Alex Roeka - And Then Suddenly

“I had nothing to do with the Dutch song. Yes, Shaffy of course and Vader Abraham, the Dutch Jacques Brel. That was about it. But then suddenly I wrote that song, Late Morning, and that changed something. It awakened the writer in me and the singer. Suddenly I saw the possibility to give my meager existence meaning with a new dream. That is important: giving your life meaning with a dream. From that moment on I have not let go of my guitar.” Alex Roeka has been working on an impressive and extensive oeuvre for 25 years.

On his new album En Toen Ineens, Alex Roeka has rearranged and recorded his most cherished songs from his first seven albums. Or as Alex Roeka himself says: “In my opinion, many songs from those first seven albums had not yet found their definitive form. This has slowly crystallized over time, so that the time was ripe to re-record them. Fortunately, that has now happened, so that I can confidently entrust them to the future.”