The title of Eva De Roovere's new album covers it all. It is Eva's fourth solo album and it is a positive album. Eve celebrates life. She is also doing well. After studying clarinet, violin, piano and singing, she became the front woman of a folk rock group. She was also the first Belgian to win the Leiden cabaret festival. In 2006 she went solo, again with great success: the video of Slaap Lekker
… (Fantastic Yet) has already been viewed almost 1.5 million times on YouTube. The lyrics on Viert are bursting with zest for life and the energy is almost tangible in the instrumentation as well. Lots of sounds that form the rich basis for the sultry-drawn-out voice of the singer, layer upon layer. What makes De Roovere's music so good is her ability to be happy without getting kitschy. It's light, but intelligent. Or, as it says in cow letters in the heart of the cd booklet: sometimes life can be simple. (HF)more
