Kathmandu:

I am out with a mission, I love blues and it is the juice of my life. Just like a good chef who loves serving his food to everyone I serve my music to all to relate and identify with it,” says Danish blues music maker Dan Klarskov. He started singing at the age of 14 and after 24 years he still does it with equal passion and enthusiasm. While performing at the Himalayan Blues Festival 2007 he had won hearts of all with his fabulous performance, stage presence and of course the raunchy and somewhat erotic lyrics. Though it did raise some eyebrows his performance did entertain all by infusing some humour and naughtiness in the blues.

His eyes light up when he speaks of blues and says it adds spice to his life. Highly influenced by T Bone Walker, Dan explains Blues as the deep feeling that people usually hide but starts flowing once you relate it with music. “I think people are scared to express their feeling and to open up and with my music I would like to touch that hidden feeling, that’s my mission and that’s blues for me,” he says. He has been travelling a lot and taking his music to places. Talking about his stay in Nepal and her people he says, “Walking down the street and watching all the people around I feel they have soul, which is very raw and open and they are very proud of it. That makes this place a ‘Blues Valley.’ He expresses his emotions thr-ough music with his performances. “It’s like being exp-osed and baring your emotions to strangers sitti-ng across you,” he adds. He believes that people are usu-ally shy but if the performer sticks to his feelings and doesn’t pretend, then he can connect with anyone.

He says he always meditates before he goes on the stage to perform. It helps him to clear his head from negative energies and he always wears a ring and medallion gifted by Native American fan during one of his performances. He fondly talks about his wife and two daughters Rosa and Laura and how he loves to play music for them. “My greatest achievement will be to take music to different places and let people understand and enjoy it and of course people recognising me,” he says.