Leie session | Klaas Poppe Trio

Stinstage vzw and GC Forum present again four intimate listening concerts in the atmospheric setting of Wijndomein Ravenstein in Kruiseke. The concerts start promptly at 3:00 PM. Before, during and after the performances you can enjoy refreshing drinks, local beers and of course the excellent wines of the estate at the bar! *** Whoever brings his musical brainwaves under his own name makes music that is taken from life. De Gentse singer-songwriter Klaas Poppe is a good example of that. Because of his warm voice and unadulterated folky guitar playing, the link with Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen of Ray LaMontagne is quickly made. Whether it is americana or folk, we don't know. Listen to his new single ‘Distant Memory’ - a beautiful song about memory and imagination - and judge for yourself. At this Leie session, Klaas lets himself be surrounded by two trusted master musicians: Fernant Zeste on electric guitar and Janis Vancoppenolle on flute. "Simplicity adorns and that also applies to his music, even if the dressing of it is almost minimally majestic ... Listening songs of a troubadour that have as many points of contact with Van Morrison (the voice!) or Nick Drake (the romantic!). Songs that one by one radiate something desolate as hopeful..." Luminous Dash