(3 March 2023) From from Stromae to Thee Sacred Souls, in this episode of Streets of Fire on Broadcast Amsterdam (BRAM) host Jesse Lent highlights some of the most exciting acts performing around Holland in April including this week's selection for Hot Sh*t  Double Bill.

(24 Feb. 2023) Since the fall, lead singer and guitarist of the dance duo Ciao Lucifer Marnix Dorrestein has been throwing a party in Amsterdam called Warm Bad. Held the first Monday of the month, the evening features an open jam that anyone is welcome to participate in as long as they make it danceable and avoid playing songs (or solos). With Warm Bad debuting at a new larger venue next month and hot on the heels of the release of the special edition of Ciao Lucifer's Good News album, the prolific artist joins Jesse for the hour in this episode of Streets of Fire on BroadcastAmsterdam.nl (BRAM Radio).

(17 Feb 2023) In this episode of Streets of Fire with Jesse Lent on BroadcastAmsterdam.nl (BRAM Radio) Jesse highlights two great nights of music--Alex G with Momma at Paradiso and Aldous Harding with H. Hawkline at Tivoli in Utrecht.

(6 Feb. 2023) From Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale to Prince protege Lizzo fresh off of her Grammy win for Record of The Year, in this episode of Streets of Fire on Broadcast Amsterdam (BRAM Radio) Jesse plays a set of music comprised of the artists performing around Holland in the coming weeks.

(27 Jan 2023)  In the season two premiere of Streets of Fire on Broadcast Amsterdam (BRAM Radio) Jesse talks to Marcel van Schooten, one of the organizers of Leiden's most popular music festival Peel Slowly and See about how he chooses the artists he works with, his record label Smikkelbaard and the advantages of living in a small town.

(9 Dec 2022) In this episode of Streets of Fire, Jesse shares his choice for the best record of the year and looks back at some of his favorite artists to perform in the Netherlands during the second half of 2022.

From Joey Bada$$ to EARTHGANG a lot of breakout hip-hop acts will be performing in the Netherlands in the coming weeks. In this episode of Streets of Fire on Broadcast Amsterdam (BRAM), Jesse plays some musicial highlights. 

(11 Nov. 2022) When singer-songwriter Rae Charmaine was growing up in Zimbabwe her dream was to be a triple threat like the child stars she saw on the Disney Channel.

While her wide-ranging approach to the performing arts (including acting and spoken word) might dilute the work of a less talented artist, it is Rae's unique approach to songwriting that sets her apart within the Amsterdam scene that she has been a part of for the past six years. 

And though her vocal style has traces of Ella Fitzgerald, Sister Nancy and Lauryn Hill, the sound is a far cry from anything you've heard before.

In this episode of Streets of Fire with Jesse Lent, Rae discusses what brought her to the Netherlands, breaks down her songwriting process and performs live in the the Broadcast Amsterdam studio.

(28 Oct. 2022) Jesse talks about his experience seeing one of his favorite bands--Japanese Breakfast--for the first time and plays the music of artists with concerts on the horizon in the coming weeks.

(14 Oct. 2022) From their beginnings in punk and metal to the classic sound of their latest album, Afterpartees from the town of Horst aan de Maas in the Dutch province of Limburg have never stopped writing great songs or moving crowds with the power of their performances. 

At the center of chaos of their live show is frontman Niek Nellen dispatching catchy hooks while stirring up the crowd with ease.

In this episode of Streets of Fire on Broadcast Amsterdam (BRAM), Niek talks about the early days of Afterpartees, their methods of writing songs and why it's way less scary to play for 5,000 people than five.