TORSTEN GOODS & Band

The German soul singer and uber-guitarist Torsten Goods is now pouring into our ears with "Soul Deep", his eighth album, which is far more than just a sequel to his successful album "Soul Searching".

The twelve new tracks, either written by himself or with his British soul brother Bluey Maunick from Incognito, present the 44-year-old as a mature artist, influenced by soul, but also jazz, blues and the summery West Coast/AOR sounds of the late 70s in California. As virtuoso as this music may be, as checked out and fully produced, the sounds of the voice(s) and instruments touch the soul of the listener. It is balm and enrichment for everyone, moving and intense, simply "Soul Deep".

The new album tells the personal stories of Torsten Goods, who according to the SZ is "as gifted on the guitar as he is as a singer". It is also about his visual transformation due to alopecia, the shock-like and permanent hair loss, and above all, love. For his soulmate. "Soul Deep" is therefore also thematically a consequence of "Soul Searching": a very personal album in which the 44-year-old writes down stories from his life and his relationship with his wife, such as the yearning ballad "Summertime Heartache", complete with strings and saxophone by Jakob Manz, the Steely Dan tribute "Summer Rain", the beautiful "Live by the Heart", sung as a duet with the wonderful Kim Sanders or, of course, the dance-friendly "Rocket Girl".

His "Soul Deep" Tour 2025 will take Torsten Goods all over Germany again in fall 2025, as well as Austria, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, his mother's homeland. He will be joined by Jan Miserre on keyboards and piano, Felix Lehrmann on drums and Björn Werra on bass - in other words, the band behind the new album, absolute experts who have been playing together perfectly in this line-up for sixteen years. The focus of these concerts is of course on the music from the new album, but fan favorites from "Soul Searching" and Torsten's back catalog are also included. This makes every concert a unique experience, a feast full of deeply felt, virtuosically played, acoustic bliss.

"Smooth vocals, fast guitars and feel good grooves" are the soul of this musical experience.

Line-up: Torsten Goods (git, voc); Jan Miserre (keys); Björn Werra (b); Felix Lehrmann (dr)