October 2006
Leoni Jansens’ new cd : “Heartstrings and Loose Ends” is finished. We worked on it all summer and are very proud with the result. We’ll be touring in Holland from October through March. See http://www.leoni.nl/?page=tourlist for a playlist.
Dont be a stranger/ONE is doing pretty well (also for sale at i-tunes now). Later this year we’ll do a radio-campaign in the US and Canada. And I’m planning on doing the whole show live next summer on a number of big festivals in the Netherlands.
Another planned release this year: An album with Leoni and the band together with the Freres Guisees, produced by me. We collaborated succesfully last year in Holland and Senegal and recorded here (at NOON). Next December we’ll be travelling to Dakar for the cd-presentation and a few concerts. We’ll be touring the Netherlands in spring 2007.
Droeh Nankoe (featuring on Don’t be a stranger/ONE) and me decided on making a whole album together. With lots of Indian guest-musicians. This project is still new, but we’re both really looking forward to further intensify our collaboration.
And I’ll be composing the music for “Dik Trom” . A Dutch Music-theatre/Musical production, produced by De Zee Theaterproducties, and on tour in the Netherlands next season.