Have You Heard: Berardi/Foran/Karlen

Answered by: Rafael Karlen

When did you start making music and why? I started making music in my early teens. It is an age when everyone gets absorbed by something and I'm glad that it was music. I really liked that I could do my own thing.

Sum up your musical sound in four words? Pretty, melodic, tasty, colourful.

If you could support any band in the world — past or present — who would it be? The John Coltrane Quartet. It would be amazing to hear the intensity and depth of that group.

If you could only listen to one album forevermore, what would it be and why? Bach: The Goldberg Variations performed by Glenn Gould. There is so much in each variation and Glenn Gould brings out and describes so many directions in his interpretation.

Greatest rock'n'roll moment of your career to date? Every time that I get to perform with wonderful musicians to an attentive and engaged crowd. Everything else slips away and I feel that life makes sense and that I'm where I need to be.

Why should people come and see your band? They will get to see a very open and sympathetic trio of excellent musicians explore very charged and melodic material.

When and where for your next gig? The next gig is at the Noosa Jazz Festival at 4pm, 4 Sep on the Main Stage.

Website link for more info? bfkmusic.com