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Hailing from Norway, Borgar Storebråten recently released his debut album, Road To Revelation, a collection of original material that would fit nicely in any Americana music lover's library. Here, Borgar answers his Essential 8 and talks the origin of his album's title, inspiration, his dream collaborators, and more!
What’s the story behind your album’s title? This record has been all about “the road” for me. This was the first time I did something in my own name, and I had no idea starting out what would be on the other end of the process. “The road to revelation” is in that matter a reminder to myself in the meaning of “why am I doing this”. I started writing because I felt miserable if I didn’t. But I started making music to evolve together with other people. In another perspective, I think it is the whole “carrot and the stick” thing. We are so obsessed of making the most out of the end of the tale. And by doing that, in my opinion, you are missing out on the whole story. Where do you draw inspiration from when writing? Mostly people I guess, or more specifically the relationships between people. I spend a lot of my time working on describing feelings, sounds, tastes etc. Since I was quite young I have had a love for poetry and Edgar Allan Poe in particular. It is something very special with how a single word can change the meaning or perception of a whole story. When/where do you do your best writing? Anytime and anywhere really. I don’t believe that you necessarily need to light candles and drink wine to write a good song. I believe in craftsmanship and long hours. When that’s said, I have nothing against “setting the mood” for a writing session. But I don’t want to depend on it in order to write great songs. 
What’s the best advice you have ever gotten from another musician?
Be on time, be prepared and be a nice guy. What’s the best advice to give to a musician just starting out? This is maybe a very frustrating and “quick fix” answer. But if you would like to be a good songwriter, you need to write a lot… What’s your favorite food on the road? Anything homemade. Sometimes we get to stay over in someone’s home. And it is just something special being invited into someone’s house and sharing a meal together. Especially when you haven’t met them before! But you know, you can never go wrong with Indian food. What are your “must have” albums for the road?
Who would you love to collaborate with? Oh man… There are a lot of people in this category. The boring answer is “anyone who got a story to tell”. The other answer is Jason Isbell, Jon Green or Ryan Adams. Favorite (or first) concert you have ever attended? Ryan Adams in an old theatre in a little town called Drammen. He just caught me totally of guard. It was fantastic, weird, heartfelt and random at the same time. Website Insta
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