Was it ‘An American in Paris’? No, this is about an American in Amsterdam. But the story has elements of a fairy tale too. Picture this; an American tourist in Amsterdam gets bored with staring at the wallpaper of his hotel room and decides to take a stroll through the famous Vondelpark where a young female singer/songwriter is just finishing the last song of her ‘open-air concert’. All he hears is the last verse of the last song. Nevertheless he is very impressed and takes a recording of the young woman home. Friends and music industry professionals listen on his request to the tape and the verdict is unanimous: ‘beautiful, and an enormous potential’.
The American invites Signe Tollefsen to Los Angeles to record a number of songs in Linda Perry’s studio. Two of these recordings, You, Me & the Brewers and My Old Man are included on Signe Tollefsen’ s CoraZong debut album. You, Me & the Brewers features legendary violinist Jerry Goodman, famous for his work with The Flock and John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra.
When the half-American singer moved from the UK to Holland to study music at the Amsterdam Conservatory in 2004, she also started successfully performing for a constantly increasing and, as it turns out, very loyal audiences. As a support act for established artists Signe is very much in demand too. She shared the stage with amongst others Alela Diane, Ane Brun, David Sylvian, and former Pavement member Stephen Malkmus with whom she performed in Germany and Italy.
Signe’s music has already been noticed by well-known musicians such as famous Dutch chanteuse Mathilde Santing, who recorded Sweet Tears for her latest album. In 2006 Signe Tollefsen was both the winner of the Best Musician Award and got most votes from the audience at the Grote Prijs van Nederland, Holland’s most prestigious New Talent competition for Alternative Music.
Her music is often described as “Folk Noir”.
From the first note in It Smells of You, with a beautiful contribution on pedal steel guitar from Urban Dance Squad member René van Barneveld until the very last note of This Is It, you are listening to an extremely gifted artist. This is it, but we already want more!
In the meantime, Signe made the headlines on Monday, December 11:
Hoi Signe, Nogmaals ontzettend bedankt voor je mooie woorden gisteren! En voor je cd. Ik heb hem vannacht nog opgezet toen ik thuis kwam, ik kon niet wachten. Prachtig, hij staat al weer aan...
Lieve mensen er zijn nog plekken vrij voor Club Canape, 27 November een mooi huiskamerfestival. Het concept, een huiskamer die omgetoverd wordt tot muziekpodium waarin de mensen dicht op elkaar naar drie artiesten luisteren in een akoestische set, bestaat al lang en levert altijd mooie, intieme avonden op. Je zit als het ware op de schoot van de muzikant. De avond waar ik je nu voor uitnodig heeft een mooie programmering. Line up: Robin Block, Noam Vazana en Anne Roos Rosa de Carvalho. Het concept werkt alleen met van tevoren gereserveerde plekken. Dus wil je de 27ste een mooie avond muziek ga dan naar de volgende link en reserveer met een simpele mail plekken:
Raga-Z was born in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. As a child, he was exposed to music whilst attending church with his mother, Beverly. This played a major role in encouraging his love for music and planted the seeds for his talents to grow. He was also introduced to the culture of reggae music through his father who began to notice Raga’s potential and passion for the art and encouraged him. Although times were not always easy growing up, his determination to succeed as a reggae artist never went away, in fact they only became stronger. In his free time, he even found himself doing things such as creating instruments using paint pans to make a beat to play while he would DJ .
Dank voor je inzet op het eerste ROTR - CoraZong festival. Was groots! Erg leuk en gezellig! De Dvd is onderweg. Tot gauw ziens met een 'groot' optreden in 't Keerpunt in Spijkerboor (Dr.)
Op 4 november ben jij in de radioshow Utracks gedraaid met het nummer Where have you been. Je kunt de uitzending tot een week na datum terugluisteren op www.utracks.nl ! Utracks is elke woensdag van 20.00 tot 23.00 te beluisteren op 103.4 FM.
Fri.Nov20 Hot Klaps Sound Ladyskittles presents... Gold'n'Brown Fall Bashment Club Binti's Intl. 4800 Market st. Raga-z, Mark Messam, Napstar Saint, djs Ziggii, DaddyG,FlawlessStayBlaZ'd, Versatylesound
RAGA-Z..... PRESENT TO WORLD....( BIG UP THE GIRLS.) HOT NEW SINGLE...CHECK IT CHECK IT OUT ... THANKS U LADIES AND GENTLEMEN .. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND GOD BLESS U ALL ONE LOVE...
FAITH COMES FROM WITHIN U. IS AN ACT OF ACTION.IT COMES FROM THE STRENGH OF UR INNER SELF.THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD,IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES CONTROL AND IT DELIEVERS U TO A POSITIVE ACT.IS A SUPREME BEING THAT GROWS LIKE A MUSTARD SEED AND GROW AS IT MANIFEST AND PRODUCE IN A BELEIVE OF AN ACT.......
