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What can a band possibly do during this Covid-19 lockdown period, when all concerts are canceled, to make themselves useful? Play a concert where social distancing can be respected and where the audience is really in need of some diversion. The residents with disabilities at Zonnelied vzw can not receive visitors just yet, so in order to cheer them up a little, their caretakers asked Jaune Toujours if they would consider playing a concert in their front yard. The members of Jaune Toujours jumped at the opportunity to play live together again and thus everyone had as pleasant an afternoon as possible in these times of restrictions.

What can a band possibly do during this Covid-19 lockdown period, when all concerts are canceled, to make themselves useful? Play a concert where social distancing can be respected and where the audience is really in need of some diversion. The residents with disabilities at Zonnelied vzw can not receive visitors just yet, so in order to cheer them up a little, their caretakers asked Jaune Toujours if they would consider playing a concert in their front yard. The members of Jaune Toujours jumped at the opportunity to play live together again and thus everyone had as pleasant an afternoon as possible in these times of restrictions.

Day 40 of the Covid19 quarantine: Jaune Toujours ‘Réfugiés sans Frontières’ from the album Barricade (2004). These days, the lobby is on, putting pressure to start up the schools, the economy etc. (Arts coming in the last place, I guess). But if we have to bring in one reality in the first place, it’s this one: refugees, asylum seekers, newcomers, people without a roof above their head, these are the people who ar probably hit the hardest in this crisis. Let’s put things right at last: Niemand is illegaal . No one is illegal . Personne n'est illegal Listen to the studio version from the album Barricade on Bandcamp

Jaune Toujours ‘Mr. Theo’ from their first EP 0 (1998), lateron compiled on the collector’s album 20sth (2016). Piet's father used to run a thrift store, he invented that concept even before ‘Troc’ or ‘Kringwinkel’ existed. And he made a good living out of it for his family. As the store was situated on the illustrious “chaussée de Ninove” = "chaussée de Bruxelles”, he had all sorts of customers, from Ninove, from Brussels, and from elsewhere. One of them was a very kind asylum seeker, who really liked to pass by and have a chat with him. Until one day, he received orders to leave this country… Before obeying, he went to my father’s, to take a picture with him, a polaroid selfie, to be able to show “over there” that there were real good people in Belgium… Mr. Theo… As we’re not able to visit you these days: high five from Brussels! Listen to the original studio version from the very first EP "O" HERE

Day 36 of the Covid19 quarantine: "Fiësta", by The Pogues, performed by Piet Maris Special mention for this part of the lyrics: "We have the song of the cochona / We have brandy and half corona"... (what the...?)

Day 34 of the Covid19 quarantine: "Menthalité à la Menthe", by Jaune Toujours, performed by Piet Maris. A song to urge you to stay home from the album Kolektiv (2009). Listen to the studio version on Bandcamp!

Day 33 of the Covid19 quarantine: "End of Season", by Jaune Toujours, performed by Piet Maris. "Looking back on the festival times / The end again of our camping life / Folding the tent just one last time / Closing the caravan door with a sigh / Once more rolling up the sleeping bags / Summer set behind our back / Freedom stays at the concert site / On to reality double check" The end of the festival season comes before it even started this year... A big blow today for the whole music sector, incl. musicians and audience: big festivals won't take place during summer in Belgium ànd Germany... Listen to the studio version from the album Europeana on Bandcamp or Spotify

Day 31 of the Covid19 quarantine: "One step beyond", by Madness, performed by Piet Maris.

Day 30 of the Covid19 quarantine: "Ska-Man", by Jaune Toujours, performed by Piet Maris. In the dialect of his once home town Ninove, a ska man is a weird man. Uhuh. Listen to the version by Jaune Toujours on Bandcamp!