Clarence Bekker, born in Suriname but a Dutch citizen, has had a career that has taken him down many paths. He was the youngest member of the successful Swinging Soul Machine, part of the world music collective 08001, and the voice of the viral Playing For Change project. Life’s setbacks temporarily took him off his illustrious path, but years later he started again from the bottom with great humility. Fortunately, he’s back, stronger than ever to take the stage by storm. You’ll be filled with the excitement of soul as if it were the first time.
Clarence Bekker has a gift, the ability to touch the soul of anyone who hears him. Through a deep, vibrant voice and his spirit loaded with energy, he reaches through the audience from head to toe. No ear can remain indifferent to his magnetism, and the force of great soul and funk masters like James Brown, Prince, Whitney Houston, or Michael Jackson is captured in his figure.
There are those who only need a few good chords, a personality-filled voice, and a story to tell to reach our souls in seconds. True soul singers don’t need embellishments to transmit, and don’t doubt it, Clarence Milton Bekker is one of them.
