BART HERMAN

Bart Herman is a word artist. During his performances, he shows himself to be such a wizard with the Dutch language that the audience enjoys his spoken word just as much as his sung word. For that reason alone, he can be called unique within the Flemish theater scene. Apart from a rare cover, he writes all his songs himself. This puts him in the ranks of Willem Vermandere, Zjef Vanuytsel, Wim De Craene and Kris De Bruyne , with this big difference that he musically seeks his inspiration in American folk and country music, rather than in the French chanson. In that, he clearly distinguishes himself from the ‘kleinkunstenaar’ (a frequently and gladly used term). In terms of content, he mainly digs into his own life. This is again very clearly reflected in this new theater show in which he tells how he traveled the world but just as gladly came home, how he swore off the harmful intoxication of alcohol and nicotine and chose the incomparable rush of the theater, and how he likes to sprinkle his audience with rose petals in the form of musical gems of his own making. Bart Herman is more than an evening of Flemish music. He invented his own genre and is therefore a welcome guest on the stages of the Lage Landen. Vocals, guitar, and piano: Bart Herman Acoustic and electric guitar, dobro: David Piedfort  Violin and mandolin: Dirk Naessens Double bass: Mario Vermandel Drums: Raf Helsen