Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Sido Martens' New CD Is An LP

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Sometimes I am somewhere - don't worry, this blog entry will eventually make a concrete point - sometimes I am somewhere and I feel the...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Beck's Song Reader - Forget the Sheet Music!

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A short history of music in Europe. Once upon a time we sang songs we learned from our parents. And we, in turn, learned them to our kids....
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Message from Jail - Social Sound Part II

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So there I was, somewhat before eight in the evening, in the back wing of the former jail of Leeuwarden, now pop stage Asteriks, where the S...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The PVV and music - no real issue.

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The Freedom Party (PVV - Geert Wilders' 2-issue-party), department of Groningen, organizes a poll in which you can vote which government...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Social Sound - Art About Music

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I am invited to be the guest on a radio programme (Friday, February 1, 2013, 20.00 hrs; www.zeilsteenradio.nl) which is linked to the art ex...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

A Scandalous Call: Play De Bondt!

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Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer, protested against the current Dutch cultural climate (read: budget cuts). He set free a helium balloon wi...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Honing Dilemma: Playing in Israel - or Not?

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My newspaper reported that jazz saxophone player Yuri Honing plans to perform at the Red Sea Jazz Festival  at Eilat, Israel; but that he is...
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