The press, both nationally and internationally, reacts very positively to the album The Lonely Coyote. Since the release of the album, not a day has gone by without a review appearing, the album was on the radio or a request for an interview came in! PRESS Reviews Interviews The Lonely Coyote on the radio and […]
This fourth episode of the Jazzdelta has as its focus -how could it be otherwise- The Guitar. It is remarkable that within jazz today all types of guitars are used, from flamenco guitars, gypsy guitars to acoustic, classical and of course jazz guitars. They all pass by in this fourth episode of Jazzdelta which makes […]
Marc is nominated for acoustic guitarist of the year by Gitarist magazine. If you want to support his nomination you can vote for Marc in the category Akoestisch gitarist Benelux here. Thank you for your vote!!
The first reviews of The Lonely Coyote are coming in: ‘Jede „Geschichte“ ist anders – alle sind wunderschön. Eine großartige im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes akustische Reise in Gefilde des Jazz, der brasilianischen Gitarrenmusik, der freien Improvisation.. und ja, auch des Rock. Sehr zu empfehlen!’ er-em-online http://www.er-em-online.de/2022/12/18/review/audio/the-lonely-coyote-guitar-tales/http://www.er-em-online.de/2022/12/18/review/audio/the-lonely-coyote-guitar-tales/ ‘There sure is also jazz on this guitar […]
On ‘The Lonely Coyote’ every guitar tells a story. The whispers of a gentle poem in your ear, the scream of a heartfelt drama, and in each of them Marc van Vugt’s guitar speaks with its own voice. Acoustic guitar music in the tradition of Bill Connors, Ralph Towner, Pat Metheny and Egberto Gismonti. https://baiximrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-lonely-coyote
In the coming months, we slowly have some more concerts scheduled. Unfortunately the Marc Meets Playground with Jeroen Vierdag-bass, Joost Lijbaart-drums on April 23rd had to be cancelled due to illness. We hope to reschedule this concert to the next season. On June 18 a concert has been scheduled in which Marc can be heard […]
Ineke has a beautiful new website that functions as an educational platform for her work as a singing and voice specialist and writer. You can read all about her approach to teaching jazz- and pop singing. You can also order her books and read articles and columns. http://www.singingfromtheinsideout.com
This is the 6th year of the Marc Meets serie at Aan de Slinger in Houten. Again an exciting line up garantee for some adventurous concerts. With a.o. saxophonist Yuri Honing, Singer-songwriters Leonie Meijer and (Voice senior finalist) Tollak Ollestad and a special guitar night. Check the programe here: https://www.inekevandoorn.com/marc-meets-2021-2022/
Finally after a long, long lockdown we start our concerts again. This Summer we will do a new series of Marc Meets Playground concerts. These concerts feature trumpetplayer Eric Vloeimans and singer Ineke Vandoorn, our new quartet with drummer Michael Vatcher and bassist Gulli Gudmundson and a duo evening with of Ineke with recorder player […]
What a review from Russia! It is special when someone really takes the time to dig into your music and career. Thank you Leonid Auskern! In case your Russian is a bit rusty you can read the english verison below (long read). “With the Dutch duo, which at that time was called Vandoorn, “Jazz-Square”, then […]
The track On the Mountain from our new cd Crossing Canada is track of the day on AllAboutJazz.com. You can hear it here: https://media.allaboutjazz.com/media.php?id=11808
has just been released. Eleven tracks that were live recorded during two 5 weeks tours across Canada. Both in 2016 and 2018 we toured across Canada for 5 weeks, traveling from east to west through the wide Canadian Prairies and over the Rocky Mountains. Having grown up in a tiny country like the Netherlands it […]