{"id":25640,"date":"2025-01-31T08:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/dsb\/artists\/thorbjorn-risager-emil-balsgaard\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:55:33","slug":"thorbjorn-risager-emil-balsgaard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/nl\/dsb\/artister\/thorbjorn-risager-emil-balsgaard\/","title":{"rendered":"Thorbj\u00f8rn Risager &amp; Emil Balsgaard (DK)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Al meer dan 20 jaar vermaken de Deense Thorbj\u00f8rn Risager &amp; The Black Tornado bluesliefhebbers over de hele wereld met hun concerten en releases. Dit jaar verscheen het album &#8220;House of Sticks&#8221;. Minder mensen realiseren zich dat Risager en Tornado-pianist Emil Balsgaard een geschiedenis samen hebben die veel verder teruggaat. Nu zijn ze te beleven tijdens Dark Season Blues.     <\/p>\n\n<p>Het is meer dan 30 jaar geleden dat de twee begonnen samen te werken in de New Orleans blues&#8217;n&#8217;funk band Rad Gumbo. Hun derde duo-album, &#8220;Taking The Good With The Bad&#8221; (2021), laat horen dat hun liefde voor verpulverende boogieblues, vleugjes Caribische ritmes, zure delta grooves en low-down vuige funk nog steeds intact is.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e2e2e2;font-size:12px\"><strong>Dark Season Blues\u00a92025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Goodnight Irene - Thorbj\u00f8rn Risager &amp; Emil Balsgaard Duo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f_5kXM5oppU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al meer dan 20 jaar vermaken de Deense Thorbj\u00f8rn Risager &amp; The Black Tornado bluesliefhebbers over de hele wereld met hun concerten en releases. 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