I met Grace Bergere tonight during her cigarette break outside Le Poisson Rouge. She told me she grew up with Jazz musicians parents, listening to a lot of good music, having no need to rebel.
She said she tried the piano first, but not getting in to it, gave up. Really young, an accident propelled her to be lied down. She picked up a guitar to help recover and has been her instrument of choice ever since.
Born in NYC, everything can inspire you, but she said she mostly writes when feelings need to get out. “Even if I am having melancholy, I am not sad as I know it will be on my music”.
Ms. Bergere’s opened the night with her band on stage: Vern Woodhead played harmonium, Kevin Shea drums and Tree Palmedo trumpet.
Grace Bergere possesses a floating ethereal voice that contributes to the atmospheric quality of her music, an enchanted dream, a beautiful scape from reality.
Her music is often moody and downtempo. She has also been involved with The Art Gray Noizz Quintet, which is described as harnessing “the wild spirit of punk and noise rock, creating a frenetic amalgamation of gritty riffs, chaotic rhythms, and haunting melodies, indicating a versatility and willingness to explore different sonic landscapes.
Graces Bergere’s album “A Little Blood” is out now, Via Eugene Hutz’s label, Casa Gogol Records.
Jim Jarmusch & Jozef Van Wissem came for the second part of the night, in an avant-garde guitar duel, devoid of melodic riffs, a cacophony of texture, noise, and percussive anarchy.
Two guitarists, standing opposite each other, instruments in hand, built on amplified string scrapes, the harsh friction of picks dragged across wound strings, and the piercing squeal of feedback pushed to its limits.
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