Bernd Rinser: Roots Rock

In the organizer's words:

vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic slide guitar, harmonicas, foot tambourine, bass drum

The concerts of the "grand master of folk and blues" are musical walkabouts. Rolling Stone writes about Bernd Rinser's music: "There is something broad in this adeptly played and brokenly romantic music that could have come to Willy DeVille, for example, in a similar way." Bernd Rinser, a man with a rough exterior and a sensitive core, can be placed somewhere between Townes van Zandt, Seasick Steve, Johnny Cash and Willy DeVille. The question of whether he is primarily a bluesman with a penchant for poetry or rather a singer/songwriter with a penchant for blues does not really arise.

His excellently composed songs are as convincing as they are authentic. They are unsentimental, artistic and yet full of heartfelt tones. The concerts are a must for all romantics and roots rock fans. And when the Bayerischer Rundfunk radio station says that Rinser's CDs are "by far the most convincing and authentic German blues records", you can be sure of a great concert.