New Solo Album coming up in april 2009! Check out some new tracks in player. Online sale all albums go to or http://www.legaldownload.net/borninabarn ..Clip 2008 Limousine Liberal..Some pressquotes; HEAVEN ‘I must say that Born in a Barn, with their 3rd album Emotional Philosophies, is not just getting better and better but the band can easily measure up with all overseas releases. In fact this cd is one of the best Dutch productions I’ve heard in a long time, in perticulair because of the compositions, arrangements and stringhandling.’ MUSICFROM.NL '' Every song is an exclusive story from a book you won't put aside easily. This 5-piece band is not afraid to do unexpected things and shows to be not narrow minded at all. ... Born in a Barn has excelled itself with beautiful compositions in a well balanced variety of subdued and heavy songs. Pure and rich, sometimes pursuing adventurous rhythms and melodies, performed on an array of instruments. Songs built around honest and poetic lyrics telling an engaged mans search for truth and inner peace. High quality lyrics, that go beyond ''I love you so'' on a very nice album. ... these guys deserve a bigger audience! '' ROOTSVILLE.BE '' ... because with this magnificent album emotional philosophies our friends will undoubtedly write history. It seems that the ultimate moment has arrived to put this band once and for all in the americana/roots charts, the 15 originals written by PP Kleijwegt are excellent proof. ... a compulsary purchase for every roots / americana / folk / Alt. country fan. '' MAZzMUSICAs '' Strong melodies, great arrangements and true to life lyrics. Very self-critical, soul-surching, lost loves and an engaged view on this world. The sound is beautifully crisp. A surprising album '' REVOLVER '' On this album the compositions and arrangments are very authentic and varied. The musicians show great musical skills and the traditional instruments as violin, lapsteel, mandoline and of course guitar are tastefull and of a well-balanced variety. '' POPROCK.NL '' Unbelievable that a dutch band can sound so American, I instantly hear a resemblance with The Jayhawks. The production sounds very well and everything is thoughtfully arranged. A clever and there-fore pleasant piece of work wich leaves enough space in between the notes. No redundancy and no egotrips. Brilliant work! '' ..Clip 2002 Water into Wine..Singer-songwriter Peter-Paul Kleijwegt (1961 the Netherlands) moved to the country after many adventures with rock-, soul-, funk- and even jazzbands. First goal then was to reflect on as well his musical as on his life- and love- affairs. He did well, after pulling through life’s misery, he got back to the city again. Through never leaving interest & feel for roots-music like folk, country, rock, jazz & (so many) oriental sounds, he started writing and performing again. This time with a more basic attitude; a guitar, a voice, an open mind, some friend(ly) musicians and a new band called Born in a Barn. A couple of albums, with varied uplifting and melancholic songs, followed. Basicly the starting points were a few cords & 'straight from the heart' lyrics about the (in)sanity of life & love and politics & planet. ... Later & currently PP writes & records in his homestudio and performs mainly solo, with effects, like the heavenly loopstation!, and even slide-shows, local van Gogh's to be! ..Clip 2003 Waste of Time..Quotes; MUZIEKWERELD NTB “ On this CD everything runs smoothly. It is played with swing, passion & pleasure. The compositions are top and the production too, classy on all fronts. If you’re an americana fan you must buy this album. †HEAVEN “ High-quality dutch americana. These ‘naturals’ colour every song with wide variations and the use of different instruments results in a thorough approach of the whole musical spectrum from all the southern United States. Most pleasant are the cheerful songs which spur on to dancing, but also in the more heavy songs the band shows high musical skills and articulacy. †BRABANT CULTUREEL “ This 2nd CD ‘Poor Manners’ is without doubt a surprise. Through the outstanding production the music sounds spotless through your speakers and the musicians complement each other extremely well. It all sounds multi-coloured through the use of electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, mouth organ, violin, accordion, bass, drums and guest-appearances on piano and djembe. This album on which cheerful and melancholic moods interact, is filled with songs wich are ‘straight from the heart’. †LIVE-XS “ Sometimes a record can totally surprise you. A remarkable good sound which is very complete, fine compositions with great variety and strong arrangements, the right slide here, mandolin there and the violin somewhere in between. †FRET NPI “ A sympathic album, this ‘Poor Manners’. Uplifting melodies, thrilling variations and an intractable approach of the country-concept make this CD a work that glistens in the somewhat dull country scene. Really magnificent is the mysterious and dark song ‘Fidget Father’ with it’s dramatically performed violin part by Jos van den Dungen. Can’t wait for their next album. â€
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