Summary: Aad Luymes (61) is a late bloomer with just his first solo album in his pocket. In daily life he is an editor at the press agency. As a journalist, he visited many countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan. But also the musical adventure drew. Aad Luymes has been playing in the Zaanse band Trefik (for which he wrote the most songs) for ten years before he decided in early 2016 to record his own solo CD with his self written Dutch songs. He collected a number of musicians and went into the studio. The songs are recorded live. The result is the Dutch-language CD ''Geef Je Me Nog Een Kans?'' Twelve mostly melancholic songs of melancholy and longing, with the occasional banter in between. Some songs are reminiscent of gypsy music or the music of Django Reinhardt, while others sound more jazzy or Latin-like. Songwriters Guild Live is a weekly radioshow in Amsterdam, focussed on singers who write songs. This week your host was Ro Halfhide.
