maandag 20 mei 2013

Ask!, Live 'On Air' Friday April 26th 2013.

Ask! (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: April 26th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Summertime/Better Than You/Nice Morning.

Note: Symphonic influenced Poprockband, which grabbed the attention of ‘Pinguin Radio’, the former nationwide commercial station ‘Kink FM’, now surviving as a webstation. After some personell changes, the band’s been working on a new EP, which they came to introduce this evening, while playing their first ever acoustic set inbetween.

Repherence, Live 'On Air' Friday April 19th 2013.

Repherence (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: April 19th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Awake/We’re A Leaf/This Is War.

Note: slightrly folk-infused Alternative rockband, which kind of a sudden appeared from what seems to be nowhere. In facvt, they’d been active for the previous two years in church and on Praise meeting and just decided six months earlier to make the crossover to a lesser religious audience. Without denying or leaving their roots. They completely stunned the jury of a local talent-hunt, which not only gave them the opening slot on the ‘night-before-Queensday’event of ‘Oranjenacht’ on April 29th at the market square, but also the invite to appear this night for an introducing interview and some acoustic tracks.

The Maple Leaves, Live 'On Air' Friday April 12th 2013.

The Maple Leaves (Gouda/Amsterdam/Utrecht), live on air.
Recorded: April 12th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Almost Like Being In Love/On The Sunny Side Of The Street/Time After Time.

Note: local jazz-singer Mariëlle van Veen and her two accomplices walked into the studio for a chat and some very laid back jazzy standards, while Mariëlles boyfriend shot some videos. The relaxed, moodfull results have been put on Youtube not long after.

Ron Baggerman feat Flo den Hartog, Live 'On Air' Friday April 5th 2013.

Ron Baggerman feat Flo den Hartog (Den Haag/Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: April 5th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Memories Of Io/Venus (w/ Flo)/Jazzy Blues Improvisation.

Note: One of the world’s leading tapguitar players, came to talk about his music, his tapguitars and his (musical) passions, playing several tracks inbetween. Due to some cabling-hangups, his stereo tapguitar was plugged in mono, which didn’t spoil the party in the end. As his daughter accompanied him that evening, it was decided on the spot she could do a song as well, which became an amazingly sung jazzy rendition of this well-known ‘Shocking Blue’ song.

Drugsmokkel Live 'On Air' Friday March 29th 2013.

Drugsmokkel (Gouda/Rotterdam), live on air.
Recorded: March 29th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Only Love Me At The Bar/Made 4 R’n’R.

Note: After trying for quite a while, we finally succeeded in setting a date for an interview on the release of their second 2012 album and adventures since then. Being offered an acoustic set, I immediately agreed and the two singers appeared for a nice chat and these two semi-impromptu acoustic punkrock classics of their own write.

zaterdag 9 maart 2013

MonDeux, Live 'On Air' Friday March 8th 2013.

MonDeux (Gouda), live on air.
Recorded: March 8th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Le Micro/Qu A Donc Cést Du Meure/Hamlet.

Note: Jaap Mulder of famed Klezmerband ‘Di Gojim’ and his son Ruben, joined the show for a very informative chat on their theatreshow about Russian actor/singer Vladimir Vysotski, due to premiere two days later. Unlike regular music in the show, they played a mixture of Brel, Aznavour, Brecht and Weill-like chansons, featuring vocals, piano and soprano-sax. Amazing!

Steady New Sounds, Live 'On Air' Friday February 15th 2013.

Steady New Sounds (Middelburg/Vlissingen), live on air.
Recorded: February 15th 2013, ‘Gouwestad Radio Studio 2.
Tracks: Would You Be Mine?/Mad Men/City.

Note: Four young men playing rocking Indiepop with a severe English style. Had toi reschedule their first appearance in the show, because they got booked for prestigious ‘Altersonic’ festival, which is part of ‘Eurosonic/Noorderslag’. In the week following the festival, they also played on national 3FM and on the mainstage of ‘Paradiso’ during the ’20 X 30’ festival, which they won. Playing their first acoustic set during the show, inbetween a relaxed, joyfull interview. Watch these guys!