Dries Roelvink
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Dries Roelvink is a Dutch
singer of the Levenslied
genre. He was born in the Jordaan
and was raised in the folkish tradition of the Jordaanlied (English: Jordaan song).
In 2007 he tried to perform at the Ahoy Rotterdam music venue but sold too few tickets.
He starred in the 2008 film I Love Dries by the Dutch film director Tom Six.
Dries Roelvink is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
singer of the Levenslied
Levenslied
A levenslied is a highly sentimental Dutch-language sub-genre of pop music. Typical levenslied-lyrics are very sweet, highly sentimental and about subjects such as love, misery and far-away, sunny, exotic holiday places.A typical levenslied has catchy, simple rhythms and melodies, with many pop...
genre. He was born in the Jordaan
Jordaan
The Jordaan is a district of the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The area is bordered by the Lijnbaansgracht canal to the west, the Prinsengracht to the east, the Brouwersgracht to the north and the Leidsegracht to the south...
and was raised in the folkish tradition of the Jordaanlied (English: Jordaan song).
In 2007 he tried to perform at the Ahoy Rotterdam music venue but sold too few tickets.
He starred in the 2008 film I Love Dries by the Dutch film director Tom Six.