Onder Invloed is a project by journalist and filmmaker Matthijs van der Ven. The title is Dutch for ‘under the influence’. Since June 16th 2008, he filmed numerous international musicians covering their favourite songs in sessions and at Onder Invloed live shows. The first book, 'Onder Invloed', has been published in January 2012.
Three Blind Wolves
15. MY INFLUENCES, BY... THREE BLIND WOLVES

15. MY INFLUENCES, BY… THREE BLIND WOLVES

The first ever session I’ve recorded abroad, was with Ross Clark and Fearghas Lyon of Three Blind Wolves, at Oran Mor in Glasgow, March 2009. Since then, they’ve been over a lot of times playing Onder Invloed shows at UROCK, EKKO, Hedon and Festival aan de Werf and in January this year they performed at...
THE WEIGHT

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...
THE MAILMEN SESSIONS: THREE BLIND WOLVES

THE MAILMEN SESSIONS: THREE BLIND WOLVES

Here’s the second episode of the series we’ve named The Mailmen Sessions. First up were The Seventeenth Century, on that same day in May 2010, we filmed Three Blind Wolves lead singer Ross Clark. Producer Martijn Groeneveld has a studio in Utrecht called Mailmen Studio. Every now and again we’ll invite a band into the...
THREE BLIND WOLVES AT T IN THE PARK

THREE BLIND WOLVES AT T IN THE PARK

Last Saturday was a good one for Three Blind Wolves. A little over a month after their Festival aan de Werf show in Utrecht, they played the T In The Park festival for the second year in a row. On the BBC Introducing stage this time. BBC has put a part of their set online...