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Haagsche Courant, August 9, 2004 

The Power of Rich Wyman 

The temperture in the Boerderij didn’t seem to bother Rich Wyman, last Saturday night in Zoetermeer. The singer / piano player took his audience into the night with ballads and up tempo songs. 

Zoetermeer – Rich Wyman entered the stage of the bar of the Boerderij dressed in a T-shirt showing a big peace-logo and a pigeon. It fitted the idealist perfectly. With his great sore sounding voice Wyman hammered his up tempo songs on the keyboard. The sound of his voice is best described as a mix between Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and John Hiatt. 
Before he started Wyman took off his shoes to give rhythm with his bare feet during the whole show. The show opened with the catchy ‘Too Many Songs’, which made it clear immediately the music comes from the heart. Once in a while Wyman lost himself in too many improvisations on the piano. It seemed the singer used this time to reload for a new explosion of energy. 
After the break, Wyman returned in shorts, but the heat didn’t come in between. It’s almost impossible to watch a Rich Wyman show and not being taken by the passion and power.
Buckshot guitar player Marcel Singor, who has been playing with Wyman for a couple of years now, also took the stage for a couple of songs. Together they did Todd Rundgren’s ‘Love Is The Answer’. Despite being a great guitarist, he didn’t add much to the show. Rich Wyman doesn’t need any backup to bring out his message. Just a piano and a microphone is enough for him to entertain the audience which tonight has many steady followers. The Netherlands seem to be his second home country. A mistake that president Bush made in one of his recent speeches was used by Wyman to announce his anti-Bush song ‘Somebody Tell Me It’s Over’. The new single ‘Sleepin’ Bird’ was also played by the five times ASCAP award winner. 
What stays behind after a Rich Wyman performance is his enormous passion and enthousiasm which makes him a great artist to see live.
The encore made a unbelievable impression. The almost unrecognisable, Wymanized Dire Straits cover ‘Romeo and Juliet’ closed the evening brilliantly. An impressive ending to an impressive show. 

Haagsche Courant, April 9, 2003 

Ode to Herman Brood by Wyman, Lademacher and Severijns 
Zoetermeer – On april 10th Rich Wyman, Dany Lademacher and Ivo Severijns bring an ode to Herman Brood. Earlier on August 29th they first met. That day they rehearsed at the Boerderij for the try-out, followed by a supposed one off gig at the Huntenpop Festival. During the try-out something magical happened. Something you can’t lay your finger on. Something chemical. The musicians on the stage, the songs they played came on so real, from the heart. It was too good to let it be just one show, so now they’re doing a tour and of course they play the Boerderij there where it all started. And sure, Marcel Singor (from Zoetermeer), Hollands best guitar player will be there as well to play with Dany Lademacher in ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘So What!’ Also on the setlist will be ‘Rock & Roll Junkie’, ‘Still Believe’, ‘I Love You Like I Love Myself’ and ‘Never Be Clever’. The other two musicians in the band are drummer Ramon Rambeaux and background singer Jacko Kreukniet.

Telegraaf, April 26, 2002

The American singer / piano player Rich Wyman really wanted to play on a high level. So he did yesterday by playing on the balcony of the Lebuïnus Church in Deventer, Holland. To celebrate the tenth aniversary op city radio Deventer FM, he treated the city by playing at a height of 46 meters.