Danny Vera recorded his album The New Now during the 'intelligent lockdown', to which the title refers. For Vera, the corona measures actually brought peace and that had a positive effect on his creativity. He dived into the studio with 20 songs, 13 of which made it to the album. Most of them were recorded at once. The New Now sounds full of zest for life and is full of beautiful arrangements that
… borrow elements from country, americana, bluegrass and rock 'n' roll. Everything is drenched in a vintage sauce for which the singer-songwriter is known. Besides Vera, Reyer Zwart (bass guitar), JP Hoekstra (guitar) and Benny Bakker (drums) worked on this album. (JvQ)more
