{"id":41635,"date":"2025-08-22T12:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=41635"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:06:15","slug":"ben-nichols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2025\/08\/ben-nichols\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Nichols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\" lang=\"NL-NL\" xml:lang=\"NL-NL\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/81fpr-XWEdL._SL1500_-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/81fpr-XWEdL._SL1500_-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/81fpr-XWEdL._SL1500_-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/81fpr-XWEdL._SL1500_-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/81fpr-XWEdL._SL1500_-1320x1320.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/81fpr-XWEdL._SL1500_.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Dit jaar verschijnt er vooralsnog geen nieuwe plaat van <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/luceromusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Lucero<\/span><\/a><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">, maar de liefhebbers van de band zullen ook gelukkig zijn met <strong>In The <\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Heart<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> Of The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">M<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">ountain<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> (Liberty &amp; Lament) van Ben Nichols. De voorman van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Lucero<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">brengt 11 nummers die in het verlengde liggen van het werk van zijn z&#8217;n band. Iets rustiger wel, maar de ruige stem van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Nichols maakt dat dit zeker geen <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">kaarslichtmuziek is. Bovendien is er voldoende elektrische gitaar <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">(v<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">an<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Cor<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">y <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Branan en Todd Beene<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">) <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">te horen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">. Het geluidspalet past bovendien mooi bij de overwegend donkere teksten. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Een <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">nummer<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">\u00a0waarin een houthakker<!--more--> zijn concurrent in de liefde in de zaagmolen duwt (<\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">The<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Swamper<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">&#8216;s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Lament<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> en <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">een waarin de hoofdfiguur op punt staat de oorlog in te gaan (<em>The <\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Prayer<\/span><\/em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">). <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">In het titelnummer worden duivels bestreden en kan uitgerust worden in de armen van een lief<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">. Naast de gitaren wordt het geluid bepaald door<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> prachtige bijdrages op <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">pedal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> steel<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> van alweer <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Todd<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Beene<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">en\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">fiddle<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> van <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">MorganEve <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">Swain<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">. Een en ander in goede <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193897829 BCX8\">produktionele<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> banen geleid door<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> Matt<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> Ross<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\">-Spang en Nicols zelf.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> Het levert een lekker rauwe singer-songwriters plaat op. Luistervoer voor southern gothic-liefhebbers!<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193897829 BCX8\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW193897829 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><br \/>\nVerder: Lucero-fans kunnen ook hun voordeel doen met het album van Nichols begin dit jaar met Rick Steff (toetsenist Lucero) uitbracht met <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3UO4JSHWE1P8aQmm7kbkWk?si=QAdzYtHGQNSM1J8H8diGDw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">akoestische versies van Lucero-songs<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GShrOnpGqsc?si=ZwNF6Se02ASNadBo\" width=\"470\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dit jaar verschijnt er vooralsnog geen nieuwe plaat van Lucero, maar de liefhebbers van de band zullen ook gelukkig zijn met In The Heart Of The Mountain (Liberty &amp; Lament) van Ben Nichols. De voorman van Lucero brengt 11 nummers die in het verlengde liggen van het werk van zijn z&#8217;n band. Iets rustiger wel, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recensies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41640,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41635\/revisions\/41640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}