She studied at the BRIT School where Adele and Kate Nash went, moved back to The Netherlands and kept writing songs until she found her sound. Her debut album was ...
Here comes the Summer
Last week, Onder Invloed was at Here Comes The Summer, the Spring version of the Into The Great Wide Open festival. At our stage, Gijsbert Kamer (de Volkskrant) interviewed a ...
Case Mayfield
The first time I recorded a session with Case Mayfield, the servers had a hard time keeping up with the amount of visitors. Now, three years later, Mayfield has done ...
Onder Invloed viert 5-jarig jubileum
Op 16 juni 2008 ging de website onderinvloed.com online en dus heeft het muziekproject Onder Invloed dit jaar zijn 5-jarig jubileum te vieren. Dat gebeurt in het Utrechtse EKKO op ...
Jack Savoretti
Every once in a while, I listen to songs I’ve never heard before and get that impressed that I have to listen to as many songs of that artist as ...
Thus Owls – Roots
When I organised the session with Thus Owls, I actually forgot to ask them to play one of their own songs as well. After recording three covers, Simon and Erika ...
Port Of Call
A couple of years ago I saw Port Of Call play as support act with Paulusma at EKKO in Utrecht. I couldn’t help but think of Neil Young somehow, even ...
Theo Sieben – Late Will I Know You
I’ve posted many times before about Theo Sieben and how good his songs are. He was one of the musicians on the second Traditionals album and both his session and ...
Thus Owls
Remember that session with Simon Angell? The one where he covered Daft Punk on just his guitar? It’s now four years later, and this month I’ve put Angell in front ...
Onder Invloed sessions in 2012
It was a strange year, 2012. I didn’t record as many sessions as I would have liked, but the ones I did, made up for it. This post is above ...
Davie Lawson – Annie #2
This video was recorded in February of this year, on the stairs of my old appartment. It was already online on YouTube, but I never published it on this website. ...
U rocked
Today, Utrecht is losing one of its finest bars. After years of getting us drunk and making sure we had great nights of fun, U ROCK Cafe is closing its ...
Janne Schra
She is featured in the Onder Invloed book and on the second Traditionals record, but we have yet to find a time and place to record a session. However, this ...
Ryan Joseph Burns on the boat and in the sea
Aside from the shows on the stage in the woods, we filmed a couple of extra songs on different locations on the isle of Vlieland during Into The Great Wide ...
Bertolf – Wall
In November 2011, I flew to the South of France to film the recordings of Bertolf‘s third album in a town called Carpentras. Just outside of the studio there was ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live
Davie Lawson
On the first day of Onder Invloed at Into The Great Wide Open 2012, Davie Lawson performed a full set, as many covers as his own songs. Lawson, a Welshman ...
Davie Lawson live at 013
During the April editions of the Onder Invloed shows, Davie Lawson and his band featured on all three of the line ups. Having recently released his well received third album ...
Bertolf live at EKKO
I made the final corrections on the book in the middle of the nights of a week when I was in the South of France, in November 2011. I was ...
Chop Wood live at EKKO
The book release night at EKKO was amazing. I won’t tell you that twice, so take note. Norbert Pek hosted the night, the musicians from the book played great shows, ...
Onder Invloed at 013, Tilburg: photos
During the first Onder Invloed night at 013 in Tilburg, Stijn Schalkwijk and I took some photos. Tomorrow or Wednesday I’ll post some photos of the book release show at ...
Awkward I backstage session
Awkward I unfortunately couldn’t play at the book release show at EKKO last week. A shame, but we made a little plan. I filmed two songs, backstage at Tivoli after ...
Paulusma live at Festival aan de Werf (2)
Sometimes I search through external hard drives, without a specific purpose. Most times I’ll find some old recordings of live shows or sessions from previous years. Maybe it shows that ...
Maarten Kooijman live at EKKO
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 ...
David Pino live at Hedon
El Pino and The Volunteers was one of the first Dutch bands I really got into, years back. I’ve been buying their albums and going to their shows ever since. ...
The ones that almost made the cut
I liked the Top 10 of Best Of Onder Invloed in 2011 I published earlier this week. But there was more to 2011 than those ten videos. A lot more. ...
Best of Onder Invloed in 2011
It’s one of the more difficult tasks in between eating three Christmas dinners in a row and having to answer for not going to any overexpensive party at New Year’s ...
Theo Sieben live at Hedon
Every now and then, I’ll hear a song or album or voice that stops everything around me, and makes me want to cancel all appointments, lock myself in a room ...
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 ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live, Sessions
Kim Janssen (GWO11)
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 ...
Onder Invloed at Hedon: photos
Photographer Tom Roelofs, who’s also responsible for all photos in the upcoming book, was present at Onder Invloed at Hedon in Zwolle last week. I don’t think Roelofs needs another ...
Paulusma live at Festival aan de Werf
In May this year, Paulusma headlined the Onder Invloed night at Festival aan de Werf in Utrecht. I can’t describe how good this set was. Luckily I’ve got some amazing ...
Solo live at U ROCK Cafe
In the first three years of Onder Invloed I’ve filmed a lot. I mean… A LOT. Seen as I also have to sleep sometimes, I didn’t have the time to ...
Larry Guild
Whenever I go to Glasgow, I get to stay at Paul Tasker and Iona MacDonald’s flat, right on the edge of the city centre. Paul and Iona (Doghouse Roses) had ...
A tribute to Woost
For the non Dutch viewers; you might not have known this band. You should have. The Dutch band Woost decided to split this Summer, after releasing four albums in almost ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live
Case Mayfield (GWO11)
The last time I posted a blog on Case Mayfield, the servers started smoking and I had to pay a lot of money to get the website up and running ...
Live, Into The Great Wide Open
Bettie Serveert (GWO11)
We journalists always like to have some sort of scoop. Onder Invloed had one at the Into The Great Wide Open festival. Carol van Dyk, lead singer of the band ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live
The Kik (GWO11)
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 ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live
Rebecca Sier (GWO11)
Last Friday, I’ve started to publish the footage we shot at the Onder Invloed stage at the Into The Great Wide Open festival. I’m very excited about every single video ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live
Roy Santiago (GWO11)
The organisation of festival Into The Great Wide Open invited Onder Invloed to host a stage in the mornings of the festival weekend. To keep it short, it was brilliant. ...
Bettie Serveert completes the line up for Onder Invloed at EKKO
On Saturday the 1st of October, the Onder Invloed night at EKKO will be the kickoff of the 25 Year’s Anniversary Month of the finest small venue of The Netherlands. ...
Line up Onder Invloed at Into The Great Wide Open
I’m very glad to announce an amazing line up for the Onder Invloed sessions at the Into The Great Wide Open festival at Vlieland this weekend. We’ve got a morning ...
More live videos from Onder Invloed at Hedon
Earlier this week, we published live videos of Marien Dorleijn (Moss) and Arthur Adam playing the Onder Invloed show at Hedon in Zwolle in March. Also on the line-up that ...
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 ...
Arthur Adam live at Hedon
During the Onder Invloed live show at Hedon in Zwolle last March, Arthur Adam opened the night with a very dynamic set, that began with two Joe Jackson covers. I ...
Anne Soldaat – ‘Mr Randalph’
In the first three years of Onder Invloed we’ve filmed a lot. I mean… A LOT. Seen as we also have to sleep sometimes, we didn’t have the time to ...
The Seventeenth Century live at EKKO
During the March edition of Onder Invloed at EKKO, The Seventeenth Century performed. This band from Glasgow has just released the first two EP’s in a couple of months time ...
Rue Royale live at EKKO
On Thursday the 17th of March, the London based duo Rue Royale played at the Onder Invloed night at EKKO in Utrecht. They played songs of their debut album, covers ...
Ryan Joseph Burns live at EKKO
Last Thursday, Ryan Joseph Burns played an unplugged aftershow at the Onder Invloed night in EKKO, Utrecht. Due to the large amount of people waiting around to see his show, ...
Onder Invloed at EKKO: photos
Last Thursday, the second edition of Onder Invloed at EKKO in Utrecht almost sold out. It resulted in a wonderful night with great shows with a very nice audience. An ...
The Seventeenth Century
Today is a good day. We as Onder Invloed launch a new series within the project. Producer Martijn Groeneveld has a studio in Utrecht called Mailmen Studio. Every now and ...
Live at Onder Invloed this month
I think it’s about time to start introducing the musicians that will play live at the Onder Invloed shows in Utrecht and Zwolle. This month we have live shows on ...
Live at Onder Invloed this month (1)
I think it’s about time to start introducing the musicians that will play live at the Onder Invloed shows in Utrecht and Zwolle. This month we have live shows on ...
Three Blind Wolves at the liquor store
During their tour in The Netherlands last month, Three Blind Wolves were pretty impressed by the entrance to my house. To enter my house, you have to go through a ...
Onder Invloed at EKKO: photos
Okay, so the first Onder Invloed night at EKKO in Utrecht was a great succes. I’m not the only one telling you. Go read reviews at 3VOOR12/Utrecht, Podiuminfo or Staplab ...
Alamo Race Track – ‘After Hours’
In October we had the first Onder Invloed live show at Hedon in Zwolle. We managed to get a line up I personally was very proud of. Three of my ...
Woost live in Zwolle
In October we had the first Onder Invloed live show at Hedon in Zwolle. We managed to get a line up I personally was very proud of. Three of my ...
Woost – ‘Trivia’ (live)
Last October, Woost headlined the first Onder Invloed live show at Hedon in Zwolle. And how. They were amazing. They’re usually good, but that night… Next week I’ll publish some ...
Moss (live in Glasgow)
I spent another week in Glasgow early November. In that week, I filmed the album launch of Doghouse Roses at Stereo, drank some beers with Ross Clark from Three Blind ...
Top 5: Koen-Willem Toering (Woost)
Onder Invloed is celebrating it’s 2,5 years anniversary. One part of the celebrations is this new section in which musicians will give you their Top 5 of best songs. Including ...
Grasnapolsky, Live, Scotland, Sessions
Grasnapolsky (3): Ryan Joseph Burns, feat. Joast
The first edition of the Grasnapolsky festival in Bunnik near Utrecht was a huge success. After selling out on the day of the event, there wasn’t one sad face walking ...
Best Of, Grasnapolsky, Live, News, Scotland
Best of Onder Invloed in 2010
I can’t do it. The idea was to make a Top 12, just like in 2009. I just can’t do it, I’m sorry. These thirteen videos all make me want ...
Saint Jude
Earlier this year we had the honour of having Lynne Jackaman and Adam Green of Saint Jude play an acoustic showcase during the Onder Invloed night at UROCK Cafe in ...
Onder Invloed at Hedon, Zwolle
|Dutch, sorry.| Onder Invloed is terug. Na een zeer positief ontvangen eerste editie in oktober 2010, vindt op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 de tweede avond in Hedon plaats. In de ...
Onder Invloed at Hedon, Zwolle
Starting in October, there will be four Onder Invloed nights each year at the wonderfull Hedon venue in Zwolle. To start of in style, we present a brilliant line up, ...
Davie Lawson – ‘One Too Many Mornings’
I went to beautiful Loch Lomond in Scotland today, together with Iona MacDonald from Doghouse Roses. Something we also did in March 2009, when Davie Lawson joined us, bringing along ...
Three Blind Wolves – afterparty
I’m back in Glasgow again. The city of great music, beers, rain and overloads of live shows. Also the city of Three Blind Wolves-singer Ross Clark, who played an unplugged ...
Case Mayfield & Nat Jenkins photos
This Wednesday, both Case Mayfield and Nat Jenkins played wonderful shows during the last Onder Invloed live show of this season. At UROCK Cafe, they kept the audience quiet and ...
Awkward I (Festival aan de Werf)
This May, Onder Invloed had a live showcase at the wonderful Festival aan de Werf at De Neude in Utrecht. With hundreds of people in the crowd, The Cosmic Carnival, ...
Release: Nat Jenkins – Live in Amsterdam (free download)
On the 11th of December 2009, Nat Jenkins flew over to Amsterdam from London to play the Onder Invloed show. His very first show in The Netherlands. Surely one to ...
Three Blind Wolves – ‘Helpless’
Ross Clark from the Glasgow-based band Three Blind Wolves played the Onder Invloed Afterparty at UROCK Cafe in Utrecht last week. Completely unplugged and absolutely brilliant. Here’s a video of ...
Nat Jenkins, The Cosmic Carnival & Ro Halfhide – ‘The Weight’
In December, all the musicians who’d performed at the Onder Invloed live show in Amsterdam joined forces at the end of Nat Jenkins‘ set and played ‘The Weight’ by The ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss) live
The first Onder Invloed Live showcase in Amsterdam was one of promises. Both Awkward I and Marien Dorleijn (Moss) had albums coming out the weeks after. Both got raving reviews ...
Awkward I (live)
Awkward I played the first Onder Invloed live show in Amsterdam on Friday the 11th of September. He played songs from his recently released debut album I Really Should Whisper ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss) live in Utrecht
I wrote a raving review about the Moss debut album once, without knowing anyone of them. When I got to know the lead singer Marien Dorleijn, I asked him to ...
Bertolf (live)
On the same day we recorded the session with Bertolf, he played the Onder Invloed Live show at UROCK Cafe, Utrecht. Once again he showed his guitar skills, playing ‘Back ...
Most Unpleasant Men (live)
In March, Most Unpleasant Men played the Onder Invloed live show at U ROCK Café in Utrecht. They played songs of their wonderful debut album ‘Nothing Moves Slower’ and covers ...
Ro Halfhide & M-JO (live)
In March, the third Onder Invloed Live night was opened by an unique double show by Ro Halfhide and M-JO. Back then, I just got back from filming sessions in ...
Anne Soldaat – Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown
Last month, I filmed the Anne Soldaat concert at Paradiso in Amsterdam. Parts of the show will be featured on the documentary on this Dutch musician, which I’ve been working ...
Bertolf & Marien Dorleijn (live – photos)
This Wednesday, the fourth monthly Onder Invloed Live night, was a night of great music. Bertolf, Marien Dorleijn and bonus-act Solo (Michiel Flamman) The videos will follow soon, here are ...
Davie Lawson (live)
I’ve just spent a week in Glasgow, with Ro Halfhide, Paul Tasker, Iona MacDonald and Davie Lawson. Only two weeks before, Davie played at Onder Invloed Live in Cafe U ...
Steve Savage (live)
They don’t get any more American than Steve Savage from Nashville. Steve’s all about the show, but don’t let that fool you; he’s got a really good voice. Take a ...
De Staat feat. Kyteman (live)
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 ...
Maurits Westerik (live)
On Wednesday the 28th of January, the first edition of Onder Invloed Live took place at Cafe U ROCK in Utrecht. The Cosmic Carnival and GEM-singer Maurits Westerik were the ...
Go Back To The Zoo – Hallelujah (Lucky Fonz III)
Just a week ago, I travelled to Deventer to see Go Back To The Zoo play in my favourite local pub ‘De Heks’. Due to some train problems and the ...
Bettie Serveert (live)
A couple of hours after recording the session with Bettie Serveert, they played a live set at EKKO, Utrecht. All songs by Velvet Underground, and the band asked me to ...
Tim Knol – live at EKKO
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 ...
Davie Lawson – Moonshiner (live)
During the last week of September, I followed Davie Lawson around The Netherlands and recorded a live version of ‘Moonshiner’.
Marten de Paepe (live)
I didn’t even have to argue with Marten de Paepe when I asked him to play a cover live. “When do you want me to?”, he asked. At Theater Kikker, ...
Lukas Batteau (live)
Lukas Batteau had to play in Limburg, Germany, and I decided to come along, 50 minutes before departure to film this U2 cover live.
Tim Knol
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.
Alamo Race Track
Alamo Race Track is one of the bands from The Netherlands that I just can’t get enough of. Every concert is an experience you don’t want to miss. So they ...
Closer To Curtis – live at EKKO
Earlier on there was Lukas Batteau ‘Onder Invloed’ live in Germany, now here is Closer To Curtis ‘Onder Invloed’ live at the EKKO, Utrecht. Three songs from the last concert ...