Evert's World of Music

The football match of my oldest daughter (6) is canceled, so early in the morning I am sitting at the table, writing this blog, while my old...

I was sitting in the car with my kids. Johnny Cash' "Southern Accents" was playing. Daughter: "This is a sad song....

I finished writing my dissertation, had the exam, and then of course: party. With our research group we found ourselves on the island of S...

I was a bit secretive some time ago about my new research project. I'll be more open now: it's the phenomenon of the shanty choir. A...

I hope you know who André Rieu is - if not, just check YouTube . I wrote about him before , because I like to try to understand why other pe...

Summer holiday's over, work has started. The PhD is written, so time for a new project. I am not going to tell you what it is, only tha...

I was in Shanghai for an ethnomusicological conference. On the day-off, we had the option to go on excursion. I chose to go to Wu Zhen, a ‘...