Last week I saw the second try-out of ‘MYLENE OVER DE VLOER’, where Mylene de la Haye with her band perform Dutch versions of mostly well-known classic songs. A very different approach to work of Elvis, David Bowie, Amy Winehouse … Continue reading
Last week Ukrainian metal band JINJER hit Q-Factory Amsterdam. In the 9 years of their existence JINJER released 4 full length albums. Early 2019 they released an EP ‘Micro’ followed by full album ‘Macro’ in October 2019. Here some shots … Continue reading
RUBEN HOEKE BAND’s latest album ‘All Saints’ was released on 1 November and was received very well. Where ‘very well’ actually is an understatement. Over the past years Ruben has been recognised as a top class musician and received several … Continue reading
Last week CELINE CAIRO released her new EP ‘Siren Song’ and started a small tour with her band at TivoliVredenburg Utrecht to celebrate that. It turned out to be yet another beautiful evening with a magical athmosphere. Celine’s band: Bram … Continue reading
On 8 May duo WOLF & MOON were support for Celine Cairo at TivoliVredenburg. Check information on them and you will find ‘Traveling duo making folky pop with electronic sprinkles’. ‘Songs from nomads for wanderers’. Well, that about describes indeed … Continue reading
Last Saturday I saw LIEF DAGBOEK win the finals of the Popprijs van Amstelland 2019 band competition at Poppodium P60 Amstelveen. ‘Expect something unpleasant’ is how their set was kicked off. Well, that unpleasantness obviously did not stop them from … Continue reading
When a band uses the mighty Jefferson Airplane’s brilliant White Rabbit as their intro you know from the start that you are in for a night of classic rock.And that is exactly what Q-Factory got that Saturday night in April … Continue reading
SONATA ARCTICA, from Kemi, Finland has been touring Europe with their Acoustic Adventures tour the past couple of weeks. Tonight they finish the tour at Bochum. Formed in the second half of the nineties SONATA ARCTICA have released 10 full-length … Continue reading
This month WITHERFALL from California is accompanying the Finnish SONATA ARCTICA through Europe on their Acoustic Adventures tour. WITHERFALL’s set is acoustic too, reason for Joseph Michael to start their show at Patronaat Haarlem on 20 March by asking the … Continue reading
Early February 2019 was the kick-off for the theater-tour of THANK GOD IT’S DONNA ft. Carolina Dijkhuizen, a show dedicated to Carolina’s long time idol, undisputed Queen Of Disco DONNA SUMMER. I was not aware that Donna had had so … Continue reading