Dutch singer and guitarist Eric van Dijsseldonk has a very good ear for melody, which comes in handy for his fluid style of playing. On his Half-Time album the huge influence of the Beatles and Badfinger is fairly obvious, but there are quite a few nods to the sound of late 60s Laurel Canyon crowd and early 70s American singer-songwriters as well.
He is never in a rush, going for mid-tempo most of the time, and when he decides to go a little faster like he does in the rockers Do You Feel and Blackberry he is still very much in control. Van Dijsseldonk is an old school songsmith who gives as much care to his words as his music, fully aware that the sum is greater than its part when it is done right. Exhibit A: Charlie's Coming Home, an on point tribute to Charlie Watts, "who was always in time" and "let others steal the show".
On this album melancholy and contentment are having a friendly discussion for dominance that is a joy to listen to. He will be on the road in the Netherlands with Erik Harbers (bass) en Stefan Wolfs (guitar, pedal steel).
Half-Time is a joint release of Zip Records (Netherlands) and Kool Kat Musik (USA). Release date: January 31.
Tracks:- Look At The Stars
- Maybe Not Today
- Best Kept Secret
- Do You Feel
- Charlie's Coming Home
- Half-Time
- Bound To Break
- Keep Walking
- Blackberry
- Stronger Than It Was
- Everybody's Busy
- So Many Songs
- 01/31 Trouble Tree Folk – Koudekerk a/d Rijn
- 02/01 Cafe ’t Rozenknopje – Eindhoven
- 02/09 De Roode Bioscoop – Amsterdam
- 02/15 ‘t Keerpunt – Spijkerboor
- 02/20 Deining Het Veerhuis - Oeffelt
- 02/23 De Cultuurboerderij – Westelbeers
- 02/28 Theater de Wegwijzer – Nieuw- en St. Joosland
- 03/16 Theater Walhalla – Rotterdam
- 03/30 Thiemeloods – Nijmegen
- 04/02 Roots in het Groen – Geldrop
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