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Henk Braaksma, programme maker for World MusicHenk
has been working for the Concertzender since 1999 and has a
preference Hawaiian gitaar Henk
was already ‘addicted’ to world music long before record companies
started using it as a marketing term. “Yes, years ago, you
could already listen to music Clone “In those days, the fifties, they called me a clone because Iwas able to perfectly imitate the Ambonese Hawaiian guitar player Rudi Wairata. In those days most members of the Hawaiian bands in Holland had Indonesian roots. The first performances were in the twenties and were broadcast on the Dutch radio. And interest only increased following the Indonesian independence in 1948. There were 600 Hawaii- orientated bands in Holland at that time.” Advocate Henk is a true advocate of forgotten sounds and musicians in his programmes for the Concertzender. His choice of music for the programme ‘Exitos Musicales’ makes it clear how enthousiastic he is about our exotic musical heritage. “All the music comes from my personal collection and I love to present it to a wider audience. I started working for the Concertzender in 1999 with the producer of the ‘Fridaynight Salsa Show’. This sometimes led to frowns of disapproval because I regularly broke the rule that was to 'play lots of music and don't talk too much'. My programmes are more of less documentaries and I needto be able to tell the story of the artist or the group. The reactions from the listeners are positive, so I hope to be able to continue for some time, unless someone decides to kick me out.”
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