Gene taylor @ 't Hof van Blaasveld

Last saturday the Gene Taylor trio played a fine concert in our neighbourhood pub.
Gene Taylor is a great piano player, sometimes reminds me of Professor Longhair (no physical resemblance).
The trio features the ever relaxed Wuff Maes on drums and Tim Hooligan on guitar.
I remember fun versions of "one scotch, one bourbon, one beer", with a practical demonstration, logically followed by "Drunk" (Jimmy Liggings). They finished of taking "Jambalaya" (Hank Williams) back to New Orleans.




Gene Taylor used to play with the exciting retro rock band The Blasters and is touring with the Fabulous Thunderbirds these days.

Hemel en aarde

Paul Rans retires from his world music program Hemel en Aarde sunday evening on Klara radio. Hemel en Aarde had a wide array of folk music from all over the world, but focussed on asian and arabic music. Typical 20 minute performances, ideal for softly drifting to sleep.
Hemel en Aarde continues with a new guy, Marc Vandemoorte, who is selecting a bit more European folk. There's also a a new presenter (that english?), Melike Tarhan, a female Turkish singer from Ghent (record by Melike). The music is still fine, but I'm missing Rans's voice.

Folk workshop Gooik

Luz at the bagpipe workshop at Gooik: