Victoria Bergsman
Bergsman performing in New York in 2007
Bergsman performing in New York in 2007
Background information
Born (1977-05-04) 4 May 1977
Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Vocalist
  • musician
  • songwriter
Years active1995–present

Victoria Bergsman (born 4 May 1977) is a Swedish songwriter, musician, and vocalist best known as singer of the indie pop band The Concretes from 1995 to 2006. Since announcing her departure from the band on 24 July 2006 she has been recording for her new solo project Taken by Trees. Bergsman also provided guest vocals for the hit Peter Bjorn and John single "Young Folks" from the album Writer's Block.[1]

In 2009, her solo project Taken by Trees released East of Eden, a collaboration with Pakistani musicians. A version of the album was released in 2009 with a short documentary film about its recording, titled "Taweel Safari - The Longest Journey". The documentary was filmed in Pakistan by Victoria Bergsman, Andreas Söderström & Faseeh Shams and edited by Marcus Söderlund.about its recording.[2][3]

Other works

In 2005 Bergsman acted in a music video for the pop song "Temptation", released by the English band New Order.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Exclusive First Listen: Taken By Trees by Tom Cole. NPR Music. Retrieved September 18, 2009
  2. ↑ Album Press Release. BeggerGroupUSA. Retrieved 18 September 2009
  3. ↑ Taken By Trees - East Of Eden, 2009, retrieved 2023-07-12
  4. ↑ Music video 'The Temptation of Victoria', New Order song 'Temptation, published on Youtube October 15, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxDv_RTdLQo
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