Luka Bloom

Since the publication of the triptych Riverside (1990), the Acoustic Motorbike (1992) and Turf (1994), Luka Bloom has been ) a welcome guest on the bill of the many festivals and concert halls in our country. Armed only with his acoustic guitar and his unique voice, he puts every audience in his back pocket. The combination of an intriguing guitar sound (sometimes it sounds as if there are a multitude of guitarists on stage) and the interesting song choice (fascinating own work, but also many carefully chosen covers) has guaranteed great concert evenings for more than twenty years.

It will probably be no coincidence that he has released two live albums in recent years (Amsterdam and The Man is Alive). Under the glow of the warm spotlights and in a direct dialogue with his audience, Luka truly blossoms. In 2008, Bloom released Eleven Songs. A convincing return to the raw sound of his early years.

His new solo album, Dreams In America, has recently hit shelves. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of his breakthrough album Riverside, Luka re-recorded a number of personal favorites. The listener can expect raw solo interpretations of songs from his entire oeuvre and some new songs (including his version of the traditional 'Lord Franklin').

“After performances, fans often say that they prefer the live versions of my songs to the released record versions. Now that it has been exactly twenty years since the world started listening to me overnight, I wanted to do something special. Rather than simply re-releasing Riverside for its anniversary, I thought it would be more interesting to return to the feeling I had when I wrote the songs. For example, 'Don't be so hard on yourself' - stripped of all the bells and whistles - sounds different from the version we know from Salty Heaven, much closer to the essence of the song.”