As soon as all four members of the New Orleans-based band Greazy Alice walked into our setup in the boardroom of the Smithwick’s Experience in Kilkenny, everyone seemed at ease. Sometimes there is simply a feeling during these sessions: everyone trusts that we are about to make something beautiful together. That is exactly what happened. […]

Back in 2023, I invited English band Hollow Hand into a very hot 17th-century church to record a full band session. Last year, in the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, they came back. To the cooler office space of Gibson Europe in Amersfoort this time, where Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat […]

Back in 2023, I invited English band Hollow Hand into a very hot 17th-century church to record a full band session. Last year, in the middle of an European tour supporting MJ Lenderman, they came back. To the cooler office space of Gibson Europe in Amersfoort this time, where Max Kinghorn-Mills picked a guitar, sat […]

Last week, I spent a good ten days camping in the dunes, being outside all day. So, it’s a bit of a transition going back to working and doing things behind a screen again. But, no better way to start than with these videos: Alela Diane returned to The Influences for a fourth time. At […]

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The longer this musical archive called The Influences excists, the more extensive sessions tend to become. It’s fun to film full band set ups and to make it work in often unusual settings and circumstances. Don’t get me wrong, I love it. But, to take two cameras, a tripod, a couple of microphones and the […]

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'Utrecht - May 15, you around?' The subject of Jerry Leger's email was short and sweet. So, I saw the show, brought a camera and filmed a song in the dressing room afterwards. Watch Jerry Leger play…

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Brandon and Ashley Watson are on the road somewhere in England when we talk. They’re staying at an old inn, “like something from an English fairy tale,” Ashley says, where the Wi-Fi barely reaches. It suits them. The Ocelots have spent most of the last decade in motion: from the open mics of Wexford and […]

‘Utrecht – May 15, you around?’ The subject of Jerry Leger’s email was short and sweet. And, I happened to be around. So, I saw the show, brought a camera and filmed a song in the pretty retro dressing room afterwards. One camera, one take – done in 10 minutes. His fourth time recording for […]

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Often when I film sessions at a festival, I come away with more than I do from most live shows I manage to catch. There’s something about a musician standing in front of just me and my cameras, playing pretty much unamplified. That was true filming Jerron Paxton at Smithwick’s Experience in Kilkenny; but later […]

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At Kilkenny Roots 2025, Luther Russell recorded two covers for The Influences: Dylan’s It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry and Hendrix’s Drifting. Two songs by musicians whose surname is enough to let everyone know who it is. Two songs that mean something to Russell. That part is obvious. Even […]

There wasn’t much time when The Deep Dark Woods and Erin Rae made a pit stop on their tour in my hometown. But, we managed to film a beautiful duet – which I released earlier – and Erin also recorded a cover of Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses by Paul and Gene Nelson and […]

Dutch musician Tamara van Esch writes songs the way you notice something small and then can’t stop thinking about it. The Utrecht-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist moves through indie-folk that calls to mind This Is the Kit and Mitski; intimate, unhurried, quietly its own thing. Her lyrics find the strange weight hiding inside ordinary moments. You […]

Dutch musician Tamara van Esch writes songs the way you notice something small and then can’t stop thinking about it. The Utrecht-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist moves through indie-folk that calls to mind This Is the Kit and Mitski; intimate, unhurried, quietly its own thing. Her lyrics find the strange weight hiding inside ordinary moments. You […]

Sometimes things are too special not to film. As you might remember; In 2025, The Influences launched a special project Solo, by other people. A musical tribute to Michiel Flamman. In response to his serious illness, the idea arose to support him through music. Friends and admiring artists covered songs by Solo, as a tribute […]

Malin Pettersen has been busy. The past few years have brought a steady stream of releases – each one finding its own shape without feeling hurried. Wildflower, her latest album, draws from all of it. The years of touring solo, of learning the studio, of knowing exactly which musicians to call; it’s all in there […]

Malin Pettersen has been busy. The past few years have brought a steady stream of releases – each one finding its own shape without feeling hurried. Wildflower, her latest album, draws from all of it. The years of touring solo, of learning the studio, of knowing exactly which musicians to call; it’s all in there […]

At TakeRoot 2024, Kyshona performed Waitin' On The Lawd and covers of People Grinnin' In Your Face (Ruthie Foster & Son House) and See-Line Woman (Nina Simone).

I appreciate your help to make my 8th album, press it to Vinyl LP and CD, and get back on tour.

“Guy Clark and John Prine speak a language that I speak. It’s full of details and empathy. I chose my song Sweet Critters because it’s both of those things. When covering a song I just try to do it like I wrote it, don’t really know another way. I started doing Bruised Orange in my set as a gentle […]

Stine Andreassen is one of those singers who will leave a smile on your face, even if you were in a terrible mood before. Trust me. Or don’t, and watch these videos and see what happens. She just loves singing and the joy of it is bound to give off on you. The Norwegian band […]

Your favourite musicians covering theirs.

After almost 18 years of this project, I can almost always feel it when a recording is going to be interesting. And when Joachim Cooder and his Italian guitarist Adriano Viterbini entered our set at TakeRoot festival in Groningen, there was no doubt in my mind. Two musicians who truly feel the music they’re playing; […]

Your favourite musicians covering theirs.

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