The Damned and Dirty

Started in 2012 as a lo-fi delta blues experiment: cut in two days and put online for free. Meant to stop there. But the debut won Best Dutch Blues Album, and stopping no longer made sense. The next record won too. And the one after that. Fourteen years in: six albums, and in 2024 the Dutch Blues Award for Best Blues Act came along too. Read more →

The Damned and Dirty
Fading Sun (2026)

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Fading Sun

Ten new songs. Blues, roots rock, and some gospel. Slide guitar, harmonica, backing vocals, all you need.

The songs circle around that moment when life knocks the wind out of you and you have to find your footing again. Some songs hit home right away, others are slow burns. And somewhere in there, a fading sun sets the sky on fire.

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