About me
Radio
Between 1981 and 2015 host/producer at various local and internet radio stations:
- R.T.O. (Belgium)
- Concord Radio (Belgium)
- R.N.L. (Belgium)
- S.O.L. (Belgium)
- R.O.K. (Netherlands)
- M.I.L.O. (Belgium)
- Internetradio 365.com
- Radio 538 Webstation
Programs:
- Popular (producer/host)
- Easy listening (producer/host)
- 1950s/60s (producer/host)
- Sports program (music production/co-host)
Between 1982 and 2010: weekly country radio show "Country Shop Radio" (producer/host)
Some highlights:
Regular live artist interviews
Member of CMA (USA) and CMAA (Australia)
1992: country music radio day from 08:00-20:00 (production/co-host)
Reviews in magazines "Country Gazette" (NL), "CMA Close Up" (USA)
Extensive article in regional weekly magazine "Hier de Kempen"
1993: 400th edition: marathon broadcast with live artist performances (production/host)
1995: 500th edition: marathon broadcast
"Country Shop Radio" (production/host)
Drums/percussion
Free-lance drummer with bands "XIT" and "Country Comfort" (live performance TROS radio, Nijmegen, NL), both mid '80s
Drummer with band "Vintage" (early '90s)
Studio session with, a.o., Steve Earle in Nashville,TN (mid '90s)
Percussion on "I fell in love again last night" (Black Hills Country Band, album "Some of the best") late '90s
Bodhrán on "Green Hills" (Black Hills Country Band, album "Twenty-Five") mid '00s
Between 1997 and 2015 at several occasions replacement drummer with "Black Hills Country Band"
Percussion: cajón, bodhrán, spoons
guest musician (bodhrán) with Black Hills Country Band
Journalism
Between 1982 and 2003 free-lance writer for magazines
"Country Gazette" (NL)
"Nashville Tennessee Magazine" (NL)
"Country Music News"(B)
Misc.
1995-2015: marketing assistance, editor/publicist fanclub magazine for Belgium's most awarded band, Black Hills Country Band
2006: appearance playing bodhrán in short movie "Live, laugh, love and cry" from Belgian director Anton Klee
2012: writer/publisher anniversary book "van Black Hills tot Country Band" (Dutch language)
As reporter/radio employee, meetings and interviews with many (international) artists:
Alvin Crow
Anita Perras
Anne Kirkpatrick
Asleep at the Wheel
Black Hills Country Band
BR5-49
Brooklyn Cowboys
Buck Owens
Butch Hancock
Canyon Drive Band
Deedee Wyland
Dick van Altena
Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet)
Doyle Lawson
Dwight Yoakam
Emmylou Harris
Flaco Jimenez
Gail Davies
Garth Brooks
Gary Fjellgaard
Gary P. Nunn
Glen Campbell
Hank Henry
Ian Betteridge
Joe Ely
John Beland (Burrito Bros.)
Lane Brody
Lucille Starr
Marike Johnson
Marjy Plant
Martina McBride
Michelle Wright
Ninon de Voeght
Ricky Skaggs
Ronnie Prophet
Rosie Flores
Ruud Hermans
Sarah Majors
Sandra van Reijs
Savannah
Slim Dusty
Steve Earle
The Bellamy Brothers
The Whites
The Mavericks
Tim O'Brien
Tim Taylor
Tom Russell
Tulsa
Wanda Jackson
Waylon Jennings
and many others...