BY: JEROEN SCHMALE Huub van der Lubbe chuckles: "Listen, that's a funny story. In December, we had our last three nights with De Dijk for the time being. At Paradiso, fantastic performances. A few days after the last concert, I was cycling through Amsterdam and two young girls passed me. They looked at me, long,[…]
The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 after Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left a gig at the bar in frustration because they couldn't hear the music over the crowd noise. Thompson joked that the musician, folk singer Laura Gibson, should perform at Boilen's desk. A[…]
It might seem like a strange question: "How analog is the sound on your LPs?" But perhaps there's a surprising answer. Today's record players are excellent, and many manufacturers are producing beautiful cartridges again. But do you ever stop to think about what's next?[…]
There's been demand for it for years, but no entrepreneur in the Netherlands has dared to take on the challenge: building a new vinyl record factory. Entrepreneurs Chris Roorda (42) and Pascal Thulin (35) are now building one. Not in Amsterdam, but in Leeuwarden. By: JELMER LUIMSTRA The world is becoming increasingly digital, and so[…]
The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 after Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left a gig at the bar in frustration because they couldn't hear the music over the crowd noise. Thompson joked that the musician, folk singer Laura Gibson, should perform at Boilen's desk. A[…]
During his successful career, he shunned publicity, but he has now written his autobiography. Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, gave young Black artists the opportunity to spread their wings… OSCAR GARSCHAGEN: Name ten Black role models, was the request from an African-American weekly to a group of students at Howard University[…]
