Dead Fingers
If I’m completely honest, I didn’t know Alabama duo Dead Fingers for long when I heard they were going to be touring in The Netherlands this Spring. I knew enough ...
Perfect Glasgow
For Perfects.nl, a website that provides playlists – made by a whole bunch of musicians, journalists and other music lovers – I’ve made ‘Perfect Glasgow‘. A playlist with some of ...
Tessa Rose Jackson – Winter Night
If you haven’t listened to Tessa Rose Jackson‘s Songs From The Sandbox yet, you’re doing something wrong. If you do listen to it, you won’t find this song on it. ...
Tim Knol
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 ...
Tessa Rose Jackson
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 ...
Photos of Onder Invloed at EKKO
Last night was really good. The musicians played well, the audience listened. That’s the way it should be. In between filming, I managed to take a few photos, that you ...
Onder Invloed Magazine
This June, Onder Invloed will exist for five years. I think that’s an achievement. For me it is anyway. You already know there’ll be a live event at EKKO in ...
Broeder Dieleman – Genade
A little over a month ago, I published the session that Broeder Dieleman recorded in March. Since then, I’ve waited impatiently for a good time to post the extra song ...
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 ...
Rachel Sermanni
Rachel Sermanni‘s music has been in my favorites ever since a friend from Glasgow played me one of her songs. From that moment on, I’ve been meaning to organize a ...
Broeder Dieleman
It’s amazing to see how well Broeder Dieleman is doing since the release of his debut album ‘Alles Is IJdelheid’ in December. He’s playing all over the country and has ...
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 ...
Leine
It’s taken a while, but after almost exactly a year, I now give you this session with Leine. This Amsterdam based musician, who’s real name is Marjoleine Reitsma, recorded her ...
Ryan Joseph Burns – Sam
The very first day Scottish musician Ryan Joseph Burns ever set foot in The Netherlands, I took him and his band The Seventeenth Century to see Tim Knol play at ...
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 ...
Awkward I – ‘The Unknown Character’
Awkward I is currently touring in Indonesia with his band and Tim Knol’s drummer Kees Schaper. Why not. While they’re enjoying the sun, we’re freezing in snow and ice. But ...
The best of Zonder Invloed in 2012
In 2012, I decided these extra songs recorded during sessions could use their own posts and category. The name ‘Zonder Invloed‘ was quickly thought of and www.zonderinvloed.com was bought. The ...
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 ...
My Influences 2012
This year I started a new series, using streaming service Spotify. I asked musicians and friends to make playlists of their favourite songs. The My Influences series will continue in ...
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. ...
24. My Influences, by Paul Tasker
Paul Tasker is one of the guys who introduced me to Glasgow, now one of my favourite cities around. Tasker, one of the best guitarists I know, is currently working ...
Lucie Thorne
In November, Smoked Recordings – record label of Davie Lawson, run by Dan Tuffy of Big Low – hosted a label night, featuring not only Lawson and Jeroen Kant, but ...
Rebecca Sier – Wide
Last week, Rebecca Sier released a new EP, online. You can listen to it below and download it via Bandcamp. Earlier, I posted the session which we recorded at Cafe ...
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 ...
Peter Katz
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 ...
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 ...
Theo Sieben
On the same day I recorded the session with Royal Parks in Amsterdam, earlier this year, I filmed this session with Theo Sieben and Judith Kolen. You might know Sieben ...
Royal Parks – Ask My Mother & Doing Overtime
Usually, musicians play one extra song of their own after recording the covers for their Onder Invloed session, but Diederik Nomden, aka Royal Parks was on a roll. So we ...
Kim Janssen – Drift
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 ...
Theo Sieben – Dig A Hole
On the 23rd of November, Theo Sieben‘s second album ‘Invite To Dance’ will be released, and it’s as good as – if not better than – his first. A couple ...
Royal Parks
Diederik Nomden is one of the most mentioned musicians in my book, apart from the musicians who were interviewed of course. Nomden has played in some of my favourite Dutch ...
Traditionals II
The album ‘Traditionals II’ is out now. You’ve seen videos of some of the songs appear on this website over the last six or seven weeks, but in this post ...
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 ...
Traditionals II: Frankie and Johnny
Last year Onder Invloed released the album ‘Traditionals‘, in a collaboration with In A Cabin With. That same year, we went back to the same place in Hagestein and recorded ...
Traditionals II: Stepstone
Last year Onder Invloed released the album ‘Traditionals‘, in a collaboration with In A Cabin With. That same year, we went back to the same place in Hagestein and recorded ...
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 ...
22. My Influences, by… Royal Parks
He’s got his debut album coming out this month, his Onder Invloed session will be online soon too, but while waiting for all that, why not listen to his favourite ...
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 ...
Traditionals II: Red Rocking Chair
Last year Onder Invloed released the album ‘Traditionals‘, in a collaboration with In A Cabin With. That same year, we went back to the same place in Hagestein and recorded ...
Jeroen Kant
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 ...
Traditionals II: (It Makes A) Long Time Man Feel Bad
Last year Onder Invloed released the album ‘Traditionals‘, in a collaboration with In A Cabin With. That same year, we went back to the same place in Hagestein and recorded ...
20. My Influences, by… Onder Invloed (2)
This week I decided to make a playlist myself, for the second time in this series. So, from now on, out of every twenty playlists in the My Influences series, ...
Traditionals II: In The Pines
Last year Onder Invloed released the album ‘Traditionals‘, in a collaboration with In A Cabin With. That same year, we went back to the same place in Hagestein and recorded ...
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 ...
19. My Influences, by… Ro Halfhide
Ro Halfhide shouldn’t really need an introduction on this website, seen as he’s recorded a session, played live shows and recorded the audio for many sessions. Halfhide is a songwriter, ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Scotland
Ryan Joseph Burns
Words can hardly describe how much fun we’ve had at the fourth edition of Into The Great Wide Open. Ryan Joseph Burns played on the ferry on the way over ...
Into The Great Wide Open: the photos
The footage of the Onder Invloed shows at Into The Great Wide Open 2012 is being edited, but the photos are already finished. As there’s no reason to keep you ...
18. My Influences, by… Lenzie Moss
I first heard of the Glasgow-based band Lenzie Moss through Nicholas John Grant and Andrew Truscott of The Seventeenth Century who also play in Finlay Macdonald’s band. You might have ...
Traditionals II: Good Shepherd
Last year Onder Invloed released the album ‘Traditionals‘, in a collaboration with In A Cabin With. That same year, we went back to the same place in Hagestein and recorded ...
17. My Influences, by… Sidney Vollmer
In his debut novel ‘Alles Ruikt Naar Chocola’ (2011), author Sidney Vollmer had his main character play a London showcase called ‘Influences’. Vollmer’s way of thanking me for helping him ...
Awkward I
Awkward I has been one of the most frequent acts at Onder Invloed shows over the last years. It was a great pleasure every time. From the first time at ...
Into The Great Wide Open, News
Onder Invloed at Into The Great Wide Open 2012
Last year, the Onder Invloed stage at festival Into The Great Wide Open at Vlieland was considered a big success. We had a good crowd, a nice location and performances ...
16. My Influences, by… Theo Sieben
You might know Theo Sieben as the guitarist in Jelle Paulusma’s band, or from his own debut album ‘Until Grass‘ from 2011. If you don’t, go out and get that ...
15. My Influences, by… Three Blind Wolves
The first ever session I’ve recorded abroad, was with Ross Clark and Fearghas Lyon of Three Blind Wolves, at Oran Mor in Glasgow, March 2009. Since then, they’ve been over ...
14. My Influences, by… Jelle Paulusma
Last year, I had the pleasure of filming a video for the song ‘Friends‘ by Jelle Paulusma. It’s a new recording of a song that already featured on Daryll-Ann’s EP ...
13. My Influences, by… The Starlets
The Starlets from Glasgow were the first band I’ve ever brought over to The Netherlands for a series of shows. I met them six months before then in The Laurieston ...
12. My Influences, by… Octoberman
This series has been running for 12 weeks now. So I think we can now officially call it a proper series. Today, the first international (read: non-Dutch) musician has picked ...
10. My Influences, by… Joep Smeets (013)
I’ve been asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. A ...
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 ...
9. My Influences, by… Roy Santiago
I’ve been asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. A ...
Paulusma live at EKKO
Earlier this year I posted videos of Chop Wood, Marien Dorleijn (Moss) and Bertolf performing at the book release show at EKKO in January. Multiple reasons caused the videos of ...
8. My Influences, by… Mathijs Leeuwis
I’m asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. This is ...
7. My Influences, by… Jelte Nieuwenhuis
I’m asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. I took ...
6. My Influences, by… Marcus Bruystens
I’m asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. I took ...
5. My Influences, by… Rebecca Sier
I’m asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. I took ...
4. My Influences, by… Sander van der Linden (Novack)
I’m asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. I took ...
3. My Influences, by… Eduard Versteege (EKKO)
I’m asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it of all time or simply at this moment. I took ...
Onder Invloed in de bioscoop
Goed nieuws voor wie van muziek en film houdt. In juni organiseert Onder Invloed in samenwerking met het Amsterdamse filmhuis Kriterion vier bijzondere avonden, waarbij muziekfilms worden vertoond voorafgegaan door ...
2. My Influences, by… Jacob de Greeuw
Last week I started a new series at Onder Invloed. I’m asking musicians and some other interesting persons to make a playlist on Spotify containing their favourite songs, be it ...
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 ...
Ro Halfhide – Rather Be A Sinner Than A Priest (Davie Lawson)
Every now and then, I’ll have a look back in the ever growing archives of Onder Invloed. There are a lot of tapes and external harddrives that contain not only ...
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 ...
Record Store Day sampler
Tomorrow it’s Record Store Day. For those of you who don’t know what that means and can’t make their minds up based on the name of the day; it’s a ...
Ryan Joseph Burns in Glasgow
Last Month, I took a two-week-holiday and flew to Glasgow, one of my favourite cities. I brought along a camera, just for the sake of it. For most of the ...
Onder Invloed at EKKO – photos
I’m still a bit too tired to write a lot, but I promise I’ll look back at the three Onder Invloed nights soon. Luckily, there are some photos to do ...
Rebecca Sier
The first time I saw Rebecca Sier play live, was at our own stage at the Into The Great Wide Open festival in September 2011. After reading her name on ...
Win tickets to the live shows
Next week there’ll be three Onder Invloed shows in a row. Davie Lawson and his Dutch band will play at all shows, accompanied by Dazzled Kid and Rebecca Sier at ...
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 ...
Kim Janssen
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Doghouse Roses – ‘See That My Grave Is Kept Clean’
Whenever Doghouse Roses are touring in The Netherlands, they’ll spend some nights at my place. I happen to live above a liquor store, which I have to walk through to ...
The book has been released
For two years, I’ve worked on an idea, a book. When I started it was still uncertain what it would become. After a lot of hard work, it’s finally come ...
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 ...
Traditionals YouTube playlist
So, the videos of the Traditionals album are finally on YouTube. I made a very handy playlist, that let’s you watch the videos in the order of the album, without ...
Into The Great Wide Open, Live, Sessions
Ro Halfhide (GWO11)
There are no words to describe how much Ro Halfhide has done for this project, he even flew with me to Glasgow in 2009 to record Scottish bands. But that’s ...
Boekpresentatie in EKKO
In januari verschijnt het eerste boek van Matthijs van der Ven, getiteld ‘Onder Invloed’ bij uitgeverij L.J. Veen. In het boek verhalen Nederlandse ...
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 ...