In pagan times Diana was the goddess of the hunt while Saint Hubert is the patron saint of the hunt for Christians. An illustrious duo, just like Normal singer Bennie Jolink and Normal guitarist Janwilm Tolkamp. In the photo in the booklet of their first record we see the cheerful duo from Achterhoek sitting at the Jägermeister, surrounded by guitars and a shotgun. Hunting is also the subject of
… what you could (very pretentiously) call a concept album. Whether the gentlemen also take a position on this remains unclear, due to the predominantly unintelligible Achterhoeks in which people sing. Musically it is just as corny as on an average Normal album, only the emphasis is now more on acoustic instruments. Achterhoek folk is interspersed with exuberant interpretations of the smartlap Twee Reebruine Ogen and the hunters song In Een Groen, Groen Knollenland (cleverly corrupted into Gruun Gruun Voederbietelland). In this way, the countryside and flat, drenched fun come together again flawlessly at Jolink and companion. (MR)more
