I’m extremely glad to finally share the session in which Nadine Khouri played ‘You Got A Fire’ and covers of Sparklehorse and Leonard Cohen.
If you’re interested in music and based in Utrecht like I am, Robin Kester isn’t a new name. She still only has one ep and a handful of singles out, ...
The summer of 2018 would soon be coming to an end, and Rachel and I had just seen two of our favourite bands – Hiss Golden Messenger and Courtney Marie ...
‘White Noise/White Lines’ is already Kelsey Waldon’s third record in five years time. The Kentuckian country singer has followed her own path since the start. And the cheers of her ...
A couple of weeks ago, Janssen and his band joined us at the Schenk Studio in Amsterdam to record two astounding cover versions of Vampire Weekend’s ‘Ya Hey’ and Bruce ...
When Ryan Joseph Burns came to Utrecht from Glasgow earlier this year, I set up a meeting with the Dutch country singer Demi Knight. After a quick rehearsal, they recorded ...
Meeting Churchill in Amsterdam, I saw a polite, very determined and self-assured musician, who knows what he wants and how he wants to get there. No shortcuts allowed. I like ...
It’s hard not to think of Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention when listening to Kacy Lee Anderson’s voice, but luckily there’s a lot more to Kacy & Clayton than just ...
Although still only 19 years old, Demi Knight says she has discovered her own style and sound. The country singer from Tiel – who in everyday life listens to the ...
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting and filming with John Paul Keith, whose albums have made a lasting impact on me over the past couple of years. Especially ...
If you’re a regular visitor of this website, you might have seen Scottish twin brothers Michael and Andrew Truscott before as members of the incredible, but no longer existing band ...
In 2012, Tim Knol toured in the United States, together with the American songwriter Kevn Kinney of Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ fame. Earlier this year Knol founded his own record label ...
I’ve had two weeks to think of a sufficient way to describe the weekend we had at the Into The Great Wide Open festival on Vlieland, but I’m afraid I’ve ...
It was in May 2008 that I saw Tim Knol perform live for the very first time. It was at EKKO in Utrecht, where I talked to him earlier that ...
After his session in the autumn of 2012, Peter Katz also played one of his own songs, called ‘Dear’. When you’ve watched this video, make sure you check his covers ...
In April last year, there was an Onder Invloed show at De Spot in Middelburg. Line up: Davie Lawson, Kim Janssen and Lucky Fonz III. I filmed a song here ...
Over the last few years, I’ve attended every official Onder Invloed show there ever was, except for one in Amsterdam. I was sick as a dog and I was supposed ...
This weekend, Kim Janssen played his last Dutch shows of this year. We had the pleasure of having him and his band play the Onder Invloed night at De Spot ...
For the second time in the history of this website, I believe, there’s a session sung in Dutch. International readers, don’t go anywhere, I bet you can enjoy the session ...
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 ...
It feels like ages since I recorded sessions for Onder Invloed. There’ve been a lot of live videos, but there haven’t been so many real sessions lately. There’s a good ...
I was filming on a boat on the sea of Terschelling. Around me, the band members of Johan were playing some songs, enjoying the sun and watching the view. It ...
For those of you who didn’t know that Kim Janssen is not only a band member of The Black Atlantic, but also a singer songwriter; you should’ve known better. Janssen ...
Every day of this week, I’ll publish videos of the Onder Invloed stage at festival Into The Great Wide Open on Vlieland. In the order in which they performed on ...
The Traditionals album is doing really well. So well, that Onder Invloed and In A Cabin With have been recording a second album last week! We recorded at the same ...
Last Wednesday, Dutch booking agency Friendly Fire organised a showcase at UROCK Cafe in Utrecht. At the same place where the Onder Invloed nights took place for the last 1,5 ...
I didn’t know about Norman Kapoyos before Maarten Besseling from In A Cabin With handed me the album he and his Swinging Mood Orchestra – including GEM drummer Wouter Rentema ...
You might have seen him on all the big stages around The Netherlands as drummer of Moke and Paulusma. This Spring, he released his debut album ‘Unleash’, on which also ...
A couple of months ago, I recorded a session with Dutch singer songwriter Lea Kliphuis at ‘In De Blaauwe Hand’, the oldest bar of Nijmegen. Not long later, she phoned ...
It was a great night, the Onder Invloed at Home in Nijmegen with Lea and Davie Lawson. Two nice performances, a lot of nice people and a bed to sleep ...
Last Friday, I recorded a session with De Staat in Aalten, which is going to be great. For that, you’ll have to be a little patient, but to compensate for ...
I got a couple of old videos for you. Shot in EKKO in spring this year. This guy is going places he never dared dreaming of a year ago. He’s ...
Before Tim Knol even had a record, we filmed this session, with covers of Gram Parsons, The Rolling Stones, David Olney and Townes van Zandt.