Here’s a new song about the sad state of the USA. The Trump virus is making the corona virus worse, and vice versa…

Watch the video on the video page!

The title song of my second album, shot on location in West London by Luke Nyman. The Garden derives its name from a temporary lease (in the early 1970s!) of a derelict industrial patch to a beginning community gardening project. During the years I worked at a British university and lived nearby, I often sat in the Garden, wondering how long this ‘meanwhile’ would last for me in London Town…

New album ‘Meanwhile Gardens’ available now to listen & download on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon & more. It features the singles ‘Find My Way’ and ‘Aleppo Blues’, next to 9 amazing new songs both personal and political:

Te gekke cd! Ik hoor dat jij net zo’n grote McCartney fan bent als ik :-). Fijne stem en hele mooie liedjes! – Bertolf Lentink

Inspired by Ameer Alhalbi’s award-winning World Press photo (see cover), ‘Aleppo Blues’ will feature on my coming-soon second album ‘Meanwhile Gardens’. Available to listen & download on Spotify & all digital stores (€ 0,99). Listen to it for free here:

For the full text, see the Lyrics page:

Listen to it for free here!

Includes the end of ‘Sitting on a Seesaw’, a bit of tuning up, ‘The Iron Lady’, ‘Meanwhile Gardens’ and ‘Talking Bird’…

Interview (in Dutch) on Radio 9 Oostzaan about my life & music, with (at 9:00 min) a swinging live version of my song ‘The Iron Lady’: