How often can your work be labelled as poetic before you’re a poet yourself? Spinvis (Erik de Jong) is one of the most poetic and beloved songwriters in the Netherlands. In this interview, he talks in depth about his relationship with music, language, and poetry.
What does poetry mean to him? Are there poems that have inspired his songwriting? Can a song lyric also be a poem? And where does he find poetry in everyday life?
In this programme, we step into the mind of this remarkable artist to better understand him and his relationship to poetry. And who knows, he might even share a poem with us.
