One of the songs I might have played most in the past years, is ‘1922’ by Phil Cook from his album Southland Mission. I soon found out it was a ...
Gregory Page recently released his new record ‘So It Goes’ and it’s as charming as its creator. “Please make me look like Clooney”, was all he asked after recording covers ...
There aren’t many better folk guitarists around than Paul Tasker, however subjective such a statement might be. He’s often compared to his great hero and influence Bert Jansch or named ...
Paul Tasker has been one of my favourite guitar players for a good amount of years and still manages to surprise me whenever I hear him play. Earlier this year ...
The first video I saw of the Scottish band Pronto Mama was a perfect cover of Franz Ferdinand’s Take Me Out at the BBC. That, plus my persistent friend Jamie ...
Early in 2014 I filmed a session with Michael Taylor a.k.a. Hiss Golden Messenger, because I had become addicted to his records. Learning more about his music, I found out ...
It was still in the early stages of Onder Invloed’s existence, when Paulusma recorded his first session. Since then, he’s performed at multiple of our live events, including the book ...
It’s hard to keep up with the productivity of Peter Broderick, who’s released over fifteen records, EP’s and cassettes in about seven years, one of them being a website that’s ...
Every week a lot of musicians get in touch asking for a session. Although I have to turn down most of them, I do like getting these emails and listening ...
Last Sunday he ran the London marathon (well done!), but even more than his feet, Paul Tasker knows how to use his hands. On a guitar, that is. The (former) ...
Last year I published a session with the Dutch songwriter Port Of Call which has been watched very well and got a lot of good comments. I never published the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Palloc is a young Dutch indieband known to put together electronics, rare instruments and tension in compact popsongs. They create well-thought music, with – probably – Radiohead as their biggest ...
In March, producer Ro Halfhide and I went to Glasgow to film a documentary and many sessions. On the first day, the choir The Parsonage was the second act to ...
‘Happy Traum’ and ‘Weeps’ are probably the two albums I bought the most times; I keep giving them away to friends. Two albums by Daryll-Ann, without any doubt my favourite ...
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, ...
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 ...