Marco Z presents his very own style of 21st century country-tinged popmusic. Traditional country and folk topics are mixed with contemporary lyrics. Musically he takes elements from the old era such as melody, phrasing and arrangements and moulds them into a perfect two to four minutes popsong. Some songs are fully autobiographical, others are made up along the way. If you listen closely you’ll always detect a slight hint of irony or a decent dose of good old fashioned common sense. Nevertheless, Marco Z always ends up describing the world he lives in without losing focus on the so-called greater scheme of things.

Just to make clear: Marco Z is not picking cotton for a living, never worked on a farm or let alone rode a horse. He’s living in a fairly prosperous European town, walking to the heartbeat of a globalized world and just like any old regular country Joe he’s constantly finding ways to get his day-to-day worries out of his system.

Live, Marco Z prefers to be backed up by three friends he dubbed The Cosmopolitan Cowboys. They consist of Marleen Thoelen on bass, banjo and backings, Stoffel Hias on guitar, bass and backings and Niko Westelinck on drums and backings. In the past seven years he also did his fair share of solo-acoustic gigs as the front singer of indieband Superbox. Highlights include a tour around Spain and opening for J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Recently his indiemotownpop-outfit Berriegordies made it to the finals of Belgium’s most prestigious rock contest Humo’s Rock Rally.