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The Migrant
12+ albums
danishfolkfolk-poppopindie folk
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The Migrant is Denmark musician Bjarke Bendtsen's experimental, folk-inspired pop songs on guitar, ukulele, kick drum and other instruments. In Bendtsen's words, 'This project is my excuse for packing the suitcase, selling all furniture and leaving for parts of the world I haven't seen before. Hopefully the songs and a guitar will make it less expensive. Definitely more fun!' Bendtsen gave up his residence in Copenhagen in the end of 2008 and went on the road, playing with different people he met on his way. Like this he spent most of 2009 travelling across the United States, playing his songs one night in frosty New York as a solo act, another in hot New Orleans with a horn orchestra and the next in Texas with a mad stomp group. Back on a visit in Denmark in Juli 2009, Bendtsen gathered some of his folky friends in a summerhouse by the southern Danish coast and recorded the first Migrant album there. The prelude to this session had been a number of 'jam band' concerts where varying musicians tried out Bendtsen's new songs. Not surprisingly, the album that these concerts led to has a somewhat anarchist and 'free' vibe. It was only half of Bendtsen's new songs, however, that was put down on tracks at that session and so Bendtsen accepted an invitation from Theater Fire's horn- and piano-player James Talambas who invited him to his home studio in Fort Worth, Texas to record another Migrant album in August. Bendtsen had met Talambas on his earlier travels in the US and knew
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Flood
Travels in Lowland
Amerika
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Indie/Rock Playlist: February (2011)
Beads
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Sessions Four [Disc 2]
Now Hear This! The Word Magazine December 2010
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De Maxx Long Player 11 Urban Special
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Nightmoves
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De Maxx Long Player 11: Urban Special [Disc 1]
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SXSW 2014 Showcasing Artists
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Small Is the New Big: Devil Duck - 10 Years Anniversary Compilation