A reviewer in Trouw once wrote: 'Van Roozendaal has the gift of singing straight into your heart'. The Amsterdam singer, pianist and lyricist Maarten van Roozendaal is known as the 'Tom Waits of the Low Countries', a contemporary troubadour who sings songs with passion and with a raw and lived voice that make you think. Van Roozendaal interpreted the best songs from his extensive oeuvre in his
… previous theater program Verzamelt Werk, the seventh theater program Barmhart contains new repertoire. Mercy is built around the seven biblical works of "mercy": "Feed the thirsty, feed the hungry, nurse the sick, harbor the strangers, visit the prisoners, clothe the naked, bury the dead." Full of light-heartedness, humor and self-mockery Van Roozendaal, double bass player Egon Kracht and guitarist Marcel de Groot to what extent we still have compassion for each other in our contemporary society. To use Van Roozendaal's words: 'To howl so beautifully'! (SvdP)more
