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I'm a drummer and percussionist with a 45-year old interest in what is now called World Music. Originally a jazz drummer, my own music has become heavily influenced by Hindustani, Karnatic and West African musics which I studied during some years in India and Ghana. In my site you will find links to pages about some of the things I am involved in: Indian classical music: My tabla and mridangam teachers and musician friends, soundfiles of my teachers, friends and of myself, scores, press material, things going on at the moment, information about recordings, links to friends etc.

Contact: Bengt Berger, Kantarellvägen 10, 122 63 Enskede, Sweden
bengt.berger@beche.se


Sri Namaji,has left His mortal body on Thursday, the 24th September 2009 to join the Lotus feet of Sathguru Gnanananda.

The cd's with Swamy Haridhos and Haci Tekbilek will be released early in 2010.


I'm presently enjoying life and music in Gothenburg, writing theatre music and playing w Beches Brew West Coast Edition every saturday here.

Our distributor CDA has gone bankrupt but happily we have just reached an agreement with Naxos Sweden who from now on is our distributor, meaning our musical quality is now matched by worldwide quality in distribution.


Contact: Naxos Sweden, Kryptongatan 6, 7
03 74 Örebro. Phone +46 19 206860, fax +46 19 206865
e-mail: info@naxos.se, web: www.naxosdirect.se.


Apart from that, we just got our own cd-sales organized, so you can buy all our cd's straight from us. Cheaper for you and the money goes to the right people, the musicians.




CE11 Bengt Berger & Kjell Westling:
LIVE IN STOCKHOLM -77




CEX12 K. Sridhar w. Sopan Dev:
Rare Ragas and Talas


As lossless mp3:

CEX13 Karnatic Harmonium


BECHES BREW


has got very good reviews in swedish
..and english
and was nominated for a swedish GRAMMY and JAZZ OF THE YEAR at MANIFEST!

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COUNTRY & EASTERN CAFÉ is back
every saturday afternoon in Gothenburg at
L'Assassino
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Fashion hint for 2010:
The Nehru cap!


Jai Guru!



Video clip of our Guruji, late Pt Taranath Rao.
3 mins of his tabla accompaniment with late Ameya Dasgupta in 1985.


WE HAD FUN IN COPENHAGEN, CRICKETS, MUSICIANS AND ALL!
See a short video from LinkTV at YouTube






My other web spots:
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www.countryandeastern.se
www.myspace.com/countryeastern
www.womex.com/virtual/country_eastern
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www.myspace.com/bengtberger
www.youtube.com/bengtberger