Less than a year after the album En Toch… Henny Vrienten has released a new CD. Remarkable, because previously Henny Vrienten was not that generous with albums under his own name. Yet, according to Vrienten, something stirred up in him. 'The ideas just keep coming. As if something has jumped in my head, and then also with the blind ambition to record those songs'. Fortunately the songs are of a
… high level. Compared to En Toch the music on Alles Is Anders is a bit more up-tempo. The musical variation is great. The folky Speel Met Vuur, the rocking Twente Of Drenthe and Hier Is Het Goed, a duet with Typhoon, are remarkably soulful. That song also has a striking text, which Vrienten wrote before the discussion about refugees suddenly became acute. Vrienten is in good shape as a lyricist anyway. The now 67-year-old songwriter turns out to be honest, melancholic, wise and humorous. (PdK)more