For my song to remember the thousands that were innocently killed in the insane Gaza bombings this summer, I’m looking for the name of this Jewish melody. It fits perfectly as an intermezzo in the sad melody I’m about to record. Anyone?
In this time of Christmas celebrations and retrospection, I couldn’t help checking out how our mainstream media looks back at the insane bombings on Gaza. So far, I haven’t seen any mention of the war crimes at all, but I suppose they’re still working on…
Here’s the Ballad Of Charlie McCoy. Last September (2014) I was at the impressive ancient Celtic site of Glendalough, co. Wicklow. Looking for old undocumented Irish songs, a local man, John Holden, told me about the late Charlie McCoy, who was the local forester and…
Here’s the ballad I wrote one year ago about Nelson Mandela, shortly after his passing. I was delighted when Claudio Benito was willing to join me to make a version of this song by combining his Flamenco skills and my folk style into a brand new…
Here’s a song in Dutch about a remarkable accident with a crane that happened recently in IJsselstijn. The crane toppled onto a neighbouring house while lifting a man over the roof to another house. He wanted to surprise his girlfriend by visiting her bedroom at the back of…
To get some fresh air and some movement one has to go outside now and then. I love to take my camera with me and I like to quickly make videos. My gear is not very professional, but I love to see how far I can…
Coming up to the Christmas 2014 Session, Sunday the 21st at the Sailors Club House in Katwijk aan Zee, I’m practicing my new song, which is a next guitar challenge to me. Here’s where I am now, at the intro. I hope you like it. It’s…
Today (1 Dec. 2014) there was bad news again: another big poultry farm near my place had to kill all it’s feathered live stock. Earlier this week I wrote a song about this subject. Yesterday I was triggered by a news item that the farmers can get compensation…
Here’s an overview of my creative work. It’s about what moves me and my movements. It can be just a written down thought, a short poem, a travel report or an extensive project that leads to a professional video of a tribute ballad of Nelson…