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Artist
Bart van der Lee
12+ albums
singer-songwriternetherlandsBandcampspotifyfire
about
Usually, Bart van der Lee is quite a happy guy. However, from a musical perspective things are a bit different since he prefers minor chords and has a weakness for the dark side of life. The result of a merger between a giddy happy boy and a gloomy guy who digs into the deep caverns of the soul? Raw, autobiographic texts sung by a deep, slightly grating voice and unpolished, honest music. Together with his olive green Gretsch, Bart plays a bewildering ode to real life. So far, he sang that ode both in four CDs, of which the last one was released by Snowstar Records, and in dozens of performances. This is how it all started. Location: the Philippines. Four year old mini-Bart is hiking through the jungle, a place he visits at least once a week. Occasionally clambering over tree trunks that serve as a bridge, at times walking, then again running, but always singing his heart out. Often hymns, because that is what he heard most. A few years later in Kenya. The Van der Lee family is doing some shopping in Nairobi as they pass the show-window of a music shop. Behind the bars that protect the shop against burglary, a guitar is displayed. Mom and dad just keep on walking, but Bart grabs the bars, his eyes shining and his heart pounding. Bart is thirteen when, after passing through Thailand where his parents are involved in community development work, his family settles again in the Netherlands. In his home country, a world full of music is waiting for him. Suddenly, he hears rock,
top songs
albums
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Between Tall Pine Trees: Sadness And Thunder
Ballads For The Heathens Or Dying
Between Tall Pine Trees (Sadness & Thunder)
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Snowstar Records Compilation
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Hollandse Nieuwe 10
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Between Tall Pine Trees
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Snowstar Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation
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10 Year Anniversary Compilation
Lift This Weight
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Festina Lente
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Between Tall Pines Trees
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De Beste Singer-Songwriter van Nederland