Yesterday Rachèl Louise performanced in our living room at Sanne’s birthday. What an amazing concert!

Check out http://www.rachellouisemusic.nl for much better quality videos.  And book a living room concert at your place!

Nice interview with my musical hero Heather Nova.

Theophilus London – Appelsap 2009 Oosterpark, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Bangin’ show!

http://www.appelsap.net/index.php/2009/07/08/theophilus-london/

2009-06 Roosbeef Paradiso, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Last friday; Good Roosbeef concert! Houtdraadboutje hier, Houtdraadboutje daar….

Yesterday, Melkweg, Amsterdam. Cool concert! All day I’ve been mumbling “buma in m’n zak, movin’ on up…” and I have no idea what it means.

Berghain Berlin, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Yesterday we’ve been to the very cool Berlin nightclub Berghain.

Techno / Electro DJ’s Ricardo Vilalobos and Ulrich Schnauss playing electro-acoustic music, with people laying on the floor instead of dancing. Very special!

But especially the building is fantastic. Very industrial, very Berlin!

Check out the rest of the pictures in the set.

We saw Michael Franti & Spearhead yesterday in “Kato” Berlin. Great little concert hall, about one fifth of the Paradiso Amsterdam. So it was an intimate concert. And it was good!

Also one of my first concerts in a concert hall where no smoking was allowed: Michael Franti asked everybody to refrain from smoking. The sweat fumes got more intense every five minutes…

Last week I was in Vienna, at the Kunsthalle Wien. Great exhibition there now about the punk-period in London,  New York and Berlin!

Gregory Isaacs Madrid, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

I finally saw one of my great heroes.

His voice has had better days, but it was a fantastic concert!

And the concert Hall, Joy Eslava, is magnificent! An old theater from 1872, with many old details.

Normaal kan ik altijd wel wat negatiefs ontdekken, Nederlander als ik ben. Maar tijdens de evaluatie op de fiets terug konden we echt niks bedenken. Fantastische visuals op een enorm scherm achter de band, Flamengo-dans, en superstrakke muziek. Twee en een half uur topvermaak!