00 Kneipenkonzert #132 mit Kent Nielsen – Ukulele Folk Punk / Singer-Songwriter

In the organizer's words:

Following his successful solo debut "Shotgun Seat DJ" (2016), the autobiographical memoir "How I Didn't Turn Out a Dancer" (2018) and Ukes of Tomorrow's "Seconds of Our Lives" (2022), Kent Nielsen is now releasing his next solo album entitled "Too Many Train Rides". The new album contains ten songs co-written with Stefan Kletetzka, Helge Reich (R.I.P.), Torsten 'Totti' Scharfenberg, Nik 21 and Jens C. Möller, most of which can be heard on the album. The line-up is completed by guest musicians Ginger Wade and Luise Schitteck. Five other songs are cover versions by Justin Townes Earle, Shelby Lynne, Kirsty MacColl, The Mekons and Allison Moorer. Two of them were produced by Nik 21 and one by Thorsten Luck. The remaining songs were produced by Joszi Sorokowski (Die Goldenen Zitronen, Die Mimmis, C.I.A., Cucumber Men, Ukes of Tomorrow and many more) in his studio in Elmshorn, Northern Germany. Kent Nielsen is Danish, but lives in Lübeck. He has worn many hats in his life: singer, lyricist, ukulele and washboard player, storyteller, label maker, mailorder guy and night porter, to name but a few.

- Since going solo in 2016, Kent Nielsen has played literally hundreds of club shows and house concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Italy, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands, including support for: The Ruts DC, The Mekons, TV Smith and Hamburg glam rock legends GERD.

- There have been (several) appearances at festivals such as: Rebellion Blackpool (UK), Kirstyfest (UK), Thinking Pink Festival (UK), Punk Rock BBQ (UK), Rebellion Amsterdam (NL), Nostalgurato Fest (DK), Sojus 7 Boat Trip (GER) and Winterswijk Ukulele Hotspot (NL), just to name a few.

- Together with Stefan Kletetzka, he wrote the song "Day of Reckoning for Who?" for the English documentary "On Resistance Street", which will be shown at various film festivals around the world in 2024/2025.

- In a set specially developed for his autobiographical memoir "How I Wasn't a Dancer", he mixes Danish punk rock classics rearranged for the ukulele and reads excerpts from the book between songs.

"My dear friend Danny said the following when she heard the album's teaser track: "'Losing Friday' created an image in my head of setting out, of traveling. Sitting in a car or on a train and letting the snapshots/impressions from the outside affect my inside." I've been thinking about that sentence, and perhaps it more or less describes the whole album. I would certainly be very happy if that were the case!" (Kent Nielsen)