About the artist

Chris Eckman is, together with Carla Torgerson, co-founder of the American folkrock band The Walkabouts. Together with Torgerson, he also forms the duo Chris & Carla. To date, he has released three solo albums, "A Janela" (2000, only available via mailorder), "Black Field" (2004) and "Novi Svet" (2005, a soundtrack album for Slovenian TV). Since 1996, he also worked as a producer on all albums of the Norwegian alternative country band Midnight Choir, until the band split in 2004.