Marc Berger RIDES into the CNY Music Now Studio
Marc’s life has been about pursuing twin passions: creating and recording his American roots songs, and exploring remote areas of the desert and mountain West. After signing his first publishing contract while in law school, he fronted rock bands and performed regularly in New York City clubs like CBGB, Wetlands, and The Knitting Factory. All through this period, he’d find ways to get into the West, picking up details from fellow wilderness junkies about off the beaten path locales and filing them away for future reference. On one of these trips, he became intrigued by the cover of THE BIG IT, a book of short stories by A.B. Guthrie he found on a revolving paperback rack in a Navajo reservation trading post. It got him thinking about using his travels to create a set of songs in the cultural tradition of writers like Guthrie and visual artists like John Ford and Frederick Remington. Marc and Co-Producer Mike Ricciardi created RIDE, ten cinematic recordings reflecting Marc’s romantic connection to the American West and exploring the value of its myths to contemporary culture.
Marc has performed at Austin’s SXSW and the Kerrville Folk Festival, and has opened shows for Bob Dylan and other national acts. His song “The Last One” was a staple of Richie Havens’ concerts. Inspired by Marc’s lifelong love affair with the American West, RIDE, his critically acclaimed album, has received national airplay and STARBUCKS has licensed it for worldwide in-store airplay. He’s currently working on a new boundary stretching album called FOLK MUSIC with Tony Garnier, Dylan’s longtime bandleader.
See Marc online at
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