Sessions, TakeRoot festival, USA
Molly Tuttle
Usually recording a session after a live show isn’t the best idea. Musicians are tired, happy the job’s done and either want to enjoy a great experience or forget it ...
Senora May
Back when traveling and going to shows were still things people did, I met up with Kentuckian artist Senora May in Utrecht. Her self-released debut ‘Lainhart’ has been a very ...
Mikaela Davis
Mikaela Davis is a harpist and singer from Rochester New York, USA. She released a stunning record called Delivery in 2018. And she’s toured with The Staves and Bon Iver ...
Michael Cassidy
The first time I heard Benbecula by the Scottish songwriter Michael Cassidy was in Amsterdam when Ryan Joseph Burns played me a mix on his phone. It sounded incredible already. But ...
Sessions, TakeRoot festival, USA
Becca Mancari
Becca Mancari made one of my favourite records of 2017. There isn’t a mediocre song on Good Woman. In fact, someone should really start a petition to rename it Great Woman. Anyway, ...
Marcus Hamblett
Marcus Hamblett is a man of many talents. Not only does he play guitar, bass, trumpet and keys, he also produces records and sometimes releases them. The chances you’ve seen ...
Carson McHone
The Austin-based songwriter Carson McHone visited us in Utrecht’s finest record store Plato with her band to record two originals and a dangerously addictive Teddy Thompson cover.
Anaïs Mitchell
When Anaïs Mitchell recorded this session for The Influences in 2017, she toured as Josh Ritter’s support. She recorded covers of Bob Dylan and Rachel Ries (Her Crooked Heart) and ...
Man Of Moon
Ever since my friend plugged their song The Road, I’ve been listening to Scottish indie rock duo Man of Moon. During their European tour with Django Django, we recorded ‘Sign’ ...
Emme Woods
In December 2018 we hosted our third live show at the always lovely The Glad Cafe in Glasgow. Five local acts performed a couple of covers and originals in front ...
Buck Meek
American songwriter Buck Meek has very quickly become one of my favourite musicians – both his solo and Big Thief records are on the top of the rotation over here. ...
The Mastersons
About a year ago, I met up with The Mastersons in my hometown Utrecht. They were about to release their strong new album Transient Lullaby and were touring Europe with ...
Sessions, TakeRoot festival, USA
Michaela Anne
Sometimes a voice simply forces me to keep listening. Luckily, combined with Michaela Anne’s songwriting that’s hardly an ordeal. Anthony D’Amato told me to check out her most recent record ...
Tift Merritt
Stitch Of The World is her sixth album and it’s everything you could ever want. Tift Merritt’s voice is stunning as always, her songwriting more urgent than ever. In short: ...
Iona Macdonald (Doghouse Roses)
Iona Macdonald was one of the first Scottish persons, plus one of the best singers I ever met. She’s gearing up to release the third album with Doghouse Roses, her ...
Midas
Back in 2010 Onder Invloed hosted a stage at the first ever edition of the Grasnapolsky festival in Bunnik. Since then, the festival has exploded into a way bigger version ...
My Bubba
My bubba is another one of those acts that I’ve seen and read about for a couple of years, and when I heard their latest records Goes Abroader, it was ...
Moss
Early in 2009, Moss’ lead singer and songwriter Marien Dorleijn recorded this solo session, and ever since then I’ve hoped for a full band session. God knows why it took ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live, Sessions
Meindert Talma
The first time I heard Meindert Talma‘s music, was when his album ‘Nu Geloof Ik Wat Er In De Bijbel Staat’ (trans: ‘I Now Believe What’s Written In The Bible’) ...
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 ...
Mathijs Leeuwis – Land van Honing en Melk
So, I’ve explained the ‘Zonder Invloed’ idea in the post of Bertolf’s song, but for those of you who haven’t seen that; it’s Dutch for ‘without influence’. If sessions go ...
Mathijs Leeuwis
The first time I met Mathijs Leeuwis, he was as drunk as David Hasselhoff on an average Tuesday. Hours before, Leeuwis won the public’s prize at ‘De Grote Prijs van ...
Three Blind Wolves, Maarten Kooijman & Case Mayfield – The Weight (The Band)
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 ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss) live at EKKO
Second on the line up of the book release party was Moss singer Marien Dorleijn. It’s not the first time he played an Onder Invloed night, and hopefully it won’t ...
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 ...
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 ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss) live at Hedon
During the Onder Invloed live show at Hedon in Zwolle last March, Moss-singer Marien Dorleijn played a lot of new songs from Moss and his side-project TIKA, and a couple ...
Maurits Westerik – ‘Man Of Constant Sorrow’
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 ...
Marien Dorleijn – ‘Peggy-O’
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 ...
Case Mayfield bonus videos
Remember that session with Case Mayfield, that caused the smoke coming out of our servers? I know, it was amazing. Well, those videos weren’t the only ones recorded with Mayfield ...
Case Mayfield
This guy is something special. Everytime he picks up his guitar and starts singing, all things around you tend to stop happening. He released an amazing EP last year and ...
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 ...
Case Mayfield live in Utrecht
The first person to get me hooked to Ray LaMontagne was mister Davie Lawson who told about a live show he attended. I’ve been addicted ever since and have got ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mr Love And The Stallions
When I first saw Mr Love and the Stallions play live in Utrecht, a couple of years ago, I hated it for the first 20 minutes. The last 30 minutes ...
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 ...
Marien Dorleijn (Moss)
Marien Dorleijn is a songwriter and singer of the band Moss, one of Holland’s best kept secrets. I already loved the first album ‘The Long Way Back’ and from what ...
Ro Halfhide & M-JO (bonus videos)
In the very likely case you think just the songs from the session with Ro Halfhide and M-JO published yesterday weren’t enough, you’re very lucky. There are two more songs ...
Ro Halfhide & M-JO
You had to wait a couple of extra days, but here’s finally – most of – the session with Ro Halfhide and M-JO. We recorded the session in the little ...
Most Unpleasant Men – If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys) live
After some months, no, years of writing, rewriting, looking for a label, looking for another label and finally just releasing it by themselves; Most Unpleasant Men presented their debut album ...
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 ...
Maurits Westerik (GEM)
A year after the original date, GEM-singer Maurits Westerik stood in front of the Onder Invloed cameras and did what we hoped for. He sang the songs better than the ...
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, ...
Marten de Paepe
The first session outside Utrecht or Amsterdam; Marten de Paepe was the reason to travel to Nijmegen. A beautiful city alongside the river the ‘Waal’. At the other side of ...
Mia Silvas
Mia Silvas chose to record not three, but four songs for Onder Invloed. Together with her guitar player – and best friend Ryan Haberfield, she played songs from My Chemical ...
Most Unpleasant Men
Most Unpleasant Men kiest voor soulcovers. Tijdens het opnemen van hun debuutplaat waren er moeilijkheden met een bepaald liedje, maar op het moment dat de band probeerde iets meer richting ...