Description: Website of the group 'GROEF'
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26-12-2010 While the modernizing of traditional dance and folk tunes with electric instruments is hardly new, it has rarely been done with the music from the Low Countries. Guy Roelofs has come up with an exciting mix of old and new and pointed out a new direction for the folk music of Belgium and Holland. Jim Lee
17/12/2010 The ten members of GROEF are equally divided between Belgium and the Netherlands with an age range of over 40 years between them. Their repertoire is material drawn from the Flemish and Dutch traditions and given a modern treatment, drawing on other genres in the arrangements but retaining an interesting, listenable quality throughout. The real strength of the group is in the severals outstanding young female voices, but for all that, it is two instrumental sets that generate the most exitement:
Die zeitweise komplexe, insgesamt spannende Mixtur gewinnt beim Hören und kann sich zu einem Dauerdreher im Spieler entwickeln! Anspieltipps: „Suite Marguérite“, „Wiegelied“ und „Tjade“.