After four successful albums and nearly a decade on the road  NO blues explores new pathways with the latest album  ‘Kind of NO blues’. What started out as a soundtrack for a documentary by former politician Paul Rosenmöller about the Arab Spring, has become a double album. Full of unique live recordings and new songs featuring great  musicians and poets from all over the world. Even an old Sequential Circuits Pro One synthesizer came back to life and joins the music.
The brass section and strings by Quartet Quinetique and Palestinian Morad Khoury add new flavor to the Arabicana of NO blues.  A new and colourful sound with even a feature by the famous American blues legend Andre Williams.

Come visit us at Sunday September 29 when we will be presenting the double album at the Burgerweeshuis in Deventer, the Netherlands. Especially for this matinee concert poets and guest musicians like Vrouwkje Tuinman, Bill Barrett and Quartet Quinetique  will join us.

Album release ‘Kind of NO blues’
featuring lots of special guests
Sunday September 29th, 14:30
Matinee concert @ Burgerweeshuis, Deventer
[Buy tickets/more info].

Yesterday we brought an ode to Woody Guthrie on the dutch radio to celebrate the birth of our fifth album “Kind of NO blues’
Listen here (28:30 – 36:52 in the second hour of the stream)

NO blues – Kind of NO blues record of the week on Dutch National radio 6!
Listen

Today we received a couple of great reviews of our new double album ‘Kind of NO blues’. Makes us very proud! [For english translation click here]

Moors Magazine: “Een magnifiek dubbelalbum van de opmerkelijkste wereldfusieband die Nederland, en misschien wel Europa, rijk is.” “Ze noemen hun muziek Arabicana, en dat is misschien wel de treffendste omschrijving van de volstrekt unieke, maar absoluut vanzelfsprekend klinkende mix van Arabische muziek, Americana, blues, folk en country die deze geweldige band weet te creëren. Kind of NO blues is een magnifiek meesterwerkje!”

Blues Magazine: “Als je de eerste tonen hoort van het unieke dubbelalbum Kind of NO blues van NO blues dan besef je meteen dat dit een zeer bijzonder album is.” “Een wereldalbum! Deze muziek die ik omschrijf als ‘fusion roots’ verdient de onverholen aandacht van elke muziekliefhebber.”

MusicFrom: “NO blues was al geen eendagsvlieg, maar met deze nieuw ingeslagen weg kunnen we in de toekomst nog veel méér moois verwachten.”

Festivalinfo: “Met Kind of NO blues bewijst het muziekgezelschap waarom het zich tot de top van de Nederlandse wereldmuziek mag rekenen.”

Album release ‘Kind of NO blues’
featuring lots of special guests
Sunday September 29th, 14:30
Matinee concert @ Burgerweeshuis, Deventer
[Buy tickets/more info].

We are still very much amazed by the power of this song. Aylin Solakoglu uploaded this song on you tube some time ago and today it has over 85000 views from all over the world. Keep sharing this video and we are looking forward to present the new material from Kind of NO blues some time soon!