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Stap in de saloon van Sunfire
3voor12 VPRO, The Life I Live 2023, tekst: eric hoetjes, frank de jong, marco vlot en bart van gent
Misschien is het tijd om Den Haag om te dopen tot Nashville aan de Noordzee. Er wordt hier, in onze mooie stad achter de duinen, namelijk uitstekende americana gemaakt. Zo kennen we natuurlijk Yellofox, Ragmob en Small Time Crooks, die we de afgelopen jaren ook al of The LIFE I LIVE aantroffen, maar ook Sunfire past in dit rijtje. De band speelt een mix van bluegrass, country en folk waardoor wij ons even in een Amerikaanse saloon wanen. De kou maakt daar al gauw een einde aan, maar dat kan de pret niet drukken. De sfeer op het plein is namelijk uitstekend. Een voorbijganger vraagt zich na het optreden af hoe de band er eigenlijk uitziet, want dat kon ze door de drukte niet zien. Dat is jammer, want de heren en dame hebben ook hun best gedaan om het visuele aspect van hun show zo authentiek mogelijk te krijgen.
Hochgeschwindigkeits-Folk
Heilbronner Stimme - news and media website , show at Blacksheep Paddy’s Night at Bad Wimpfen (DE), 2023
Geigerin Sophie Zaaijer und Frontmann Satria Karsono, der Banjo, Gitarre sowie Mundharmonika spielt und mit seinem Gesang eine düstere Komponente in den sound mixt, sind die auffäligsten Protagonisten, Songtitel ``My Horse Don't Love Me Anymore`` (``Mein Pferd liebt mich nicht mir``) zeugen vom Humor die Niederlanden, die sich in Rockposen gefallen, auch mal einen Walzer zum Besten geben und bei ihrem dampfenden Hochgeschwindigkeits-Folk wie im Song ``Shot`` mit kreischender Fiedel permanent in Bewegung sind.
Not once but twice, on Friday and again on Saturday, Sunfire was to be found on the Mystic-Stage. The funny five-piece made for a great atmosphere among the attendees. Honest, as the Wild West, is how one could best describe this group. Armed with a good mood and danceable rhythms, they played themselves straight into the hearts of the audience. Many people show up even more than once to the shows of these musicians. Not only finest Alternative-Western-Folk was presented here, but also an amusing and delightful show.
Musicghouls, Michaela Maurer @Autumn Moon Festival (DE), 25 October 2019 - translated from German to English
But before the next act at the Hofplaats starts, we move towards the Hofvijver to see the Hague based Sunfire start off the night. Arriving at the stage and hearing the initial sounds from the band, the first thought is: “What a cool act to have as the kick-off.”
Niki Born, 3 voor 12, festival The Life I live (NL) - translated from Dutch to English
On top of the western-folk being so well done, the crowd is definitely into it. The crowd’s clearly warmed up, everyone’s clapping and dancing enthusiastically. To be fair, the infectious rhythm the band is putting out makes it really hard to keep your feet still. Towards the end of their set it’s become clear the crowd hasn’t had enough. The organizers have no choice but to let this five some play some more. The last song is one big party, performer Paul van Vliet is moving his hips, and a crowd surfer is the cherry on top. What a great start of the night!
Sunfire bring us a really exciting, raw, swinging CD. An album of international class.
Blues magazine 2019 (NL)
A wonderful – and wonderfully achieved – mix of bluegrass, folk, country and rock, which occasionally possesses a kind of centrifugal intensity. The quiet parts are also hard to spurn.The Netherlands’ best kept secret? This second album by the quintet Sunfire showed up quietly, even though it blows the competition in any genre out of the water when it comes to originality and inventiveness. Rating: 5 stars out of 5
Lust for Life 2019 (NL)
The songs are loosely based around a Wild West theme and the hard times and sorrowful lives that inhabit the occupants of the mythical Sinner’s Town. Throughout, there is an energy and vibrancy in the playing. Engaging and something here for every taste.
Lonesome Highway 2019 (IE)
An energetic sound that works in an addicting way. Party animals will get an itch, unable to resist the legs start dancing, the dust rising from the dancefloor, hazing those present. Whoever doesn’t get a kick out of this is brain dead.
Folk Magazine 2019 (BE)
Sunfire is a band that are at the brink of an international break through. This CD is just as good as their live shows. So anyone who has seen Sunfire perform live and loved it, you can buy this album blind. You won’t be disappointed.
CeltCast radio, Cliff de Booij, 2019 (NL)