Jeroen Kant and Ratten in de Schuur may not have won the jury prize at the recent Dutch Pop Music awards for new acts (Grote Prijs van Nederland) but they cleaned up everywhere else.
The band received the coveted Public Prize. This prize is awarded not by the jury but by those attending the gig and Jeroen and his band won that hands down. Ratten drummer Gino Bombino also picked up the award for best musician in the finals. Lets just face it – these guys are a cool live act.
Its been almost 2 years since we last heard from Davie but we are proud to announce that we will be releasing his new album RAGS in February, which will be follwed-up by a short tour in April.
TOUR DATES:
Thurs 5 April: Ekko/Utrecht
Fri 6 April: 013/Tilburg
Sat 7 April: De Spot/Middleberg
Wed 11 April: Birgerweeshuis/Deventer
Thurs 12 April: Pofront/Zwolle
Last night, thursday 1 December in GROUNDS in Rotterdam, Parne Gadje play a dazzling 30 minute set to promoters, journalists and movers and shakers in the music bizz.
“Uplifting, effortless and inspired….a beautiful cohesion” VPRO Radio6
http://world.radio6.nl/2011/12/02/de-roma-in-parne-gadje/
Our Luce is doing good things downunder! She has recently released her 5th album “Bonfires in Silver City” to much praise and critical acclaim. She is currently on tour down there, backed up by the sublimely tasty drummer Hamish Stuart promoting her album.
The tour has so far included festival appearances as well as radio and TV spots.
Here she is with Hamish performing “When the Lights Go Down” at Guildford Town Hall in September 2011
We cant wait till she can get back over here to Europe. Smoked will be releasing “Bonfires” in 2012.
Jeroen Kant and his band have reached the final of the most important and longest running music industry prize in the Netherlands for upcoming artists. They will be thrashing it out in a live show against the other contenders before a jury and a full-house at the legendary Paradiso in Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon 10 December. Doors open at 12 Noon. They have been nominated for best new act in the singer-songwriter catagoury.
Good luck lads!
This album is our first Dutch language release. Jeroen approached us to produce his record so we went to check out a rehearsal out and liked what we saw so much that we decided to go all the way. The album was recorded in 3 days in Kytopia in Utrecht with the Smoked Sounds Mobile studio. We spent a lot of time mixing and it has turned out beautifully. It’s a great warm, live sounding record from a talented songwriter and a proud addition to the Smoked catalogue.
Official release date 23 May!
Yes, finally its 
ready! Parne Gadjes new CD Kefi Kefi transforms folkloristic influences from Hungary, Macedonia, Greece, Anatolia and Afghanistan into some imaginary place where sufi’s whirl in a trance and stranded immigrants seek solace in music, comradeship and the hash pipe. Listening to the haunting melodies of the djura-gada and velofoon, and the trance-like beat of strange drums, one thing becomes obvious: embrace life in all its beauty and torment
TOUR DATES
19 feb – Theater Junushoff/Wageningen 20:30
23 feb – Theater De Engelenbak/Amsterdam 20:30
24 feb – Theater De Engelenbak/Amsterdam 20:30
16 april – De X/Lieden 20:30
21 may – Theater Regentes/Den Haag 20:30
We are proud to announce the October 2010 release of Lucie Thornes “Black Across the Field” album. The album won the Sydney Morning Herald Award for best Roots album of 2009 and was also shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize. Lucie is a captivating performer. We saw her holding audiences in the palm of her hand at festivals in Australia earlier this year and when we heard she was making the trip to Europe we knew we had to get involved. Lucie has grit, sensuality, an utterly commanding stage presence. With “Black Across the Field” she has delivered an album of beautiful intensity.
“A spellbinding dark-folk storybook, Thorne is a gifted entertainer”
(Sarah Howells, JMAG)
“Without exaggeration Black Across The Field is as good as anything I’ve heard this year. Growling with warm tube overdrive, stinging like Neil Young… this is a diverse, profound album, with nuances subtle and breathtaking” (Martin Jones, Australian Rhythms Magazine)
“This is one of the finest female vocal albums released by an Australian in years”. (Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald)
31 okt: Cactus/Hengelo | 1 Nov: Frits Phillips Centrum/Eindhoven | 2 Nov – Patronaat/Heerlen | 3 Nov: Burgerweeshuis/Deventer | 4 Nov: De Bunkr/Gemert | 7 Nov: Roepean/Ottersum
Big Low performing “We Gunna Die Out Here” live in Patronaat, the Netherlands 2010
Big Lows long awaited album “THE JUNCTION OF THE TWO RIVERS” was released on 13 October, 2008!! A must-hear for fans of Calexico, Woven Hand or Tom Waits, but completely its own thing. Big Low show here that there isnt much around that sounds quite like them.
Dan Tuffy (songs, acoustic & electric guitars, banjo bass, vocals) Marc Constandse (bandoneon, percussion incl darabuka, morrocan castinettes, gembir, cajon, chains and basically anything that rattles and makes a cool noise) & Michiel Hollanders(resonator guitar, velophone, singing saw and assorted textures from wherever he can get them).
