Muziekrecensies
Next year Ton Scherpenzeel can blow out 70 candles, and his band Kayak celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. In all those years, he hasn’t changed much. He is and remains purely himself and doesn’t concern himself with image building. The only time they did something about their image was around 2009. Cindy Oudshoorn (the singer at … Read more, available in English and Dutch
The band metal/doom rock band Lucifer was founded in 2014 by Johanna Platow Andersson, her name was then Johanna Sadonis, and she lived in Berlin. The band is ’70’s oriented, both in terms of music and sound. They are inspired by bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult and Fleetwood Mac. There have been several … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Singer/guitarist Fynn Claus Grabke and drummer Philipp Mirtschink do wild things like skateboarding and motorcycling. Their music may sometimes be a bit rough, but these men from Gütersloh (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) have a gentle soul and a passion for music. They have … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken While harvesting the wheat, Jan Hoving freed up time so that I could interview him on behalf of Maxazine about the band The MoRR, which he founded. There was a precedent: Vandenberg’s MoonKings was founded some 7 years ago by Ad (Vandenberg). … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken On 26th of February, Epica releases the album ‘Omega‘. On behalf of Rockmuzine I spoke with guitarist Mark Jansen. His cool grunts form a fantastic combination with the music, and with the beautiful voice of Simone Simons. The album title is based … Read more, available in English and Dutch
In 1992 Dave Brons was in the middle of studying for his final exams. He picked up a guitar and started to play. Then he saw Steve Vai play on TV. He was blown away and he wanted to have equivalent skills. He had to work all Saturday for his dad to earn the £5 … Read more, available in English and Dutch
There are a few bands with the same name, for example: O.A.K., one is from Norway, another from Italy. Most prog lovers are only familiar with the Norwegian one. The Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Jerry Cutillo founded his O.A.K. (Oscillazioni Alchemico Kreative) in 1993. Nevertheless, that prog project is a little under the radar. Time … Read more, available in English and Dutch
At December 1rst, I visited a Mostly Autumn gig at Spirit of 66 in Verviers, Belgium. Just before the sound check Olivia Sparnenn-Josh and Bryan Josh made time for this interview. Last year I had an interview with Bryan. Here you can read about music in his youth and more. Therefore, it’s Olivia’s turn to … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Dave started playing classical piano when he was 7 years old. He was not very fond of how strict and boring the teacher was. They found a new piano teacher willing to do whatever he wanted to do. Sometimes Dave just watched him play, and asked how he did it. Dave also asked his teacher to … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Recently I had an interview with singer and multi instrumentalist Neal Morse. His career started in pubs, as singer-songwriter. Early ‘90’s he founded the prog band Spock’s Beard. That was the start of a successful career. He also has success with prog super group Transatlantic, and the prog band Flying Colors. Last but not least, … Read more, available in English and Dutch