Thorbjorn Risager

Thorbjorn Risager and The Black Tornado-Change My Game-24-44-WEB-FLAC-2017-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:51:15 minutes | 575 MB | Genre: Blues
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Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado – Songs From The Road (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:22 minutes | 938 MB | Genre: Blues
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In 2014, something unusual happened. On the strength of their breakthrough album Too Many Roads, Denmark’s Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado went global. Now it’s one thing for an artist from Copenhagen to enjoy success at home and in a few adjacent countries. But the release of Too Many Roads saw the seven-piece combo fronted by singer and guitarist Risager gaining widespread notoriety in the U.S. and being invited to play in locales as far away as Mumbai, India. The album took home the Danish Music Award as the Top Blues Album of 2014 and also earned Germany’s illustrious ‘Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik,’ but perhaps even more impressively, it was selected as one the year’s best by Britain’s influential The Blues magazine, right alongside international stars like Robert Cray, Walter Trout and Joe Bonamassa. Clearly, Risager and his mates had taken their exhilarating mix of blues, soul and rock ‘n’ roll to the next level.

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Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado – Come On In  (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:05 minutes | 497 MB | Genre: Blues
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The popular and award-winning orchestra brings forth a new album: ‘Come On In’. The intensity is intact, but there is also room for new streaks of melancholy. Through more than 1,000 concerts in 21 different countries, the hard swinging and critically acclaimed ensemble has made people smile and dance. For that is what the blues is capable of: grooving away lifes problems. The front man knows this better than most, and on the 10th album – with the inviting title ‘Come On In’ – he goes into clinch with everything from his own age to political reality.

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Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado – Change My Game (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:15 minutes | 579 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ruf Records GmbH

Despite the title, Thorbjørn Risager — supported by his band the Black Tornado — doesn’t change his game on this 2017 album. He remains faithful to Southern soul and Chicago blues. Playing the songs with conviction if not invention, Risager revels in convention: as fun as the soft rock detour “Hard Time” is, he’s best when he’s following a familiar path, sinking into simmering soul and R&B. Sometimes the tempo kicks up — “Hold My Lover Tight” is propulsive, as is “Maybe It’s Alright” — but Change My Game usually keeps things low-key and that’s its appeal: never showy, the album is steeped in tradition but prefers to keep things lively and fun. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado – Best Of (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:13:15 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Blues
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2021 collection. Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado: Talent, dedication and perseverance As this band enters it’s seventeenth year, they really seem to be on the verge to a success that will open some new doors, in new territories. And with all the hard work they put into this project, they surely deserve it.

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