Author: Sander

  • Exclusive Australian Shows

    Im coming back to Australia to do two and two only exclusive gigs in July. The 1st is that fantastic Syndey nightclub called Django@Camelot in Marrackville on 4 July. The 2nd is The Merri Creek Tavern in Melbourne which just has to be about the best place in town for a solo show. Im stoked…

  • Recording Mode

    Folks Im in recording mode! Well, actually Im almost done. Im now deciding on takes, collating, editing and abandoning crap. Im happy to be able to report that I havent had to abandon much so far. What I have here is 20-25 multi-track recordings from 5-6 studio sessions over the past 3 years in Holland…

  • Nice combo

    Just had a great show on the weekend at the Liedjesmakersfestival in Almelo with these two legends: Madelief van Vlijmen on double bass and Mathijs Leeuwis on pedal steel.

  • Just when I thought things were slowing down

    Shows galore down-under with Lucie Thorne this year. Nice opener coming up soon here in The Netherlands with Pokey LaFarge (see SHOWS). Recording loads as well but more on that when Im in the clear and can step back and see what Im actually making. In the meantime here’s the latest.

  • Australian tour in the making

    People down under starting to call and email me – allways nice to have folk contact me for shows than the other way around! Very cool show just confirmed for 1 September in Brisbane at MUSIC BY THE SEA. Looking at doing some recording in July with Matt Walker & Lucie Thorne and will very likely add a few shows…

  • 2017: not a bad year

    Looking back, 2017 was pretty good really. Ridiculously good album reviews, a couple of TOP 10 albums of the year listings and some very cool shows; The Dashville Skyline Festival in NSW, The Oerol Festival, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Doornroosje in Nijmegen, The Spotted Mallard in Melbourne. Tasty gigs as they say in the business. The…

  • Australian dates confirmed for September

    Extremely excited to be announcing two big shows back in the old country. I will be doing an exclusive Melbourne show at the Spotted Mallard in Brunswick on Thursday night 21 September. The weekend after that I will be flying up to Newcastle to play at the Dashville Skyline Festival. On board for these shows will be Matt…

  • Physical release of album Europe wide via CRS

    The album is now officially available on CD via a licensing agreement between my label Smoked Recordings and Continental Record Services. The reviews are starting to come in and the music press are saying some nice things about it “The Biggest Bastard Who Ever Rode the West is possibly one of the best songs of…

  • Digital & Physical release dates confirmed

    Worldwide digital release of the album “Songs from Dan” is set for 21 November 2016. As of 21 November you should be able to download and stream from everywhere. It will be available on Deezer, Bandcamp, I-tunes, Spotify – you name it. I have also done an esclusive licensing deal for physical with Continental Record…

  • Official Video for “The Biggest Bastard who ever Rode the West”

    I found some old Wild Pumpkins at Midnight backstage footage from a tour of Germany back in 1994, cut it with some recent backstage footage of another band I play in, Parne Gadje, and let my genius 17 year old nephew Zane Wilson at Wilson Visuals weave his magic with whatever he thought was gunna work. Pretty happy…