Netherlands

Sometimes it is good to visit the neighbors, to see what they are doing. Our reporter ended up in Nijmegen three times in the past year. He found a beautiful university town with a lot of history, bike bridges and a beach at the Waal river.

Making an amazing new album and promoting it in the middle of the Corona pandemic is a challenge. The Dutch Soul and Funk act Tristan is doing it anyway. "What…

In the Netherlands, people are dying of COVID-19 at intensive care units again. Calling the number of new infections alarming would be an understatement. A new…

Germany has declared several European regions and cities high risk areas because of the alarming number of Corona infections there. Amsterdam, Budapest and Vienna are included.

The mastermind behind Tristan is Coen Molenaar, a master pianist, composer and arranger. He recorded and toured with many fellow Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Soul…