Song in Dutch through the eyes of a Belgian boy who finds out that there are terrorists in his own dear country. Most shocking thing is that it was their plan to kill any police officer on the street and his father is one. Quick home recording. Lyrics: Ik…
Here’s the first soundbite of my new song Carnival Mirrors in memory of the horrific killings in Paris at Charlie Hebdo’s. I made it last night while practicing the song and this morning, when I woke up, there was a short panic when I couldn’t recall it….
Here’s my second home recorded song about Gaza. This time it’s a lament to commemorate the thousands of innocent people dead, wounded or homeless because of the insane bombings on Gaza during the summer of 2014. I wrote it during Christmas, when we were looking…
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…