{"id":40233,"date":"2025-01-20T22:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=40233"},"modified":"2025-01-21T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T12:50:17","slug":"crys-matthews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2025\/01\/crys-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Crys Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" We kunnen<\/span> allemaal<\/span> wel<\/span> doen<\/span> alsof<\/span> het <\/span>normaal<\/span> is, maar <\/span>ik<\/span> vind<\/span> het <\/span>een<\/span> buitengewoon<\/span> trieste<\/span> dag<\/span>; <\/span>dat<\/span> een<\/span> enorme<\/span> hork<\/span>, <\/span>een<\/span> veroordeelde<\/span> crimineel<\/span>, <\/span>vandaag<\/span> ge\u00efnaugureerd<\/span> is <\/span>als<\/span> president van de VS.<\/span> Het is <\/span>daarom<\/span> ook<\/span> een<\/span> dag<\/span> dat<\/span> we <\/span>graag<\/span> een<\/span> plaat<\/span> als<\/span> Reclamation<\/strong> van Crys Matthews <\/a><\/span>aan<\/span> jullie<\/span> voorstellen<\/span>. <\/span>Belangrijkste<\/span> boodschap<\/span> van de <\/span>Amerikaanse<\/span> Matthews is <\/span>vrijheid<\/span>. De <\/span>vrijheid<\/span> om <\/span>te<\/span> zijn<\/span> wie<\/span> je bent en <\/span>te<\/span> houden<\/span> van <\/span>degene<\/span> die je lief is, <\/span>ongeacht<\/span> kleur<\/span>, <\/span>gender<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span> seksuele<\/span> voorkeur<\/span>. Dat is heel wat <\/span>anders<\/span> dan de <\/span>vrijheid<\/span> die de <\/span>huidige<\/span> Amerikaanse<\/span> president <\/span>voorstaat<\/span>: d<\/span>e <\/span>vrijheid<\/span> om <\/span>te<\/span> doen<\/span> wat <\/span>wil<\/span>, <\/span>ongeacht<\/span> of je <\/span>anderen<\/span> daarmee<\/span> beledigt<\/span>, <\/span>vernedert<\/span> of <\/span>anderszins<\/span> kwetst<\/span>.<\/span> Matthews<\/span>, die <\/span>ook<\/span> wel<\/span> de nieuwe Woody Guthrie <\/span>genoemd<\/span> wordt<\/span>,<\/span> begint<\/span> met The Difference Between<\/em><\/span> als<\/span> een<\/span> antwoord<\/span> op Jason <\/span>Aldeans<\/span> Try That <\/span>In<\/span> A<\/span><\/em> Small Town<\/em>.<\/span> Alsof<\/span> die <\/span>kan<\/span> bepalen<\/span> hoe <\/span>een<\/span> Amerikaan<\/span> behoort<\/span> te<\/span> leven<\/span>. <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re as country as we want to be, without <\/span>the hate and the bigotry.\u201d<\/span> In My Skin<\/em> (<\/span>dat<\/span> ze met <\/span>zingt<\/span> met <\/span>Kyshona<\/span>) <\/span>stelt<\/span> ze<\/span>, <\/span>zelf<\/span> Afro-<\/span>Amerikaanse<\/span>,<\/span> racisme<\/span> aan<\/span> de <\/span>kaak<\/span>. <\/span>Ze <\/span>wil<\/span> geen<\/span> thoughts & prayers en <\/span>geen<\/span> tranen<\/span>, ze <\/span>wil<\/span> alleen<\/span> in <\/span>staat<\/span> zijn<\/span> veilig<\/span> en <\/span>zonder<\/span> angst <\/span>te<\/span> leven<\/span>.<\/span> “Hav<\/span>e <\/span>you ever been so d<\/span>e<\/span>spised that a stranger <\/span>will<\/span> give up freedom if it me<\/span>ant<\/span> ending your life<\/span>?<\/span>\u201d<\/span> In Cancel <\/em><\/span>C<\/span>ulture <\/span><\/em>geeft<\/span> ze <\/span>aan<\/span> dat<\/span> er heel <\/span>veel<\/span> dingen<\/span> zouden<\/span> zijn<\/span> die <\/span>gecanceld<\/span> zouden<\/span> moeten<\/span> worden<\/span> in plaats<\/span> van abort<\/span>us<\/span>, gay <\/span>zijn<\/span> en <\/span>leraren<\/span> die bang <\/span>zijn<\/span> vanwege<\/span> hun<\/span> geloof<\/span> (of het <\/span>gebrek<\/span> daaraan<\/span>)<\/span>: <\/span>een<\/span> uiterst<\/span> krachtig<\/span> statement.<\/span> Huiselijk<\/span> geweld<\/span> wordt<\/span> aan<\/span> de <\/span>kaak<\/span> gesteld<\/span> in In <\/em><\/span>Her House<\/span><\/em>: He calls her every name in the book except “darling<\/span>\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Toch <\/span>zingt<\/span> Matthews <\/span>ook<\/span> gewoon<\/span> over de liefde:<\/span> in Ca\/Ga <\/em><\/span>gaat<\/span> het over <\/span>haar<\/span> geliefde<\/span> Heather May die in Georgia zit, <\/span>terwijl<\/span> ze <\/span>zelf<\/span> op <\/span>grote<\/span> afstand<\/span> in California <\/span>verblijft<\/span>. <\/span>Tezamen<\/span> met <\/span>genoemde<\/span> May <\/span>brengt<\/span> ze <\/span>hun<\/span> relatie<\/span> onder<\/span> woorden<\/span> in The Good Stuff<\/em>.<\/span> In 16 <\/span>krachtige<\/span> en <\/span>gevoelige<\/span> countryfolknummers<\/span>, met soul- en <\/span>poprandjes<\/span>, <\/span>zegt<\/span> Matthews <\/span>waar<\/span> het op <\/span>staat<\/span>.<\/span> Ellen Angelico <\/span>zorgt<\/span> daarbij<\/span> voor<\/span> mooie<\/span> bijdragen<\/span> op <\/span>onder<\/span> meer <\/span>gitaar<\/span>,<\/span> banjo<\/span>, <\/span>mandoline<\/span>, piano en pedal steel<\/span>. <\/span>Reclamation<\/span><\/em> is <\/span>niet<\/span> alleen<\/span> een<\/span> prachtig<\/span> album, het is <\/span>ook<\/span> een<\/span> belangrijke<\/span> plaat (btw: alleen te streamen, hard graag!)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n