Netherlands - The East

In the province of Overijsel we come to Deventer, where we meet No Blues.  You've heard of Americana, and if you read my post on Brussels you might have heard of Europeana as defined by Belgian band Jaune Toujours.  No Blues have coined the term Arabicana, a blend of Oriental roots music and American blues.  The members are from Palestine and Sudan as well as the Netherlands.  Here's the title track from their 2010 album Hela Hela:

Moving on to Wageningen in the province of Gelderland where traditional Dutch folk band Folkcorn have been going since 1972.  The repertoire of the quartet is mostly sourced from Flemish and Dutch music ranging from the 14th-19th century taken from old song books.  Their instrumentation is mostly traditional and includes plucked dulcimers, recorders, bagpipes, guitar, kazoo and harmonium.  This is a song from their 1978 album Goedenavond Speelman (Good evening musician), which I don't think is available any more.  The song is a drinking song from the city of Haarlem, Haarlemsch Drinklied:

Dark Nordic folk band Sowulu hail from Arnhem in Gelderland.  They claim to celebrate our pagan heritage creating music linked to shamanism and spirituality from traditional and modern instruments around composer and producer Faber Horbach.  If this is your thing, here's a track from their 2016 album SOL called Ginningagap:

Next we are heading to the university city of Nijmegen in Gelderland.  This is another place apart from Rotterdam that I frequently visited as a kid due to relations living there and I still visit occasionally.  This picture was taken on a visit a few years ago of the old town:

Here Dutch folk trio Twee Violen en een Bas originated.  They are exactly what it says on the tin, namely two violins and a bass and they play old Dutch dancing tunes from the 1700's.  They have been going since 1978, albeit with some changes in personnel.  Here is a wee tune from their 2010 album De Graaf van Buuren called De Brandblusser, d'Oude Sige:

That's it for today, I don't want to make this too long of a post.  We'll definitely finish off with the Netherlands next time in the southeast.  Meanwhile you can follow my virtual trip on my Tripline map.