(Andy Synn reminds you all that it’s mother’s day this Friday)
As has been pretty well documented, I’m somewhat of a sceptic/cynic when it comes to “one man bands”.
The reason for this is that – in my estimation, at least – the lack of that collaborative creative push-and-pull which you get in a full band situation all too often results in a rather myopic view of things from the singular solo-artist, who may well have something they want to say (I’m not denying that) but doesn’t realise that it’s already been said, in much the same way, many times before.
There are, however, obvious exceptions to this “rule”… certain artists who don’t just possess the necessary vision, and the voice with which to express it, but are also self-aware enough to know that a big part of getting your message across is not only what you say, but how you say it.
And one of those artists is Erik Bleijenberg, aka Verwoed.
