Flairck
Sign in to saveFlairck was a Dutch musical ensemble formed in 1978 by guitar virtuoso Erik Visser. and multi-instrumentalist Peter Weekers. The group had varying members, depending on the project. Their musical style was a blend of folk music, jazz and classical chamber music, with touches of blues. The music written by the members of the ensemble was often centred on an album theme and was played with a wide variety of acoustic instruments.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Award
- Edison Music Awards
- Country
- Netherlands
- Genre
- folk music
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Official website
- www.flairck.com
- Image
- Flairck 1980.jpg
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- Flairck
- inception
- 1978-00-00
- start time
- 1978-00-00
- location of formation
- Netherlands
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
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Flairck was a Dutch musical ensemble formed in 1978 by guitar virtuoso Erik Visser. and multi-instrumentalist Peter Weekers. The group had varying members, depending on the project. Their musical style was a blend of folk music, jazz and classical chamber music, with touches of blues. The music written by the members of the ensemble was often centred on an album theme and was played with a wide variety of acoustic instruments.
The name of the band was derived from the French word flair and the Dutch word vlerk, which means 'a nimble fingered hand' or 'wing', but also 'rowdy young man'.
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