In Other Times
De smartlap en de goede smaak
S28 • E18 Oct 9, 2025 26m
Dutch folk music seems to have become increasingly mainstream, and the genre's artists are working overtime, performing night after night. But many artists before them had to fight hard for a little attention in the Netherlands. National radio stations, in particular, should have paid much more attention to this quintessentially Dutch product. Zangeres Zonder Naam (The Singer Without a Name) felt deprived, as did Johnny Hoes. In the 1950s, the VARA even announced a full-blown boycott of Johnny Jordaan's songs, claiming they were corrupting the working class.