With its panoramic views, Zeeland is of course the most American province in the Netherlands. You only have to replace the water with waving grain and you will feel like you are on the prairie. It is therefore not surprising that Danny Vera born from Zeeland makes a good impression with a thoroughly American sound. The Outsider, his eighth album already, explores all corners of the American roots
… sound. From a ballad with country snik (Easier That Way) to orchestral rock and roll (Hiding) and sleazy rhythm & blues in the uptempo I've Been Around. Co-crest bearer and musical kindred spirit takes part in Loving Her Alone, which sounds like a modern update of . Variety is the order of the day on an album on which Danny Vera proves once again that, to put it in American terms, he is 'one of a kind'. That is, within the borders of the Netherlands. (PdK)more
