3½/5: On a rainy night in Bloemendaal the “Godmother of Punk” Patti Smith put on a great show.
Category: Concert
Aug 07 2016
Neil Finn, 08/07/2016
4/5: Split Enz, Crowded House and solo work. Beautiful, Beatle-esque songs, the one even more beautiful than the other. Happy to have seen him!
Jul 22 2016
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, 07/22/2016
3½/5: George Clinton’s 75th birthday at Paradiso. One big party!
Jul 13 2016
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, 07/13/2016
5/5: Iceman and the entire (double) album The River… Unforgettable!
Jul 10 2016
North Sea Jazz Festival, 07/10/2016
4/5: Dag 3 of North Sea Jazz Festival 2016 with more highlights, and the stunning Jill Scott!
Jul 09 2016
North Sea Jazz Festival, 07/09/2016
4/5: North Sea Jazz Festival day 2. Lots of great stuff. Two names of the day: Jacob Collier and Anderson .Paak.
Jul 08 2016
North Sea Jazz Festival, 07/08/2016
3/5: Day 1 of North Sea Jazz Festival 2016: the family day; great day for fun, but musical wise it was not.
Jul 06 2016
Cat Power, 07/06/2016
4½/5: A phenomenally good concert. Cat Power at the heights of her powers. Moving, sincere and beautiful. Unforgettable evening.
Jul 01 2016
My favorite music (by guest author Timur)
On July 1st my blog A Pop Life is launched. My son Timur has written a beautiful story about what music means to him and on his first concert: Doe Maar!
Jun 24 2016
Neil Young + Promise of the Real, 06/24/2016
4/5: Neil Young was in a great mood; beautiful setlist during a nearly 3 hour concert!
Jun 18 2016
Doe Maar, 06/18/2016
4/5: Together with my sons Rachid and Timur (Timur’s first concert).
May 20 2016
Radiohead, 05/20/2016
2/5: Boring, tedious concert; highlights Everything in Its Right Place and Idioteque couldn’t save the concert.
May 10 2016
Iggy Pop, 05/10/2016
4/5: Concert of an extremely high (energy) level. Iggy Pop in true form, accompanied by Josh Homme: top evening!
Apr 25 2016
Nothing Compares 2 U – A Tribute To Prince, 04/25/2016
1/5: Only Hallo Venray and Sandra St. Victor really added to the evening. The rest were oftentimes scandalously weak.
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