Vera Coomans & Thomas Devos

Vera Coomans started as a singer with Mistero Buffo and then with the well-known folk group Rum. In the early eighties, she released one record with Madou, of which two songs became straight-up Belpop classics: ‘Witte Nachten’ and ‘Niets is voor altijd’. And then it became quiet around Madou. Vera made several English-language records with, among others, Tom Theuns. Until she, with her son Thomas Devos and Wiet Van de Leest, released a Dutch-language record again in 2021 with new, original songs and a few unreleased Madou songs. Madou was reborn. Onze Vlaamse Marianne Faithfull sounds more lived-in than ever with the new repertoire. With son Thomas Devos (musically known from rumplestitchkin & Tommigun) on acoustic guitar, Vera gets the dreamed support for this intense, intimate performance. In 2026, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award van Flanders Folk Network for her impact on the Flemish folk scene. For lovers of life songs and murder ballads. TIP: sit down beforehand in 'Nouter Bar for a tasty meal.