Michael van Merwyk – Blues Everywhere I Go (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:36 minutes | 450 MB | Genre: Blues
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Michael van Merwyk released this new studio album in 2024, which was recorded in Hamburg and Bielefeld. Together with musicians such as Abi Wallenstein, Martin Röttger, Georg Schroeter and Marc Breitfelder, he presents an eclectic mix of blues pieces. The “Hamburg Sessions” offer lively tracks such as “Abi’s Boogie” and “All Because Of You”, with the “Bye Bye Blues” with Schroeter’s piano and Breitfelder’s harp playing particularly standing out. The Bielefeld sessions are quieter but still impressive, with tracks like the bass-heavy blues “Raise Your Voice”. “Feel Like Going Home” impresses with van Merwyk’s lap steel sounds and the relaxed Americana feeling of Jennifer and Andreas Grove.
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Michael van Merwyk – The Bear (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:32 minutes | 508 MB | Genre: Blues
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MvM is a highly decorated and well established figure in the european music scene and has paid his dues on numerous tours and sessions all over Europe. Over the years he earned several awards like „Best Blues Singer“ or Best Guitarplayer“ in germany and even placed 2nd at the IBC in Memphis in 2013 as the first european Band in the long history of the award. His encounters with international greats and local heroes have led to an ever deeper understanding of blues and roots music. He played Pubs, Cafés, Bluesfestivals, Singer/Songwriter Festivals and private Parties and has always the right songs for the right occasion. It ́s always about the music and the people. On his new CD “The Bear“ he is back to the Blues with stories about life’s ups and downs and in-betweens. No matter if MvM plays on his own with his beloved old Dobro or if he’s backed by a small band including the great Christian Dozzler on piano & harmonica, Micha Maas on drums and Tobi Fleischer on bass, there ́s always a relaxed but powerful energy in the music.
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Michael van Merwyk – Fight The Darkness (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:24 minutes | 446 MB | Genre: Blues
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You can be angry with the injustices of life, complain about them, surrender to them – or you can tell them to fight! Michael van Merwyk has opted for the second variant. With “Fight The Darkness” presents the 2-meter man with the emotional, rough voice his first solo album. And that comes uncompromisingly reduced – a man, a guitar. Everything recorded “live” in the studio. One take per song, no overdubs.
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