‘Be Brave’ covered in the Flemish press
Flemish Radio 2 (Els Broekmans) interviewed Kris about Be Brave during their show “Middag in Antwerpen” on Tuesday 19 August. Listen to the interview (we’re in the final part of the program start around 00:43): https://www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luister/radio/r/radio-2-middag-in-antwerpen~21-3/radio-2-middag-in-antwerpen~21-20094-0/
Flemish newspapers highlight “De Laatste Trein”
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20250116_92471118
https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20250116_92471118
Praise for “Bright” in Flemish newspapers
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20240904_92841723
https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20240904_92841723
Praise for “A Little Song with A Big Wish” in Flemish newspapers
https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20240507_93929847
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20240507_93929847
RTE, Ireland national broadcasting company, highlights our album “Yeats to Music”
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0905/1402956-behind-the-music-brandies-band/
Flemish media and papers tell the story of Yeats to Music
https://www.hln.be/nijlen/band-uit-nijlen-prijkt-op-ierse-nationale-omroep~a1f85d47/
Irish American News- review of Yeats to Music
WB YEATS SOCIETY NEW YORK: https://www.facebook.com/YeatsSociety
W.B. YEATS POEMS HEARD AND FELT IN NEW LIGHT ON “BRANDIES BAND” NEW ALBUM “YEATS TO MUSIC” : Lively, upbeat, good craic ye know, these 10 songs are written by Kris Van den Branden, singer of the band. “Red Hanrahan’s song about Ireland,” “When you are old,” and “An Irish airman foresees his death” have gained strong praise on social media. Hear them now by visiting the band’s site, https://brandiesband.com. Put on your dancin’ shoes. Perk up your day. Brandies Band will play the songs live in 2023 to celebrate the centenary of Yeats being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
New Folk Sounds: review of Yeats to Music
“This album tastes like more”; The music of the tracks reflect the broadness of Yeats’ poetry. The album contains intimate songs like When you’re old and powerful songs like Red Hanrahan’s song about Ireland. Even though the instruments suggest otherwise, Words is a wonderful folk song. Many of the arrangements have a symphonic character. Some contain a tinge of Händel (The song of wandering Aengus). On the whole the songs strike a fine balance between pop and folk.
Brandies Band – Yeats to music
Rambles arts magazine – review Yeats to Music by Tom Knapp
“I like this album”. It is “a nice folksy interpretation of some amazing poetry. My favorite tracks include the lively opener, “Red Hanrahan’s Song about Ireland,” as well as “Wandering Aengus,” “No Second Troy,” “September 1913” and the stirring elegy, “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death”. Kris puts a lot of heart into his vocals, writing emotion from Yeats’ poems.”
Brandies Band 