Born and raised in Bergen, a small West Coast Norwegian city, Sondre fell under the spell of the records his older brother and two sisters played - Norwegian pop sensations A-Ha, the Beach Boys, Elvis Costello and Prefab Sprout all made an indelible mark on Lerche’s musical consciousness. Learning those harmonies and chord voicings, blending Brazilian folk and cool jazz, really opened my eyes.” In fact, so much that Brazilian pop influences the music Lerche writes to this day.
Check out Sondre Lerche performing “Modern Nature” in Hollywood…
You have to experience Bob Schneider live to understand why he may be America’s greatest undiscovered musical talent. Since the 2001 release of his acclaimed album, Lonelyland, and the “next big thing” hype that went along with it, two things have happened; 1) He has toured relentlessly playing hundreds of dates per year building an audience of devout fans, of which one blogger recently referred to as “The BS’ers,” and; 2) He has not become the next big thing. And to anyone that has witnessed the on-stage magnetism of Bob Schneider that is an inexplicable injustice, which may be as much the fault of the broken nature of the music business as it is anything else.
Check out this video of Bob Schneider performing “Flavors Too Strong” in Texas.
