Paul Bergmann

New England’s haunted lore permeates Paul Bergmann’s indie folk tunes. With lone guitar and an eerily laconic voice bespoken to Cash or Dylan, the Western Massachusetts transplant has spellbound local Los Angeles audiences. His debut album 1, recorded live at Electrosound Studios, weaves supernatural tales — devilish visitations, apocalyptic visions, introspective reveries—and plainspoken events into ambling compositions.


Plainspoken and vulnerable, the Echo Park-based performer has commanded considerable attention solo, opening for formative acts like Angel Olsen. However, his true depth reveals itself as bandleader of The Fair Moans. Combining clever arrangements and drums, electric bass and guitar, banjo, and mandolin, Bergmann catapults his album’s intimate tunes into the delirious heights of alt country acts like Beachwood Sparks, The Castanets and Murder By Death.