetings on the last saturday every month January 31 LAS VEGA was back...

OLD AND NEW DREAMS – our new club opened on january 31

2015-01-19 OLD AND NEW DREAMS Musical meetings on the last saturday every month January 31 LAS VEGA is back...

Four new C&E releases coming up! – October 2014 Newsletter

2014-10-19 All of the Country & Eastern releases in 2014 arrive in November this year. One great jazz album,...

Four new C&E Releases coming up! – October 2014 Newsletter

2014-10-19 All of the Country & Eastern releases in 2014 arrive in November this year. One great jazz album,...

Soon, very soon!

2014-08-28 Soon, very soon!

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...

Our next album: Sir Thomas plays JAZZ!

2014-05-09 Country & Eastern are happy to announce that we have completed recordings and mastering of our next album...

Another C&E video: Sebastian Åberg’s Sangeet Project in a live concert

2014-04-12 About Sebastian  About the album

The Country & Eastern YouTube channel

2014-03-29 We are currently uploading various C&E related videos on our YouTube channel. So far there are videos of Bitter...

Our Newsletters – March 2014

2014-03-19 Here you find our newsletter in english and swedish

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." -...

Torkel Rasmusson’s album released on nov 27. Hear a sample.

2013-11-07 Here is TILL EN BÖRJAN, a song from the album recorded and mixed by Sigge Krantz. The band is...

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...

Beethoven Grand Tour completed – two videos

2013-09-28 In swedish: I Beethoven Grand Tour vill vi fånga den Beethoven som binder samman musikalisk tradition med omstörtande modernism,...

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...

Lena, Jonas and Mats: release concerts this week

2013-03-11 Tuesday march 12 at 7 p.m. at Orionteatern, StockholmWednesday march 13 at 7 p.m. at Oktoberteatern, SödertäljeThursday march...

Christian Spering plays Sarabande from violin partita no.1 in B minor

2012-12-07 Camera: Erik Vallsten.

All of our 2012 releases

2012-11-17 Bengt Berger-Roland Keijser-Kjell Westling: The Vedbod Tapes and More Vedbod TapesIn a “vedbod” (woodshed in swedish) in the...

New releases from Country & Eastern

2012-10-06 On october 20 and 21 these two albums will be released in concerts in Stockholm and Gothenburg:Saturday October...

PIECE IN PEACE av och med Elisabeth Engdahl & Thomas Gustafsson

2012-10-03 Elisabeth Engdahl, kyrkoorgel & Thomas Gustafsson, sopransaxofon

PIECE IN PEACE

2012-10-03 Överallt i vårt samhälle står tomma klangrum och tysta orgelpipor och väntar på att fyllas med ny musik....

INSIDE BACH av och med Christian Spering

2012-10-03 Christian Spering, kontrabas

INSIDE BACH

2012-10-03 I Inside Bach återerövrar Christian Spering, en av Sveriges främsta instrumentalister alla kategorier, den Bach som inte bara...

Swedish National Treasure Nr 5: Jonas Knutsson

2012-10-03 Den 19:e september 2012 tilldelades Jonas Knutsson hederstiteln "Swedish National Treasure No 5", varpå han prompt spelade en...

PIECE IN PEACE by Elisabeth Engdahl & Thomas Gustafsson

2012-10-01 Elisabeth Engdahl, church organ & Thomas Gustafsson, soprano saxophone

Jonas Knutsson awarded Swedish National Treasure No 5

2012-10-01 "Gång på gång tror man att han kommit så långt som är möjligt i sin musik och i...

PIECE IN PEACE

2012-09-29 All around are to be found empty acoustic rooms and silent organ pipes waiting to be filled with...

INSIDE BACH by Christian Spering

2012-09-26 Christian Spering, double bass

INSIDE BACH

2012-09-25 In “Inside Bach” Christian Spering, one of Sweden’s foremost instrumentalists all categories, recaptures the Bach that was not...

Swedish National Treasure No 5: Jonas Knutsson

2012-09-20 On september 19 2012 Jonas Knutsson was awarded "National Treasure No 5", whereupon he played a magnificent version...

The Bucky Dome Finale on september 9

2012-09-07 In spite of the lousy weather, we've had a summer full of interesting music and other stuff at...

Bucky Dome avslutar med konsert söndag 9 september kl 13

2012-09-06 Trots det hopplösa vädret har vi haft en sommar fylld av fin musik, konst och uppträden sedan vi...

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...

Bucky Dome Finale on september 9

2012-09-05 Xylofonorkestern Stora Blå with Christer Bothén at 1 pm The Don Cherry Workshop at 3 pm with Berger Knutsson...

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...

Okay Temiz Oriental Wind at the Dome

2012-07-27 Okay Temiz Oriental Wind plays today at the Dome July 28, 7 pm. In the concert we can...

Adam Rudolph GO: Organic Orchestra workshop at the Dome july 10-14

2012-07-03 GO: ORGANIC ORCHESTRA DOME PROJECT: A teaching residency for music students and/or professionals that includes the involvement of...

Iskra’s Sune Spångberg dies at 82

2012-06-26 Sune first got known as one of the young modern drummers in the fifties when he played with...

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...

We close The Bible again on may 10!

2012-05-10 After four months of rehearsals we premiered "The Bible" (yes, the whole one) at Göteborgs Stadsteater on february...

May 22 release: Night Ice by Elias Krantz on vinyl!

2012-05-09 Buy Tody Motmot single from the album at Klicktrack or get it: MP3 of Tody Motmot from the...

One more may 22 release – ISKRA: LIBERTÉ- EGALITE – HUMANITË

2012-05-06 The album has three pieces: Liberté, Égalité, Humanité and there is an extra track, L'Addition, that you can download in...

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...

Thomas Mera Gartz suddenly snatched away on april 29, 2012

2012-05-01 Thomas Mera Gartz was one of the main actors in the progressive music movement in Sweden during the...

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...

Listen to our Christmas songs – here and now!

2011-12-01 Get it here, on cd and digital

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...

Double release from Country & Eastern on monday sep 26! Party on the 27th!

2011-09-23  Next in our series of north indian art music releases is yet another Dhrupad masterpiece, the morning ragini...

The Jan Johansson award 2011 to “Beche”

2011-09-12


Country & Eastern news – september 2011

2011-08-30   This is what happens in september 2011: BEFIVE, that is Bengt Ernryd, Jonas Knutsson, Mats Öberg, Christian...

Country & Eastern news – september 2011

2011-08-30 This is what happens in september 2011: BEFIVE, that is Bengt Ernryd, Jonas Knutsson, Mats Öberg, Christian Spering...

Country & Eastern concerts in july 2011

2011-06-19 JULY CONCERTS FROM COUNTRY & EASTERN: JULY 6-10 LYCKÅ CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN KARLSKRONA BERGER KNUTSSON SPERING IS...

Haci Tekbilek is artist of the year!

2011-06-17 Out of three nominees for Artist of the Year, we had two from the C&E label with releases...

C&E BRUNCH CONCERTS AT MOSEBACKE STOPS

2011-06-01 On the last saturday in may we presented BEFIVE,  the first performance by our new group but it...

Swedish Intangible Asset No 3: Göran Klinghagen

2011-05-20 "För sin absoluta och kompromisslösa kärlek till stundens spontana musikaliska uttryck och sin vilja till hårt arbete för...

Country & Eastern concerts in july

2011-05-19 JULY CONCERTS FROM COUNTRY & EASTERN: JULY 6-10 LYCKÅ CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN KARLSKRONA BERGER KNUTSSON SPERING IS...

BKS w Niklas Rådström in july with “A Don Giovanni Crossover” in Karlskrona!

2011-05-18 The Berger Knutsson Spering Trio is continuating our fruitful cooperation with Niklas Rådström. Next we will do three concerts together...

The C&E concerts in june 2011 – update

2011-05-15 On the last saturday in may we presented BEFIVE,  the first performance by our new group but it...

Elias Krantz: Night Ice – CE17

2011-05-11  Besides his work with the groups Happiness and Mackaper, he has been working on this follow up over...

Jonas Knutsson: Blåslåtar – CE16

2011-03-15 Sopranino, soprano, alto and baritone saxophones, Jonas Knutsson Recorded and mixed by Janne Hansson. Mastered by Claes Persson,...

Country & Eastern Brunch Concerts every saturday at Mosebacke

2011-03-08 On saturday april 2 we will started the Country & Eastern Brunch concerts at Mosebacke every saturday. The...

Beches Brew – West Coast Edition at Glenn Miller and Mosebacke Brunch

2011-03-01 Swedish Intangible Asset No 1 Stefan Bellnäs, bass; Swedish National Treasure No 1 Thomas Gustafsson, saxophones; Swedish Intangible...

Country & Eastern Awards 2010 – 2011

2011-01-03 SWEDISH NATIONAL TREASURES:  SNT No I     Thomas Gustafsson SNT No II     Bosse Skoglund SNT No III    Mats...

Country & Eastern Awards 2010

2010-12-31 SWEDISH NATIONAL TREASURES: SNT No I     Thomas Gustafsson SNT No II     Bosse Skoglund SNT No III    Mats...