I’ve been doing a little more travelling recently. After I got back from Dublin, I went to Groningen in the Netherlands to do a research project with my friends Ard & Lykle from New Music Labs. I really like Groningen, and I try and get over to the Netherlands as often as I can. This [...]
Tagged: Frome, Groningen, New Music Strategies
Gijs, Michel, Andreas, Chris and Bart pack the van after an instore gig prison yell by audiotransparent Actually, I’ve known the guys from Audiotransparent for a while now. I met them a couple of years back on my first visit to Groningen, and I now have all three of their albums. In fact, I just [...]
A bunch of us went out to dinner in between the conference part of the day and the Unconvention showcase gigs. I ended up sitting next to Wotienke (say “Vo – tinker” and you’re close enough). She’s a Dutch singer-songwriter who performs with Moravian musicians from the Czech Republic, which adds a really interesting flavour [...]
I met Corijn – a singer/songwriter from here in Groningen. He played a few numbers at the beginning of Un-Convention, and he graciously let me upload one of them here. I really loved his playing – and particularly his voice. See what you think: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Categories: Music,Musician,Travel
Tagged: Groningen, Music, unconvention
This is Sofie. I met her at UnConvention Groningen and she gave me her CD. She’s the singer for Le Titre, who are starting to make waves here in Holland. She describes the music as inhabiting a space broadly in the Fiona Apple / Amanda Palmer territory. I asked her if I could play you [...]
Categories: Music,Musician,Travel
Tagged: Groningen, le titre, unconvention
