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Artist
Michael Berk
12+ albums
acoustic
about
There are (at least) two musicians named Michael Berk. 1) For the last 10 years, Michael Berk has been stunning audiences around the UK, performing over 200 shows with little more than a guitar and the occasional percussionist. London's famous 12 Bar Club calls him " one of the few truly gifted acoustic guitar players around… a true virtuoso". Born on 23 March 1981, Michael began playing at the age of 6 using his mother's old guitar and a Beatles songbook. By the time he was 11, he was playing professionally with bands. Since then, Michael has performed in 5 countries, has privately taught over 80 students and is a regular session guitarist for several well known London-based producers. Yet it has only been over the past 2 years that he has received recognition for his own music, leading one leading promotion company to refer to him as "the greatest exponent of acoustic guitar on the live scene… not for the faint of heart!" (taken from Up All Night magazine last year). London's former Human Soundwave Club says, "Michael stuns with his intricate compositions". A recent review from Guitar 9 Records (internet magazine) said: "London fingerstyle guitarist Michael Berk has already been compared to the likes of Michael Hedges, Adrian Legg and Preston Reed, and the intricate compositions on his debut CD certainly invite comparisons with these masters. Advancing a percussive style on a steel-strung acoustic, album cuts such as 'All Enquiries' and the title track leap from the
