Marit Bergman
Live @ Highline Ballroom, NYC, 06/05/07
Marit Bergman played a short, yet very stellar set last night opening for Smoosh and The Pipettes. With her on guitar and flanked by three background singers dressed all in white, whom she intrduced as Joy, Nina (Persson) and Kat. Sticking mostly with mellow numbers from her most recent album "I think it's a rainbow", she breezed through a very brief twenty-five minute set. Highlights included absolutely gorgeous and intimate versions of "Today will be the day when mourning ends", "No party", "I will always be your soldier", "Eyes were blue" and "Mama, I remember you now" and she closed with a new song. The trio of backing vocalists aided the whole set, either by emphasizing the hook of "No party" or by making "Today will be the day when mourning ends" one of the prettiest songs I have ever heard performed. Marit was the perfect opener for a great night of pop music and was given quite the reception by the crowd at her set's completion.
- Matt Giordano