Guido Belcanto | Pavilion of Human Passions

On a hot day last summer, Guido Belcanto drove his silver Cadillac to Brussels, towards the Jubelpark. There he stood in a pavilion in front of the gigantic relief De Menselijke Driften van Jef Lambeaux. Between the bodies in stone, he also recognized himself. The busker who moved from café to café with songs. The man who later sang about his own lusts, without shame. And also the shadow sides of others – with much compassion, but not without humor. Back home, he took pen and guitar in hand and wrote with a sinister smile on his lips: “Life is a harsh horror… We are all in the same boat: everyone, rich or poor, we are going to die”. But in the meantime, there is the Emperor of the Life Song, comforting and imperturbable, to make everything right. Soon the silver Cadillac will be zooming over Belgian and Dutch roads again. In its trunk is a new record, Het Paviljoen der Menselijke Driften, but also old hits, a few murder ballads, and his versions of songs by Loudon Wainwright III, David McWilliams, and the Zangeres Zonder Naam. So expect the unexpected. But also a veteran who can still do it. Someone who sings with a sweet, familiar voice, shaped by nights, lusts, and love that does not yield. CREDITS With: Guido Belcanto and full band.