Joachim Cooder over for shows in the Benelux

Joachim Cooder has long been a quiet force in modern music—an artist who slips through genres while leaving an indelible mark wherever he goes. The son of legendary guitarist Ry Cooder, Joachim grew up on the road, drumming alongside his father and collaborating with icons like Johnny Cash, Ali Farka Touré, John Lee Hooker, and Mavis Staples. He would later become part of the Buena Vista Social Club project, a global phenomenon that sold more than eight million copies. But Cooder’s own work resists categorization. Blending percussion, strings, vocals, and the otherworldly tones of his electrified thumb piano, he crafts music that seems to hover above time, untethered to trends yet resonating deeply with those who hear it.

That singular approach shines on his latest release, Dreamer’s Motel, hailed as his most fully realized collection yet. Across seven songs, Cooder drifts between Americana, folk-rock, and indie textures, dissolving boundaries to create something entirely his own. Critics have praised the record’s beguiling beauty and dreamlike atmosphere—“clear as a mountain stream,” wrote MOJO, while Songlines called it “something that defies easy categorization.” More than just music, Dreamer’s Motel feels like a passage into Cooder’s imaginative universe, a place where memory, rhythm, and hope intertwine into sound both familiar and entirely new.

29/10: Sint-Niklaas, BE - De Casino
30/10: Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg
31/10: Nijmegen, NL - Merleyn
01/11:  Groningen, NL - Take Root