2012-16-05
Thorbjørn and band are going to Berlins 55arts club on the 24th of May. Stream the concert from their webpage here.
Other dates on the tour in May includes:
25th Kiselstein, Chemnitz (DE)
26th Jazztime Hildesheim, Hildesheim (DE)
27th Internationa Jazz Festival, Enchede (NL)
2012-02-03.
"Exzellente Performance von Thorbjørn Risager und Band im Heimathaus Twist"
Read more HERE.
2012-02-01
"DUST AND SCRATCHES" is number 2 the French radio CRB Playlist.
2012-01-24
Read the latest news about Thorbjoern and the band in Danish music-magazine Gaffa. Right Here!!!
2012-01-20
"Dust and scratches" release-party at MOJO blues bar in Copenhagen. TONIGHT!!!
2012-01-18
"Dust and scratches" receieved four stars in Danish
musicmagazine GAFFA.
2012-01-17
"Dust and Scratches" is number 3 on Powerblues! French bluesradio.
2012-01-09
More great reviews from Bluesnews, Rocktimes and Jazz´n´more
Read here!!!
2012-01-05
Danish Radio P4 is playing "In the back of my mind" from
"Dust and scratches"
2012-01-03
Check out the new CD shop on Facebook HERE.
All good things, just a click away.
2011-12-31
Thorbjorn & the band wishes ya´ll a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
- Thank´s for listening.
- Thank´s for supporting.
- Thank´s for comming out to see us.
TAKE CARE AND WE´LL SEE YA´LL OUT THERE IN 2012. IT´ S GONNA BE HOUSEROCKING!!!
2011-12-22
Listen to Thorbjørn on Spanish Bluesradio HERE.
2011-12-14
Don´t miss the special "Dust and Scratches" X-mas offer.
Including signed CD and posters and much more.
2011-12-08
Radiohost DAVID BAERST is playing songs from "Dust and Scratches" on his show Route66.
Check schedule here.
Plus a rare live performance from Thorbjorn and guitarplayer Peter Skjerning.
Don´t miss it!!!
2011-12-07
Thorbjorn and the band have created yet another rock-solid, soul-stirring set on ”Dust and Scratches”
Without a doubt my favourite Danish band!
- Delbert McClinton.
2011-12-07
Here are some great reviews of "Dust and Scratches" from
ROOTSTIME (BE)
ZICAZINE (FR)
2011-11-25
RELEASEDATES FOR "DUST AND SCRATCHES" :
24. nov 2011 FR BENELUX IT ES
20. jan 2012 DK
27. jan 2012 DE - AT - CH
And more releasedates to follow.
2011-11-24
Thorbjørn Risager fall/winter tour 2011:
November 24. (BE) Verviers Spirit of 66
November 25. (FR) Massy Paul B.
November 26. (FR) Calais Beautiful Swamp Festival
November 27. (FR) Cleon Blues de Traverse
November 29. (FR) Ensisheim Cafe Conc
November 30. (FR) Ensisheim Cafe Conc
December 1. (DE) Stuttgart Laboratorium
December 2. (FR) St. Sauvie MJC ATHENA
December 3. (DE) Rheine Nikolaus Blues
See you out there!!!
2011-10-08
Listen to a teaser from the upcoming album:
DUST AND SCRATCHES
2011-08-25
Thorbjørn Risager and the Houserocking band is going in the studio to record their 6th album!
Twelve brand new songs ready to be recorded and again we have producer Lars Skjærbæk with us to make everything allright.
This time we´ll be recording at Thomas Vangs brand new studio in Vanlose The Village.
Lookout for updates on Facebook etc.
It´s gonna be Houserocking!!!
2011-05-12
THORBJORN RISAGER recently got 3rd prize in the Blues category of the prestigous International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Many great musicians are in the jury, for example Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Jeff Beck, John Mayall, Jerry Lee Lewis etc - see the judges here:
"Rock 'N' Roll Ride", the opening track on Thorbjorn Risager's latest CD "Track Record" - which got great reviews by the international press - is the composition that earned the 3rd price. It can be heard here:
It was a big honour for Thorbjorn to win this big international contest - not "only" because of the judges, but also because his composition was selected among over 15.000 entries from 115 countries!
2011-03-16
* Track Record was selected as one of the 10 "most listened-to recordings in BluesRevue's office" in good company with The Holmes Brothers, Bettye Lavette, John Nemeth, Coco Montoya... BluesRevue (US) is the world's largest printed blues magazine. See the "most listened-to" HERE and read BluesRevue's revue of Track Record HERE
* Thorbjørn Risager has an agent for France now, Nueva Onda and the band will be doing more than 10 gigs in France in November.
* The new edition of "Track Record" (the band's latest CD) is interactive. When you buy it, you get access to online bonus tracks etc.
2010-12-12
2010 has been a very successful year for the band.
They played 95 gigs in 12 countries, including some big festivals like Cognac Blues Passions in France and Spring Blues Festival in Belgium.
Enthusiastic reviews for "Track Record" - the band's 5th CD - are still being published, for example by BluesRevue who also chose it among the ten "most listened-to recordings in Blues Revue's office during the making of this issue" (along with artists like Bettye Lavette, Holmes Brothers, Coco Montoya, John Nemeth...)
And then we have some sad news and some good news.
The sad news is that our dear Norwegian import, guitarist Svein Erik Martinsen, decided to go back to his roots. From Dec 1st he lives in Oslo with his family, and from now on he will only appear on occasional gigs with Thorbjørn Risager.
The good news is that we found the perfect guitarist to replace him: Peter Skjerning, experienced blues musician who has been active with roots/rock/blues band TURNIP GREENS for many years. He's an old friend and colleague of the guys in Thorbjørn's band and everybody is happy about welcoming him into the band.
2010-06-08
- Our latest album is distributed in France, Italy and Benelux by Dixiefrog
- New reviews from:
* BluesMatters
* Jazz N More
* Die Rheinpfalz
* Bluesbreeker
* Lira
* Springblues
* Soulbag Magazine
* Politiken
2010-04-21
"Well, not only does he come out of that extremely well, but his band does too."
-Paul Jones, BBC, After playing Seven Steps on his radioshow
2010-04-20
-Watch our performance on Tv4:
"Baby Please Don't Go"
"You Walked Right In"
-Track Record will soon be released on the French label Dixiefrog
2010-03-30
-New dates
-New reviews in the reviews section
- The "Alles Ist Gut" tour was a great success thanks to Die Schöne Leute in Hildesheim, Freudenburg and Stuttgart.
We are now looking forward to the "Alles Ist Sehr Gut" tour in may.
2010-03-16
Check out Henriks blog. Nice photos and summary from our last trip to Århus (Danish) Link here
2010-03-13
Positive reviews of Track Record from Denmark, Italy and Hungary. Read more in the Reviews section
2010-03-09
-Nr.1 on the february playlist for blues radios in France.
-Track Reckord is CD-TIPP DES MONATS on Bluesnews.de
2010-02-23
-Track Record review from Bluesnews.de
"Für Freunde intelligenter handgemachter Musik in den Traditionen von Blues, R&B und Soul definitiv ein Must-have."
-Pictures from the Live At Victoria concert here. Thanks to Calle_jr
2010-02-23
Only 3 weeks after the release, Track Record has been played by at least 30 radiostations (11 in France, 7 in Germany, 3 in Spain, 3 in the US and by DR P4, Denmark)
There will be reviews published soon in several music magazines, and we also have requests for interviews from several international radio stations and magazines
2010-02-09
Track Record Review from NordJyske
"Så ruller bluestoget"
Track Record Review from Diskant.dk
2010-02-07
Track Record Review from Fyens Stiftstidene 5/6 stars
"Uforfalsket dansk bluesbrag"
Track Record Review from Gaffa. 4/6 stars.
"Svedig soul og blues fra stærk stemme"
2010-01-29
Read about Thorbjørn and Annika in this article at DR.dk (danish)
2010-01-27
Thorbjørn will be interviewed at DR P2 today between 15:30-16.
Repeat at DR P1 18:50
2010-01-17
Releasetour in Denmark:
4/2 - København - Amager Bio
6/2 - Røgen - Røgen Forsamlingshus
13/2 -Århus - Kulturgyngen
19/2 -Odense - Dexter
20/2 -Haderslev - Månen
26/2 -Hillerød - Støberihallen
27/2 -Grenå - Pavillionen
2009-10-03
New reviews:
*From our concert at Östersund Bluesfestival (Swedish)
*Review of "Live At Victoria", Sydsvenskan (Swedish)
*Review in Italian "Il Blues". Unfortunatly not on the web
2009-10-01
* Concert Tonight - Pumpehuset Copenhagen Bluesfestival w/Eddy Clearwater
* New Reviews: RootZone, Rootsville, Diskant.dk and Concerto
* 10th, and 36th place in REAL BLUES CURRENT TOP 100 CDs CHART
* We will start recording our next album next week, with the brilliant producer Lars Skærbæk.
2009-06-25
Check out the reviews section for reviews and comments on our latest album.
2009-05-09
Live At Victoria is out now. Listen to some of the songs at our MySpace.
Buy it here
2009-04-16
The new album "Live At Victoria" is out soon
There will be a releaseparty at our favourite blues-bar:
Mojo in Copenhagen April the 30th at 6:30 PM
We will play a short concert at 8:30
2009-01-12
Happy New Year!
We are looking forward to release our new live album during this spring. We are also proud to announce that Risager and Band are proud fathers of 13 children. One complete Soccerteam and two Cheer-leaders.
Our reviews page is updated with an interview and one review of From
The Heart (Blues On Stage)
2008-10-02
We are recording our two concerts at Victoria teatern in Malmö. Hopefully it will come out as a live album during 2009.
2008-08-03
The band members are now proud fathers of 11 children; 10 sons and one daughter. We are expecting two more within the end of the year. The mojo is working!
2008-07-18
It has been a while since the last news update, but that does not mean that nothing happens. For the last six months we have been playing at clubs and festivals in Denmark, Norway, Sweeden, France, England, Belgium and Germany. We have also spent a lot of quality time in our rehersal facility, making new songs and plans for our next album.
The Drummer and Sales Manager of the band Martin Seidelin has written a nice essay, telling about the last six months from the drummers view.
Read and enjoy here. (Danish only)
Translate text into any language with Google Translate
2008-02-4
"Here I Am" have now been nominated for a Danish Music Award , in the category best blues album. WOW!!!
"From The Heart" Is number 14 in Blues Critic's
Top 30 Contemporary Blues Albums Of 2007 WOW!!!!
2008-01-15
Help us by voting for Best New Artist Debut at bluescritic.com
2007-12-16
You can help us by voting for our album at blueswebben.se
2007-12-06
Christian Graf is playing our record on Deutschlandradio
2007-11-28
Our performance on Swedish TV4 can be seen here:
> Se interviewet (3:22)
> Se 'Here I Am' live (3:07)
> Se 'Hold On' live (3:56)
2007-11-28
14 days of touring in Sweeden has come to an end. We had a great time thanks to the wonderful people of:
Norrköping, Västerås, Enköping, Avesta, Stockholm, Borlänge, Karlskoga, Östersund, Härnösand, Örnsköldsvik, Kälarne and Sundsvall
2007-10-27
Releaseparty is set to the 7th of november 2007, 8PM, at LAB, Vesterbrogade 107B, Copenhagen. Everybody is welcome!
Read the invitation here
2007-10-22
Listen to an interview with Thorbjørn on DR P2 Plus 25th of october 13:00
2007-10-20
"Here I Am" is CD of the week(43) on Danish radio P4
You can win a cd here monday to friday (week 43)
You can also win a cd from Kultunaut untill the 10th of november
Here I Am receives 4 stars in the danish newspaper BT
Here I Am is this weeks new album in the spotlight selection on
Blue Ears radio, (NL)
2007-10-15
New Cd Out Today!
2007-10-14
Release Party willl not be on the 1.st of November. New Information
will Follow
2007-10-11
We will celebrate the new cd with a release party the 1.st of November. Everybody's welcome. More information will follow
2007-10-11
Our new cd can now be heard in the
jukebox
2007-10-01
Listen some of the songs from the new album and an interview with Thorbjørn on NRK - Eldorado from 29/9-07
A norwegian blues radio show hosted by the legendary Geir Hovig
2007-10-01
Svein is looking forward to play in Norway!
2007-10-01
Some new reviews in the review section from Hässleholm Kulturhus and Musenblätter
2007-09-12
The new cd is beeing mastered and final adjustments are made to the cover.
2007-09-10
A new cd is on it's way and release date is set to october the 15th.
We have recorded ten new songs, all originals, in collaboration with the belgian producer Marc Tee. We promise that the new cd will make you want to "Shake your ass, baby child"!
We will upload a few teasers as soon as we have something ready.
2007-09-09
Thorbjørn will be opening this years Copenhagen Bluesfestival at Amager Bio 26th of september. It will be a double concert with Coco Montoya.
Looking forward to it!
2007-08-12
Lots of new photos have been added to the site, check it out here!
2007-05-24
Thanks everobody who saw us at Victoria, Malmö!
You made it an unforgettable night!
Especialy thanks to Lasse who filmed the whole show.
You kan see some of it on Youtube
Thanks to the wonderful people at Baden Bluesfestival. What a Night!
The interview with Thorbjørn from Jazz Special can be downloaded here (Danish)
2007-05-18
"From The Heart" got a great review from Blues Wax
Read it here
2007-05-16
BLUES HERITAGE CONTEST
is an international blues song writing contest.
Thorbjørn is in the Final with his song "Hold On"
He will participate in the live Finals in Järvenpää, Finland on the 29th of June, 2007 in conjuction with the 30th anniversary of the The Lakeside Blues Festival.
Thanks to the nice people in Asker Bluesklubb!
Review and Pictures from our show (Norwegian)
Let The Good Times Roll!
New CD!
Release date for our new CD is set to October the 1.st
Precisely one Year after we released "From The Heart"
2007-04-18
"From The Heart" is available for download on itunes
2007-04-16
Today, Radio Jönköping (P4) will air the first part of a live recording made at "Värnamo Rock- och Bluesförening" the 10th of march. Part 2 will be aired the 23rd of april.
The program called Stereo can be heard here for 30 days
