Bill Withers, David Rodrigues, Elvis Costello, Larry John McNally, Tom Waits in his younger years, Van Morrison, Paul Simon (references heard so far from the audience)
Alex Akela has started his musical career as a violinist, playing classical music solo and in a symphony orchestra. Now, many years later and thousands of miles down the road he's creating his own musical landscape - a mix of blues, folk and Americana, with a couple of jazzy chords and some good pop flavour there in between. Melancholic stories about lonesome trips in a night train, unshared love or gone lovers, endless search for your own place in this world, hoping that you will finally come home one day. And, on the other hand, hopeful lyrics about incredibly beautiful summer evenings, rainbows as the rain is over, friends who get you out of trouble and accidental, unforgettable encounters. Mostly autobiographical, serene and romantic here, sarcastic and sharp-tongued there...
Yet Alex has also earned the reputation of a talented and inventive sideman, playing a dozen of different instruments mostly by ear. For the last two years only he has been touring with Vanessa Peters (USA), Michael Weston King (UK), Terje Nordgarden (N), MC Hansen (DK), Marijn Wijnands (MaRain, NL), Mathijs Leeuwis (NL), Hanneke de Jong (NL) and many others.
Ik wist het ook niet maar ja jij schijnt alles te bespelen dus eigenlijk verbaasd het me ook niet dat je achter mijn rug om toch een cello binnen hebt weten te smokkelen.
alles well? ik speel zaterdag wel mee met kyteman in venlo, geef me na de show even een belletje waar je bent dan kom ik je ff opzoeken, miischien tot zat.
Since you guys are my friends I though you might want to check out the hot new Vagrants vids from the recent Hi Fi Bar gig http://www.youtube.com/thevagrants
