Some people may label it Americana, others may call it Roots, but the guy's and girl from SwollSkin call it No-where-land. It sounds familiar, but you've never heard it before.
All SwollSkinners are from the great city of Zwolle, they've met during various musical venues in their hometown. Although they stem from very different musical backgrounds, they discovered they had one thing in common; the love for great songs in an acoustic setting. SwollSkin plays a rootsy blend of folkmusic with irish and american influences. Elegant melancholy with an edge. The high lonesome sound of the coalminers and mountain men, the fieldhollers of the chaingangs and the haunting irish harmony are the ingredients for the SwollSkin stew…
It all started when Andrea, a vocal coach by profession, and Dirk got together to sing. For fun, not to really "do" something with it. But they found that their voices mixed really well and that they got along very well too, and decided to form a duo. Their plans got more ambitious every week and ultimately resulted in the six-piece band we know as "SwollSkin". Long story short, Jonas, (cellist extraordinaire) and Matthias (local drum hero) & René (hard-gigging double bass player) and last but not least Berry (celeb on guitar, also banjo & fiddle) were enlisted to add their classical-, jazz- an blackgospelvocabulary to the already present countrytwang and make this diamond shine!
SwollSkin :
Andrea Schuttevaer: Singer / Prima Donna, also The Only Donna...
Dirk van Coevorden: Singer-Songwriter / Guitarplayer / Bouzouki- and Mandolinplayer, so, a real... Player
Matthias van Olst: Drummer / Percussionist / Commercial Genius
René Postma: Bassplayer / Comedian
Jonas Pap: Cellist / Martial Arts Specialist
Berry Selles: Guitarplayer / Banjoplayer / Fiddler / Westernswinger....
SwollSkin at De Verhalenboot (Storyboat): 'Cruel Moon'
"Hold On"video