Interview with Christelle Berthon
Elwood the Apprentice in conversation with the undisputed harmonica queen of YouTube.
By turns bold as hell and surprisingly self-doubting, Christelle Berthon is one of the most closely watched harmonica players on the web (over 2 million pairs of eyeballs, according to her YouTube stats). She’s a different kind of harmonica hero: instead of gin-soaked juke joints where the smoke hangs low off the ceiling, she found fame playing to jam tracks in front of a web cam at home.
She took time out of her gruelling practice regime to tell us about her decision to dedicate herself to harmonica, and share some insights to her style and influences. And as we soon found out, chasing the dream ain’t easy.
Now Christelle is my current favorite player. She can really get the sweetest sound out of our ‘chosen beast’, her classical diatonic is superb. Thanks for posting Elwood
She’s certainly got a pleasant tone, yes yes.