Tag Archives: Amsterdam
Blaudzun: Holland’s Answer to Bon Iver?
Exclusive performance and interview with the Netherlands acoustic rock/folk singer
By Alex Baker
Blaudzun is in fact Dutch singer-songwriter Johannes Sigmond, who after adopting the name of famed Danish Olympic cyclist Verner Blaudzun, began performing on the local music scene in Utrecht around 2007.
In the half decade or so since then, Blaudzun has made something of a name for himself in the Netherlands; playing… Read More
Ana Popovic: GSTV’s Exclusive Interview with Female Blues/Rock Sensation
Serbian blues/rock guitarist talks to Guitar Shop TV backstage at the Iridium in NYC
Belgrade-born Ana Popovic was introduced to the blues at an early age by her father. Taking up the guitar as a teenager, Ana began performing on the European blues circuit in the mid 1990s. By decade’s end, she’d recorded an album with her band Hush and relocated to Amsterdam to study at… Read More
Great Venues: The Melkweg Club – Amsterdam
One of the most famous club/entertainment complexes in Europe, the Melkweg Club (Dutch for Milky Way) was founded in 1970 when a local theater group took over a old dairy building and transformed it into a concert venue and nightclub.
The Melkweg draws many of the hottest up and coming international touring acts, such as electric blues guitarist and singer Ana Popovic. Popovic was raised in war-torn Belgrade, in the… Read More
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