By Klaas Guchelaar

Tim Knol is touring his second album and plans to take a break for a while, so I was glad he stopped by in Groningen on this tour. And he currently has Assen based Tangarine opening for him this tour and finally getting these guys from my home town before my camera was an opportunity not to be missed.

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There have been a good deal of great concerts in Groningen lately. And although it’s hard to keep up a schedule like the last two weeks, going cold turkey over night isn’t really working either, so I was very happy to see that Schradinova was coming to Vera. With Zaza opening for her no less!

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After two weeks of shooting concerts in Groningen with everything from loud Hardrock to the most quiet Lo-fi music, it was nice to end the cycle with a gorgeous singer/songwriter concert in Roodehaan. So Alex Akela’s invitation to come see him support Mattanja Joy Bradley in Warfhuizen was a very welcome one.

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I came to know the Death Letters about two years ago as an incredibly good Dutch answer to the Black Keys. Aged 19 and 17 at the time, the duo had an amazingly fierce, intensive act on stage. I hadn’t seen of heard of then the last year, other than a review on their second album. They had left the blues behind and keeping the intensity they’re now more of an indie punk-garage pock band. And now they were back in Groningen again. So for the 8th time in two weeks, so was I

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I’m well into my two weeks of full on concert photography and what better way to celebrate that than some good old-fashioned Rock’n'Roll. It’s been six years since Danko Jones played in Groningen so it was high time they came back.

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A link between music and painting is easily made. Most music creates images in your mind and dreamily lo-fi music creates the most wonderful dreamscapes. This must have been the idea behind Groninger Museum Live Concert & Art: A Different View to Art. Four acts played at various location in the Groninger Museum.

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New Cool Collective is celebrating it’s eighteen’s year of existence, have just released the album Eighteen and are touring and promoting that album now.

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Last week De Staat played in Groningen and from what I heard they played Vera on their own request. Now De Staat is big enough to fill Vera twice easily, so that’s exactly what they did.

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While I was preparing to go and see Gabby Young in De Oosterpoort, I saw a passing tweet by Pien Feith that she’d play in Groningen that same evening at the Jonge Harten Festival. That was too good an opportunity to pass on and so after the gig by Gabby I walked over to Jazzcafe De Spieghel, well in time for Pien’s gig.

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Gabby Young -the British answer to Lady Gaga- is coming to De Oosterpoort with her band Other Animals

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On Monday Madeleine Peyroux played at De Oosterpoort in Groningen. Playing in Spain the day before, her trip to Groningen was shrouded in fog. Still she and her band made in well in time for a fantastic concert.

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I’ve been making some ‘Virtual panoramas’ for a short while now, posting the results on my secondary website. And though I love creating these virtual scenes, the disadvantage of these panoramas however is that they can only be seen online. You can’t print them or hang them on the wall. And I wanted to do something more with the photos I had. A stand on an art-fair a short while ago sparked an idea: Hyperbolics. I had already played with this idea a little bit with an image of the square in Groningen, but I can do so much more with the images I already have.

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A few months ago I read the announcement that Elvis Costello was going to come to Groningen! That was something to look forward to. The man’s musical career is as long as I am old and he still releases great albums. The gig in De Oosterpoort (on November 8th) would be a solo-performance, to be opened by Larkin Poe

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As broad as my musical taste is, there is on style I will always fall back on. No matter what my mood is, I love old blues. It might not have wild guitar solos, but I just love the ‘simple’ structured Delta Blues. So I was thrilled to find my request to shoot at the Keb’ Mo’ gig approved.

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The moment I saw Zita Swoon in Zwolle with their Band in a Box tour, I fell in love with the band. What an incredible concept and what a fantastic live band. This concept did not last forever of course and since then the band has undergone a few changes. They came to Groningen last Monday to play in the wonderful Stadsschouwburg.

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