Published 2020-12-11 06:00
Berra Karlsson, brother of Cina Samuelson, and also her famous pedal steel player, has just released his 5th single as an artist in his own right. This time it's a joint venture with dear friend, keyboard wizard and arranger Stig Lindell, where they tackle the old French Christmas hymn "O Holy Night", written in 1847.
Berra always surrounds himself with wonderful musicians. The 5 singles features contributions from Stig Lindell on keyboards and guitars, Andreas Ea Olsson on electric guitar, Stefan Jonsson on electric guitar, Magnus Fritz and Ola Johansson on drums, Göran Nilsson and Mattias Uhrbom on bass, and Mikael Strömqvist on harmonica. All 5 singles recorded at Birdbay Studio through Lindell Productions.
Berra Karlsson is a much sought after pedal steel player in Sweden, with a lot of performances and recordings on his credit list. Apart from gigging and recording with Cina Samuelson, for a number of years, Berra has also toured, recorded and done TV-shows with Hasse Andersson, Jeff Bates, George Highfill, Wanda Jackson, Jill Johnson, Georgette Jones, Jill King, Nils Landgren, Meadow Creek, Tone Norum, Don Redmon, Alf Robertsson, Christer Sjögren, Connie Smith, Uno Svenningson, Billy Yates, Sven Zetterberg, among many others.
"O Holy Night" is just another teaser of more tracks to be released in 2021. Stay tuned.....