KLAAS POPPE TRIO | Leie sessions

Anyone who brings their musical brainwaves under their 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 Leiesessie, Klaas surrounds himself with 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 just as many points of contact with Van Morrison (the voice!) or Nick Drake (the romantic!). Songs that one by one radiate something as desolate as hopeful...” Luminous Dash De Leiesessies are a collaboration between the community center and Stinstage.