When the group De Dijk was founded in Amsterdam in 1981, they could never have imagined how aptly that band name was chosen. Sturdy and solid as a dike, the group can no longer be ignored in Dutch pop music. Since their breakthrough with the album (1989), they continued to play to packed houses, framed with quality albums . Like their 19th studio album Nu Of Nou. Much has never changed in their
… sound of Dutch rhythm & blues and 020 soul framed with warm wind instruments. Only singer rarely sits in the pub in his lyrics and no longer wanders through Amsterdam by night. He is now well over 60 and has developed more into a language artist, sometimes a bit artificial but always with a big heart. "Let everyone who he is himself," he sings in Elke Wie Die. De Dijk understands the art of remaining himself with verve, without getting bored. (MR)more