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Contemporary Dutch popular music is heavily influenced by music styles that emerged in the 1950s, in the United Kingdom and United States. The style is sung in both Dutch and English . Some of the latter exponents, such as Golden Earring and Shocking Blue , have attained worldwide fame.
I'm now on a quest to find a historical reasoning for the popularity of some music genres. Same as the black metal being popular in the Scandinavian countries, I'd love to find out what's so unusually popular in the Dutch music scene.
- Frisian Folk
- Limburg Carnival
- Dutch Revivalists
- From Tango to Django
- Amsterdam Global Village
As the Dutch folk movement of the 1960s and 70s lost momentum and rock took over, many Dutch folk musicians began performing in English. However, the trend was bucked somewhat in the northern province of Fryslân, where a handful of folk groups continued to express themselves in Frisian.
As well as the Protestant north, the southern Catholic province of Limburg is known for its musical traditions. Although dialect-singers such as Harry Bordon have achieved wider recognition, Limburg is best known for its carnival, especially in the city of Maastricht.
Elsewhere in the Netherlands, hardly any other original Dutch roots music is left. However, there are two active revivalist scenes: one digging into the past, the other focusing on the present. The group Törf re-create tunes from the early nineteenth century on the bagpipes and accordion.
Defining world music as “global going local”, Holland offers a lively musical panorama, and foreign sounds have found fertile ground here since the 1900s. In the 1930s Malando started his own tango orchestra in Rotterdam. In the 1980s, influenced by Astor Piazzolla, new tango took over and flourished through ensembles such as the Sexteto Canyengue....
Until World War II, Jewish cultural life flourished in Amsterdam, which was nicknamed “Jerusalem of the North”. In the early 1990s, this musical tradition was revived with Leo Fuld and performers such as the Amsterdam Klezmer Band. Influenced by Jewish tradition and cante napoletano, the Jordaan lied genre developed in the working-class Jordaan qua...
Contemporary Dutch popular music ( Nederpop) is heavily influenced by music styles that emerged in the 1950s, in the United Kingdom and United States. The style is sung in both Dutch and English. Some of the latter exponents, such as Golden Earring and Shocking Blue, have attained worldwide fame.
This article explores some of the most famous Dutch singers across various genres, highlighting the careers and achievements of artists who have shaped the sound of Dutch music and left a lasting impact on the global stage.
Jun 22, 2017 · The greatest Dutch rockers.
Top 99 dutch pop tracks, ranked by relevance to this genre and popularity on Spotify. See also dutch pop overview. This list is updated weekly.
