Dinsdag unplugged
De dinsdag avond staat in teken van natuurlijke akoestische geluiden en kleinschaligheid.
Singer-songwriters, duo's en bands zingen u toe vanaf het kleine intieme podium terwijl u geniet van een speciaal biertje van onze tap.
DINSDAG 31 JANUARI 2011 DAVID RED (Irl) "daithi Rua”(Country / Folk Rock) aanvang 21.30 uur
Daithi Rua (Irish for red David) is an Irish musician and songwriter from Shannonbridge in county Offaly. Brought up by musical parents, he was given the songs of the Dubliners and Planxty to eat and drink and later digested artists like the Furey's, Christy Moore, Moving Hearts in the 1980's.He never seemed to get full and apart from singing in his parents’ folk band as a teenager, Daithi took part in several musical productions both in school and in local musical societies.No stranger to treading the boards, he went on to win several talent shows and busking competitions. By the time he left school he had been making a living from music and had started writing songs.Now based in Belgium, Daithi has been playing music for the best part of fifteen years and his tours take him all over mainland Europe, the U.K., Ireland, Scandinavia and the Middle East both as a solo performer and with different musical outfits such as COMAS, Helen Flaherty and Aidan Burke.Daithi has appeared on local and national Tv and radio and his songs have been recorded and considered by many well established artists and he has been acknowledged by his contemporaries to be an artist of great future potential. His influences today include artists such as Luka bloom, Nanci Griffith, Andy Irvine, Paul Brady, Mick Hanley and Tom Russell to name a few."It seems like only yesterday that a little red haired boy came for his first guitar lesson. How the years have flown and David a.k.a. Daithi Rua has matured into the dynamic player, singer, songwriter which the world knows today. Keep up the good work - we watch your every move with great anticipation!" - Tony Holleran"It was a great pleasure for me to play some songs with Daithi. He's not only a great singer and composer but he surely knows how to play the guitar. Good that he's living in Belgium now, so we can have some more songs together." - Philip Masure"I first met Daithi Rua when we did a gig together on the banks of the river Shannon in his native Co. Offaly in the early nineties. Although a comtemporary folk musician and writer, I was struck with his integrity and sensitivity of his native roots, unlike so many post-modern Irish writers. His recorded work is filled with warmth, commitment and originality and with the didactic quality so central to genuine art." - Jimmy Crowley
Voorprogramma 7 februari HALEY SAVAGE aanvang 21.00 uur
"For many, seeing Hayley Savage for the first time has the impact that Joni Mitchell had on David Crosby back in 1967 when he walked into a little cafe in Florida one night.
Born in Hastings in 1982 and now a resident of The Netherlands, she quickly established herself as one of the most exciting singer songwriters to ever grace Sussex, playing and recording with fellow musicians to create 2009's debut album "The Daisy Room", a mesmerising collection of self-affecting, heartfelt folk songs laid bare over a simple yet accomplished background of acoustic guitars, percussion and banjo.
Comparisons with the likes of Gillian Welch were inevitable as Hayley's down to hearth and truthful approach to music set her aside as the real deal, an artist that kept true to her original vision and kept producing songs that overwhelm the listener, yet puzzle them with her stark, naked beauty and beautiful ambiguity.
Now performing all over Europe with her trustworthy acoustic guitar, she is building a cult following and working on her new solo album, which further demonstrates that less is, indeed, much more."
DINSDAG 7 februari 2011 TIM O'CONNOR (IRL) The hitchhiking Poet aanvang 21.30 uur
An original Irish American Folksinger / Bluesman. Born in Chicago, grew up in Hollyweird. Tim spent an eight year period of his life hitchhiking over 300,000 miles in 26 countries. O'Connor has three songs in the feature film "Dead Calm". A high seas chiller thriller, starring Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane. In the summer of 1999 Tim made a solo crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean in his sail boat "Theanna". From Nantucket Island to the Netherlands. He lives on his boat in Holland. He has recently completed writing ten books about his mad adventures. The Hitchhiking Poet's songs and stories go together like a hot dog and a bun, the books are done. So are the CD's And the DVD's. " I'm a late bloomer with a sense of humor." Tim O'Connor the Hitchhiking Poet makes his living by singing and playing his songs and the Blues.
Have Guitar will travel.....interested in giving Tim a gig? Send him an email
DINSDAG 14 Februari 2011 VAGABOUND (Folk) aanvang 21.30 uur
After playing the wild rover for many a year, a guitar-picking songwriter by the name of Mario Petrus was homeward bound with a dozen songs in his sack. He baptized the songs 'Vagabound' and together they lived quite happily for a while. But as the songs matured it was all too obvious for Petrus that he had to set his songs free. Just then he once more bumped into bass-player/guitarist Mathijs Ansems -the two had accompanied each other on former musical journeys- who'd done some rambling and writing of his own. As if it were ment to be, Petrus' songs fell in love with Ansems' tunes and the two sat down and started recording the songs. Thus the first Vagabound-album came to be. It was released december 2006 and named "...of memories and dreams".
Allthough the songs were very happy on their album they soon wanted to see more of the world, as did their receivers. Thus Irie Brothers-percussionist Tim Schrijver was called upon and the journey began. The songs travelled happily, exploring barrooms, parties, festivals and streetcorners, ever wanting to inform the world of their existence. The songs were joined by new ones and old ones and even ancient ones and kept roaming about. The company was soon enlarged by Hiltondiver Pim van Zuilen and not seldom did guest-musicians appear on stage to pledge their love to the songs. As time passed on, people came and went but the songs continued their quest, always hosted by Mario Petrus and often by more musicians. With Skyzm-drummer Peter Scheffer and Mudicine-harmonica player Tim Bonno a new generation of songs is working hard to create a new album for them to happy home in.
Meanwhile the songs of Vagabound are still rambling down the road and if you keep your ears wide open, you just might run into them sometime....
19, 20, 21 februari ******* Carnabral ****** met Dj ROB en JOHAN
woensdag 22 februari ****** Haringhappen ******
DINSDAG 28 februari 2011 GENTRY BRONSON (USA) aanvang 21.30 uur
Born in the snow-swept landscape of Bemidji, Minnesota and named by his parents after a hitchhiker, Gentry spent his early years living out of a Volkswagen van as his dad, a Vietnam veteran, and mom traveled throughout the United States with their young son. Eventually the family settled in an old farm house just outside of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
At the age of five, Gentry sat down at a piano and began to make up songs. His grandmothers both played the piano, his grandfather was a swing dancer known for sweeping ladies off their feet, and his great grandfather worked as a fiddle player at barn dances. Still, Gentry's musical talent at a young age came as a surprise. So, his parents moved an old upright bar piano into the house for him to play.
During the long Minnesota winters living far from neighbors and other children, Gentry felt isolated and he used music as an escape. His piano teacher, Marilyn Kiffmeyer, began encouraging him to enter classical piano competitions. Before turning 15, he won five state-wide MMTA awards and performed in front of thousands of people several times.
At 15, he started his first garage band and took the role of lead singer. Their first gig was in his family's backyard, and when the landlord showed up by surprise, he evicted Gentry and his family. He and his bandmates then named the band The Eviction Committee.
After high school, Gentry worked and traveled his way through Eugene, Oregon, Alaska's Kenai Peninsula and Key West, Florida before hitting the explosive early 90's music scene in Seattle, Washington. Gentry saw all of the action as a bartender at the infamous Off Ramp Club, opening for bands as a punk poet, fronting the band Buried Child and composing music for a Withered Wall film festival and the Goddess dance piece. In 1994, Gentry relocated to San Francisco playing in the avant garde jazz group The Partial Orchestra and continued doing performance art and poetry throughout the city.
Gentry moved to Prague, Czech Republic in the mid 90's and got heavily involved with the Prague music and art scene. He became a resident DJ at the Roxy Klub and also worked for the art and literature magazine Yazzyk. During his time in Prague, he became friends with Sacco Koster, who would later become his European manager.
Returning to San Francisco, Gentry finished his Bachelor of Arts at New College of California, and soon became involved in the burgeoning digital revolution becoming a multi-media producer. He began to write songs in a new style, and won three NCSA songwriting awards in 2000 & 2001.
He formed the band the Night Watchmen in late 2001 and their debut EP Illumination was released in 2001. The dark, cabaret-styled Lost In California followed in 2003 establishing the band with a small cult of international fans.
During the Night Watchmen, Gentry returned to his musical roots as a classical pianist and launched his solo career with an instrumental piano record of original compositions called Tranquillo in 2004, and later that same year, he released a stripped down vocal and piano acoustic record of songs called Home.
Night Watchmen bassist Dr. John Hudy died in 2004, and Gentry reinvented the band, releasing the jazz-infused Rain Come Down in 2005 showcasing his heart-on-your-sleeve songwriting.
Disbanding the Night Watchmen in 2006, Gentry released an ambient instrumental album recorded in New Mexico with Dave Hoover called Santa Fe Sky. Two months later, he released No War, an record of 14 songs divided into a three-part concept album. The piano-based songs backed by an energy-packed band received widespread radio airplay online, in Europe and on Triple A and college stations. On the strength of these new albums, Gentry spent 2006, 2007 and 2008 touring throughout the U.S. and Europe.
In October 2008, he released the single Avond, an English adaptation of the classic Dutch song written by Boudewijn de Groot & Lennaert Nijgh. The single, recorded as a duet with Jesse Brewster, received airplay throughout The Netherlands. Gentry was featured for a month on NL Radio 2, and he appeared live on the TV show ATV5 Amsterdam.
In December 2009, Gentry released the Gentry Bronson EP, which moved him into new musical territory as an artist and celebrated storyteller. He debuted the album during his Graveyard Fever tour of Europe that year, his longest and best received European tour to date. The EP was picked up for airplay on over 70 Triple A, modern rock, college & public radio stations throughout the U.S. in 2010.
The video for Gentry's song Wild Women, directed by Paul O'Bryan, premiered in February 2011 in San Francisco. Then, Gentry embarked on his 5th European tour, the Lost & Found Tour, in March. During this tour of The Netherlands, Germany & the Czech Republic, famous Dutch shock jock, Giel Beelen, played Gentry's English adaptation of Trockener Kecks' Ik Denk Nooit Meer Aan Jou on NL Radio 3 based on a YouTube video from the tour.
He returned to San Francisco and spent the rest of 2011 performing a series of concerts with the Gentry Bronson Band. They shared bills with Big Brother & The Holding Company (Janis Joplin's original band), It's A Beautiful Day, Barry "The Fish" Melton" (of Country Joe & The Fish), Commander Cody, and ended the year opening for one of Gentry's hero's, Ray Manzarek (of The Doors) with The Manzarek Rogers Band. Two other 2011 concert highlights included a performance at an Anti-War Rally hosted by California Congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey, and later at the WordUp! literacy and learning festival with guest speaker Anne Lamott.
Gentry was also the featured vocalist on VH1 Hip Hop artist John Brown's single 'No Games', released in October 2011 on the Burbs Life LP.
During recording sessions in May and December 2011, Gentry finished recording a new record with legendary artist & engineer Bruce Kurnow. The two Minnesota born & bred musicians worked at Switchback Studios in Northern California completing Gentry's new record Within A Sigh and A Curse - Dutch Pop Classics In English, Volume 1. The record features never before released English adaptations of songs by different Dutch artists. It will be released in 2012. In February 2012, Gentry returns for his 6th tour in Europe performing songs from Within A Sigh and A Curse.