THE WEIGHT
Last week, The Band-drummer Levon Helm died. It made me think not only of all the great songs he’s responsible for, or ‘The Last Waltz’ which is one of my favourite music films, but also of all the various cover versions people have done of The Band’s amazing song ‘The Weight’ for Onder Invloed over...
RYAN JOSEPH BURNS IN GLASGOW
Last Month, I took a two-week-holiday and flew to Glasgow, one of my favourite cities. I brought along a camera, just for the sake of it. For most of the holiday, the camera stayed in the bag I brought it in. But meeting up with a couple of the musicians there, I soon knew it...
DOGHOUSE ROSES – SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN
Whenever Doghouse Roses are touring in The Netherlands, they’ll spend some nights at my place. I happen to live above a liquor store, which I have to walk through to enter my place. Having seen the session with Three Blind Wolves in the shop, Paul and Iona from Doghouse Roses couldn’t resist. They played the...
MAILMEN SESSION: RYAN JOSEPH BURNS
It would seem you don’t need an introduction to Ryan Joseph Burns anymore on this website. He’s been featured a lot of times, not without reason though. In March this year we recorded a session with him at the Mailmen studio. Burns performed five songs, including a cover of The Low Anthem’s ‘To Ohio’. If...
