4/5: Day 2 of the greatest festival in The Netherlands: North Sea Jazz. The day of Naft, Róisín Murphy and Tom Jones.
Jul 07 2023
North Sea Jazz Festival, 07/07/2023
4/5: Day 1 of the greatest festival in The Netherlands: North Sea Jazz. The day of Van Morrison, Buddy Guy and Little Simz.
Jun 11 2023
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, 06/11/2023
4/5: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band ultimately triumph over the annoying “Dutch disease”. Limburg too fall at their feet.
Jun 05 2023
Peter Gabriel, 06/05/2023
3/5: Peter Gabriel in a two-faced show. Before the break it wasn’t up to his usual standard, after the break it most certainly was.
Jun 02 2023
Claw Boys Claw, 06/02/2023
4½/5: After years and years finally a Claw Boys Claw concert again. The band is still good, very good even. A top night with sparkling music and a fine show.
May 16 2023
Depeche Mode, 05/16/2023
4/5: Great visuals, a fitting tribute to the recently deceased Andrew Fletcher and the unbridled commitent of Gahan and Gore, make the opening show of the European tour a true spectacle!
May 13 2023
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, 05/13/2023
4½/5: The 73 year old Bruce Springsteen at the modern La Défense Arena in Paris. Passion and fire throughout the 2 hours and 50 minutes long superb show!
Apr 03 2023
The Waterboys, 04/03/2023
2½/5: The Waterboys at Paradiso, alas, too little musical sparkle. The long intermission wasn’t helpful. The concert had lost its steam.
Jan 28 2023
Nai Barghouti, 01/28/2023
2½/5: A tribute to Fairouz by Nail Barghouti, accompanied by the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra, just works for only 2 songs.
Nov 15 2022
Sudan Archives, 11/15/2022
3½/5: Sudan Archives provides a highly entertaining evening in Amsterdam’s Paradiso Noord. She has great potential. Her audience is very, very enthusiastic.
Nov 08 2022
Pavement, 11/08/2022
4½/5: Pavement delivered a thrilling show. My personal concert surprise in 2022. No small feat, given my high expectations and hopes!
Oct 28 2022
Kendrick Lamar, 10/28/2022
4½/5: Kendrick Lamar and Antwerp: veni, vidi, vici. The audience ate from his hands and the music and presentation were impressive. Again!
Oct 22 2022
Cem Adrian, 10/22/2022
1½/5: No match between us and Cem Adrian, who has found a nice niche for himself, but seems incapable of doing anything else besides mixing heavy music with sentiment and pathos.
Oct 09 2022
Yekpare, 10/09/2022
3½/5: As long as Yekpare follow their self-chosen assigment, the concert is overwhelmingly beautiful. Singer Ceylan Ertem plays her part as the trio’s lead convingly in a sometimes sizzling concert.
Oct 07 2022
Kendrick Lamar, 10/07/2022
4½/5: Kendrick Lamar: veni, vidi, vici. The audience ate out of his hands and the music and presentation were impressive. Again!
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