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top: Huun Huur Tu, The Nomads, tommy Castro & The Painkillers
bottom: 10cc's Graham Gouldman & Heart Full of Songs, Ifriqiyya Electrique, Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina
Hoi ,

Ben je er klaar voor? Laat de muziek spelen!

Hier gaan we dan, met een selectie van bijzondere buitenlandse artiesten die voor festivals beschikbaar zijn.
Een overzicht van al onze bands kun je op onze website vinden.

Paperclip Agency is officieel partner in de Keychange campagne, voor een betere gender-balans op podia.

We geven graag meer informatie, als je nog vragen hebt.
De rest van deze mailing is in het Engels.


Vriendelijke groet,


Paperclip Agency
van den Havestraat 6 A, 6521 JS  Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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NEWS

Hilde Spille writes:
The summer season has started. We have already had several tropical days, that is days with a temperature above 30°C.
What is summer without concerts and festivals? Finally we can enjoy all of it again! There is more to enjoy than ever: there are more shows than before Covid. As if we can catch up with everything we missed, all at once. On top we have all the celebrations within the family and with friends.
I personally had two very busy months. From May 20 to June 17 I had 4 bands with 16 shows on tour in the Netherlands. I attended 5 of these shows, and felt so tired that I assume I have become a bit rusty during Covid. But not only me. There were and are several unusual mishaps and misunderstandings in the live-music-biz. Also, all over Europe, venues and festivals are fighting to find enough qualified staff. We all are working at our peak now, to make it all happen. Thanks to everyone who managed to still work in live music!
I wouldn't want to miss this, tired or not!

Rob Berends writes:
Keeping up with the pace!
A few months ago practically all Covid-restrictions were lifted in The Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe.
This, of course, is only because the Covid-sceptics have been fighting so hard to achieve this (yes, indeed: this was a cynical remark!).
Still, ticket sales for live music are only slowly picking up again (except for 'hot ticket' shows).
It's wonderful to see shows happening again, and all in our sector are working their ass off again to make it all work!
As it shows from the list here below, Paperclip Agency is bringing some great musicians to Europe and to The Netherlands, and we continue to discover and sign new talent: Like A Motorcycle, Tolyqyn, Taimane, Sashal Vasandani, Eljuri, Nexø, Ifriqiyya Electrique, to mention only a few. And Finnish legends 22-Pistepirkko are back in full swing! More new names to be announced soon!
It's been a hectic period these last two months. We noticed that we are not the only ones in the live-music-biz who are a bit rusty and out-of-touch with our daily work that came to such an abrupt end two years ago. The routine and maybe also the adrenaline is not entirely back yet, we've noticed. And then there was the Kafkaesque paperwork-hassle for a trip abroad that I was supposed to make.
Music still keeps me going. It's been like that since my youth. I still 'discover' a new band or artist to really love every month or so.
Enjoy reading our Gig Guide newsletter, and keep on enjoying music, whether live or not!

Tolyqyn
After playing at Music Meeting festival last year without an audience, last month Tolyqyn made up for it and played the festival in front of a packed tent, ending in a standing ovation. Playing together with K.O. Brass made this show very special.
The band is available for a few select days in '22, to be followed by a short tour in '23.

Nieuw signing:

August Kann (NOR)

facebook, instagram, spotify
Norwegian singer-songwriter, started to play in a band at the age of nine. Music for him is very simply about the biggest and about the smallest things in life.
Current album "This Is The Sound" (Music Mgmt-PiaS)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

Like A Motorcycle (CAN)
website, instagram, spotify, bandcamp, twitter, facebook, youtube
Like A Motorcycle are three erratic queers and one very patient man. Like A Motorcycle write emotionally heavy songs to snotty music. Like A Motorcycle might scare you but Like A Motorcycle would never hurt you. Like A Motorcycle are a four-piece assault of a punk band, as one reviewer put it.
'A refreshing jolt of building-burning punk rock, brimming with fury and life'.
Their 2016 debut album is called "High Hopes".
Their 13 track sophomore album is "Dead Broke" (2020) (Known Accomplice-import), recorded in Vancouver with Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, Mother Mother).
The band is currently working on new material.
Bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

 

ARTISTS AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVALS

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10cc (GBR)
website, facebook, twitter
Legendary band with ultra-high quality pop/rock songs that reached the charts many times.
Merely reading the titles should bring the song to your mind: Dreadlock Holiday, I'm Not In Love, The Wall Street Shuffle, The Things We Do For Love, Rubber Bullets, I'm Mandy Fly Me, etcetera.
Check the recent documentary 'I'm Not In Love - The Story of 10cc' here.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)       

2023:

days immediately before Oct. 31: available

Tue. Oct. 31 - NLD - t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)
Wed. Nov. 01 – NLD – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)
Thu. Nov. 02 – BEL – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.) (via Greenhouse Talent Belgium)
Fri. Nov. 03 – BEL – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.) (via Greenhouse Talent Belgium)
Sat. Nov. 04 – NLD – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)

Mon. 06 – NLD – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)
Tue. 07 – NLD – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)
Wed. 08 – NLD – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)
Thu. 09 – NLD - t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)
Fri. 10 – NLD – t.b.a. (venue show, t.b.c.)
days immediately after Nov. 10: available
 
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10cc's Graham Gouldman & Heart Full of Songs (GBR)
website, facebook, wiki
10cc co-founder and current band-leader Graham Gouldman, together with Iain Hornal and Ciaran Jeremiah, presents the songs that he wrote or co-wrote during his long career as a songwriter. The shows are intimate and semi-acoustic, with lots of stories about the songs and about Graham’s career. Not only 10cc-songs are presented, but also songs such as “For Your Love” (The Yardbirds), “Bus Stop” (The Hollies), and “No Milk Today” (Herman’s Hermits) that are Gouldman compositions, as well as songs from Gouldman’s recent solo-albums such as “Love and Work” and his brand-new solo-album "Modesty Forbids" (Lojinx-import).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)

2022:

Fri. Sep. 09 - NLD - Oldenzaal - Oldenzaal Muzikaal Festival
Sat. Sep. 10 - NLD - Leeuwarden - De Harmonie
Sun. Sep. 11 - NLD - Breda - Mezz

Tue. Sep. 13 - NLD - Eindhoven - Muziekgebouw
Wed. Sep. 14 - NLD - Amsterdam - Concertgebouw
Thu. Sep. 15 - NLD - Kampen - De Burgwal
Fri. Sep. 16 - NLD - Middelburg - De Spot
Sat. Sep. 17 - NLD

 
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22-Pistepirkko (FIN)
website, wiki, youtube, spotify, bandcamp, soundcloud, instagram
Maybe the best pop group from Finland ever, 22-Pistepirkko are back after an hiatus of 7 years!
The band formed in 1980 in a rural village in the north of Finland, and later moved to Helsinki.
There will be a completely new album this year.
The first single Snake Charmer / Kind Hearts Have a Run Run was released on the very appropriate date 22022022, and is 'the real thing'.
New studio album (title t.b.a.) expected this year (Universal).
Bookings for The Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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24-7 Spyz (USA)
wiki, facebook, bandcamp
The Heavy Metal Soul pioneers from the South Bronx are about to rock the world again in 2022 after the release of their seventh studio-album "The Soundtrack To The Innermost Galaxy". Their energetic shows have always rocked the crowds, while at the same time the band does not shun experiment and cross-over.
New album "The Soundtrack To The Innermost Galaxy" out now! (The Gumbo Recording Company-Cargo).
Bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)

Sex, Juice & Heavy Metal Soul Euro Tour 2022:

Wed. Oct. 12 – NLD – Zaandam – De Flux
Thu. Oct. 13 – DEU – Hamburg – Hafenklang
Fri. Oct. 14 – DEU – Bremen – Lila Eule
Sat. Oct. 15 – DEU – Dortmund – Musiktheater Piano
Sun. Oct. 16 – EUR
Mon. Oct. 17 – EUR
Tue. Oct. 18 – DEU – München – Backstage Club
Wed. Oct. 19 – DEU – Rüsselsheim – Das Rind
Thu. Oct. 20 – DEU – Ludwigsburg – Scala Theater
Fri. Oct. 21 – DEU – Karlsruhe – KOHI
Sat. Oct. 22 – DEU – Mannheim – 7er Club
Sun. Oct. 23 – EUR
Mon. Oct. 24 – EUR
Tue. Oct. 25 – EUR
Wed. Oct. 26 – EUR
Thu. Oct. 27 – EUR
Fri. Oct. 28 – DEU – t.b.a. (t.b.c.)
Sat. Oct. 29 – EUR
Adjacent dates for the period Oct. 30 throught Nov. 16 possible; offers welcome.
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A Band Called E (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, bandcamp, label
E (also known as A Band Called E) from Boston (MA) is Jason Sidney Sanford (Neptune), Thalia Zedek (Come, Uzi, Live Skull) and Gavin McCarthy (Karate).
E makes angular, energized, and idiosyncratic rock music. These accomplished and inventive musicians could not be more different in the way they express themselves but their ego-less dedication to ensemble playing and writing shapes E’s distinct sound.
Negative Work, their second album, is the product of three individuals whose dedication to the collaborative process may very well be the source of compelling tension underlying their songs.
Their third album "Complications" was released in 2020 (Thrill Jockey - Konkurrent).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Afrika Bambaataa (USA)
facebook, instagram, zulunation, wiki
Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is known as the “Grandfather” and “Godfather” and The Amen Ra of Universal Hip Hop Culture as well as The Father of The Electro Funk Sound.
(Tommy Boy Records)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Antilopen Gang (DEU)
website, facebook, instagram, youtube, soundcloud
Antilopen Gang produce original hip hop, with lots of energy and fun, with real instruments, with humor, with love, but also with a strong stance against the extremist middle class and right-wingers, against homophobia, and against self-complacency.
Their brand-new album is called 'Abbruch Abbruch'!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Goran Bregović (SRB)
website, facebook, wiki, youtube
Extending Balkan musical inspirations to innovative extremes, draw
upon European classicism and Balkan rhythms.
Goran is available with his "Wedding & Funeral Orchestra", with his former band "Bijelo Dugme" and with a very special project "3
Letters from Sarajevo
", honoring all 3 major religions of Sarajevo,
with symphonic orchestra.
Current album "Three Letters from Sarajevo" (Universal).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
 
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Tommy Castro & The Painkillers (USA)
website, facebook, wiki
Whether he’s squeezing out the deepest blues or playing the funkiest soul grooves, legendary blues and soul giant Tommy Castro knows how to ignite a crowd.
“Tommy Castro & The Painkillers showcase the power of the blues, soul and down-and-dirty rock ‘n’ roll… rousing and infectious. This is energizing, scorching, soul-shaking music…. pure pleasure.” – Living Blues
Current album "Killin' It Live" (Alligator Records-Munich Records/V2 Records), new album soon!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Wed. Sep. 07 - NLD - Groesbeek - Bloosemoose Radio Live
Thu. Sep. 08 - NLD - Breda - Mezz
Fri. Sep. 09 - NLD - Weert - Bosuil
Sat. Sep. 10 - NLD - Amstelveen - P60
Sun. Sep. 11 - NLD - Drachten - Iduna
 
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Crash Test Dummies (CAN)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, youtube
More than 25 years ago, these Canadians published their album "God Shuffled His Feet". It was their most successful album, with 45 weeks in the Dutch top 100 album charts, and made it to no. 6! Their hit song "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" has been watched more than 11 million times, another memorable song of them is "Superman's Song".
In May/June '22 they will come with the original line-up to the Netherlands to play the whole album "God Shuffled His Feet" plus al hits.
Album: "Good Shuffled His Feet" (BMG/Arista)
Bookings in the Netherlands (by Hilde)
 
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Delinquent Habits (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, soundcloud, twitter
Latin hiphop with distinct mariachi elements.
Hits include “Tres Delinquentes”, “Return of the Tres” and “Here Come the Horns”.
Delinquent Habits are ready to burn your barn down too, after playing Zwarte Cross Festival in the summer of 2019!
Current album ‘It Could Be Round Two’.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Dub Pistols (GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, soundcloud, youtube
‘A perfect mix of dub, big beat and triphop’.
The last few years revered as one of the UK's best live acts!
Current album “Addict” (Sunday Best Records-PiaS).
Two singles/videos from the album: "Cool Out Soon" (remixes) and "Stand Together".
2022 will see the release of a new studio album and a 'greatest hits' album, as well as a documentary on Dub Pistols.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Eljuri (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, soundcloud, youtube
Cecilia Vilar Eljuri is a multi-award winning artist, born in Ecuador and based in New York. She is one of the top Latina guitar players of the world, an even better guitar player than Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix, according to some! She usually performs her engaged, activist songs of rock, pop, latin and reggae as a power trio.
"Her songs marked by fusions of pop and rock with Caribbean rhythms and emphasize the use of her guitar, which has been described as reminescent of a young Santana." (Alborde)
"Cecila Villar Eljuri is a triple treat: She's an accomplished songwriter, a great vocalist and one hell of a guitar player." (NPR Music, Alt-Latino).
Current album "Resiste" (Manovill Records-Xango), new album due summer 2022!
Booking for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Oct./Nov. - NLD - t.b.a. (int.) (album release show)

2023:

February / March
 
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Hardwicke Circus (GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter
This fresh 6-piece from Carlisle, in the far North-West of England, delivers an exhilarating sound that mixes blues-rock with sometimes punky rock'n'roll, reminiscent of The Rolling Stones, The Boomtown Rats, Tom Petty, or Graham Parker. Still, they sound very much present-day, with a clear social agenda.
Hardwicke Circus has played a lot of shows in the U.K. and Ireland already, including some of the major U.K.-festivals, and several shows in London. The future looks bright now that the band has been picked up by manager Dave Robinson (formerly Stiff Records, Island Records).
Debut album "The Borderland" out now! (Alternative Facts Records-import).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Hazmat Modine (USA)
website, facebook, youtube
The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms: Blues, Country, R & B, Rock-n-Roll, Jazz, Gospel, World Music - yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new.
Current album "Box of Breath" (Jaro Medien-Music&Words).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde).

2022:

Sat. July 02 - NLD - Elsloo (Lb.) - Conincx Pop Festival

Thu. July 07 - NLD - Arnhem - Luxor Live
 
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Huun Huur Tu (RUS)
website, facebook, soundcloud, twitter, youtube, wiki
Tuvan throat singers. The music is based on native Tuvan folk traditions in instruments and singing. In recent years western instruments like guitar and electronics are added.
This tour will be opened by a brand new film about the Tuva region, based on the book "Terra Incognita Tuva".
Current album "Children of the Otter" (Jaro Medien-Music&Word).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Sun. July 17 – NLD – Nijmegen – Valkhof Festival (17:00)
 
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Ifriqiyya Electrique (FRA)
website, facebook, instagram, linkedin
Fusing rhythms and ritual songs from Maghreb, blended with beats, electronics and guitars.
Emotion in Maghreb is about Trance. The real one, without even thinking that there might be a concert or a recording. All that remains is a ritual. Adorcist. Therapeutic. Post-industrial.
Current album "Laylet El Booree" (Glitterbeat Records-Xango)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Fri. Sep. 16 – NLD – Utrecht – dB’s
Sat. Sep. 17 – NLD – Rotterdam – Ground
 
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I Muvrini (FRA)
website, facebook, twitter, Dutch website
Corsican singer-songwriters since 30 years, combination of traditional polyphony with pop.
The live shows of I Muvrini are known for the engagement of the group for tolerance among humans. The song texts also speak about a great respect for nature.
Current album "Portu in Core".
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2024:

spring - theater tour
 
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Like A Motorcycle (CAN)
website, instagram, spotify, bandcamp, twitter, facebook, youtube
Like A Motorcycle are three erratic queers and one very patient man. Like A Motorcycle write emotionally heavy songs to snotty music. Like A Motorcycle might scare you but Like A Motorcycle would never hurt you. Like A Motorcycle are a four-piece assault of a punk band, as one reviewer put it.
'A refreshing jolt of building-burning punk rock, brimming with fury and life'.
Their 2016 debut album is called "High Hopes".
Their 13 track sophomore album is "Dead Broke" (2020) (Known Accomplice-import), recorded in Vancouver with Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, Mother Mother).
The band is currently working on new material.
Bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)
 
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Jan James (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, bandcamp
Jan is a blues-rock artist through and through, with a very warm voice. Live she's accompanied by guitar player Craig Calvert or by a whole band. Jan and Craig developed a musical chemistry that has evolved into a big sound and feel that is colored with blues, soul and the sweet dynamics of the best rock.
The new album "Justify" is a pure and commanding showcase of Jan's talent from start to finish.
Current album "Justify" (Blue Palace Records-Bertus), new album due summer!
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

2023:

Tue. Jan. 24 – NLD – t.b.a. (int.)
Wed. Jan. 25 – NLD
Thu. Jan. 26 – NLD – t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
Fri. Jan. 27 – NLD – t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
Sat. Jan. 28 – NLD – t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
Sun. Jan. 29 – NLD – t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
 
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Sass Jordan & the Champagne Hookers (CAN)
website, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube
Canada’s ‘Queen of Rock’, known from her hits: “Make You A Believer”, “High Road Easy”, “So Hard”, and many more.
Her current album "Rebel Moon Blues" is a blues album. Sass Jordan has always been a blues singer, it just took her 40 years to realize it. The album contains seven remarkable cover songs and one original.
Current album "Rebel Moon Blues" (Stony Plain Records), new album "Bitches Blues" due June 03, 2022!
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)
 
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Live Skull (USA)
facebook, wiki
Formed in 1982, the quintessential New York noise band Live Skull are back with two brand-new albums in two years: 'Saturday Night Massacre' saw the light of day late 2019, and December 11, 2020 saw the release of another classic: 'Dangerous Visions'. Together with other New York bands Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull defined the term "noise rock".
In his much-quoted review for The New York Times, Robert Palmer declared, "With each new record, New York's Live Skull delivers a more concentrated brand of emotional intensity, a more ferociously disciplined sonic assault".
Often brutal and yet strangely seductive, full of hooks and emotional intensity, and with a drone-dance-quality that reminds us of the early Velvet Underground.
After a gap of 30 years, Live Skull are back!
New album 'Dangerous Visions' out now (Bronson Recordings - import).
Bookings for Europe (by Rob)
 
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Minimal Compact (ISR)
website, facebook, spotify
Formed in Amsterdam in 1980, Minimal Compact were part of the original post-punk explosion – and remain one of its most distinctive voices. The band developed a unique mix of propulsive rhythms, spacious bass lines, rich keyboard textures, mesmeric guitar lines, and vocal melodies with a Middle-Eastern inflection. They sounded like nothing that had gone before.
Well-known releases include the album 'Deadly Weapons' (with club-hit ‘Next One Is Real’) and 'Raging Souls'.
Minimal Compact have now reconvened, together with producer and long-time collaborator Colin Newman (of post-punk legends Wire), who will also perform with the band live in May 2020, to record part of their material in the best possible way, with a brand-new song as a bonus.
Current album "Creation is Perfect" (2019) (MC-Konkurrent).
Booking for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - The Bulgarian Voices Angelité (BGR)
website, facebook
The sensational success of this choir started in 1987 under the name "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares". The choir had switch to the name "The Bulgarian Voices Angelité" and has released more than 13 albums. After more than 15 years of absence they are back!
Current album "Heritage" (Jaro Medien - Music&Words).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Wed. Sep. 22 – NLD – Heerlen – Parkstad Limburg Theater
Thu. Sep. 23 – NLD – Hoofddorp – De Meerse
 
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Nexø (DNK)
facebook, instagram, bandcamp, youtube
A fast and furious mix of 80s hardcore and 21st century punkrock, Nexø is angry and upset, and although the upcoming album 'New Normal' is their first, the band-members all have over a decade of musical experience in different bands (like Patchanka and Larica). And the music shows it! The lyrics are relevant and the band radiates hope and determination: 'The times are not a'changing, we are changing the times'.
Brand new album "False Flag" out now!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)

2022:

Fri. Oct. 14 – NLD – t.b.a. (confirmed venue show)
 
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Jeb Loy Nichols (USA/GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter
From the Ozark hills to the big cities worldwide, and finally to the hills of Wales. Former member of the band 'The Fellow Travellers' Jeb Loy Nichols has found his home to produce the feel and sound he prefers: the meeting place of folk, soul and country. Not without a bit darkish edge. Smokey retro soul, with Jamaican influences (reggae, dub, dancehall).
Brand-new album: 'June is Short, July is Long' (Compass Records - Bertus)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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The Nomads (SWE)
website, facebook, instagram
The godfathers of the Swedish garage rock scene.
Current album ‘Solna’ received rave reviews (Universal for Scandinavia, Devils Jukebox for the rest of Europe); 2013 release: “Loaded Deluxe EP” on coloured vinyl with brand new tracks!
Bookings for all of Europe except SWE (by Rob)

2022:

Fri. Sep. 09 – SWE – Stockholm – Annexet *
Sat. Sep. 10 – SWE – Rättvik – Dalhalla *

Fri. Sep. 16 – SWE – Karlstad – Nöjesfabriken *
Sat. Sep. 17 – SWE – Partille – Partille Arena *

Thu. Sep. 22 – SWE – Malmö – KB (Kulturbolaget) *
Fri. Sep. 23 – SWE – Malmö – KB (Kulturbolaget) *

Sat. Sep. 24 – SWE – Malmö – KB (Kulturbolaget) *

2023:

Sat. Jan. 28 – DNK – Roskilde – Gimle **

*: special guest with D-A-D and Sator
**: special guests: The Dogs (NOR)
 
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Philip Glass Ensemble (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, wiki
By special arrangement with Philip Glass and Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
The Philip Glass Ensemble (PGE) comprises the principal performers of the music of Philip Glass.
In 1968, Glass founded the PGE in New York City as a laboratory for his music.
Its purpose was to develop a performance practice to meet the unprecedented technical and artistic demands of his compositions.
During the 2020–21 season, the PGE will focus on re-launching Music in Eight Parts in concert, alongside other selections of Philip Glass his Early Works. However, the choice of material is not limited to the focus on Music in Eight Parts.
Starting 2020, Philip Glass will usually not perform with the Philip Glass Ensemble.
He fully and officially endorses the PGE in the future: “the PGE represents the most authentic performance practice of my music in our time. I am looking forward to championing them as they carry it forward and bring its unique repertoire to new generations” – Philip Glass.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Pussy Riot: Riot Days (RUS)
website, facebook, trailer, youtube1, youtube2
Protest art collective based in Moscow formed in 2011 with approx. 11 women participating. They staged unauthorised provocative guerrilla punk rock performances in unusual public places, which brought 3 of them to prison camps. Maria Alyokhina was one of them. She wrote a book about it, “Riot Days”. The book is the basis for this multi-media performance. Read also the great interview in The Music.
Book: “Riot Days” (Bertelsmann Pinguin).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Sat. Sep. 02 – NLD – t.b.a. (confirmed live interview) *

*: interview with Maria Alyokhina
 
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Ruts D.C. (GBR)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, soundcloud
Ruts D.C. are a punk-rock band with clear reggae-influences. In 2019 the band will commemorate the release of 'The Crack', the one and only studio-album by The Ruts, their predecessors, back in 1979. On selected shows 'The Crack' will be played in its entirety, plus various songs from the 'Grin & Bear It' album.
The band played the 2018 Amsterdam-edition of the Rebellion Festival.
Current studio album “Music Must Destroy” (Westworld Recordings).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Taimane (USA)
website, facebook, instagram, youtube
Taimane translates to 'diamond' from Samoan, she is best known for her fierce and inventive style of playing the ukulele. With the fierceness of a rocker and the grace of a dancer, Taimane and her music are wowing ever-larger audiences. She has the ability to morph genres - from classical to rock to flamenco - and stretch her instrument far beyond the familiar melodies of Hawaii.
Online she's an influencer with over 15 million views on youtube and over 25.000 online followers.
Current album: "Elemental" (Taimane Records-import)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

spring - NLD
 
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Television (USA)
facebook, soundcloud, fansite, wiki
Formed in 1973, originally with Richard Hell, Television laid the foundation for New York’s New Wave.
The band (Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca, Fred Smith, Jimmy Rip) plays songs from all three albums.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
 
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Tolyqyn (DEU)
website, facebook, instagram, twitter, bandcamp
Rock/jazz band from Berlin consisting of Roland Satterwhite on plucked viola and voice, jazz guitar prodigy Tal Arditi, and drummer Rafat Muhammad.
Exciting music that breaks boundaries: from circling griot music, stripped down delta blues and gritty rock, including spontaneous experiments. One moment you are in a catchy pop song, the next moment you take a dive in the world of free impro.
current album: "Tolyqyn" (digital)
bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)

2022:

Sun. Aug. 28 - NLD - t.b.a. (int.)

Thu. Oct. 13 - NLD
Fri. Oct. 14 - NLD
Sat. Oct. 15 - NLD

2023:

February / March
 
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Sachal Vasandani + Romain Collin (USA)
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Rooted in jazz, Sachal Vasandani is known for his singular voice, with a tone and unique phrasing that mark him as one of today's most compelling artists.
On his current album he is accompanied by French/NYC pianist Romain Collin. The album originated from a shared desire to create after months in isolation in spring 2020. The project intimately reworks well-known music by Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Lennon/McCartney, and other outstanding songwriters, alongside "spellbinding sensitive originals that are uniquely expressed."
"What is most remarkable about Vasandani's music is his uncomplicated vocal style, which reminds the listener that expressions of pain, angst and loss are perhaps most impactful when you don't make a big fuss about those emotions." (Rolling Stone India)
Current album: "Midnight Shelter" (Edition Records)
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)

2023:

January / February