updated October 13, 2025
bold: representation for all of Europe
10cc (GBR)
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Legendary hit-band with ultra-high quality pop/rock songs that reached the charts many times.
Merely reading the titles should bring the songs 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’.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
10cc’s Graham Gouldman & Heart Full of Songs (GBR)
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10cc co-founder and current band-leader Graham Gouldman, together with three seasoned other musicians, 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”, “Modesty Forbids”, and his brand-new solo-album “I Have Notes” (Lojinx-import).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
24-7 SPYZ (USA)
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The Heavy Metal Soul pioneers from the South Bronx are about to rock the world again in 2023 with 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 soon! (The Gumbo Recording Company-Cargo).
Bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)
Afrika Bambaataa (USA)
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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)
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Antilopen Gang (DEU)
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Antilopen Gang (Koljah, Danger Dan, Panik Panzer) 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 current (double-)album is called ‘Alles Muss Repariert Werden’ (2024).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Jill Barber (CAN)
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Songs of romance and nostalgia, embracing Stax rhythms and a Philly soul backbeat to go along with Jill’s warm sultry vocals.
After first listen, what sets Jill Barber apart is her distinctive voice. But it’s her ability to write an immediately memorable song that has made her one of Canada’s most recognizable artists. Jill Barber has become renowned for writing songs that evoke feelings of a bygone era.
Current album “ENCORE!” with French chansons (Outside Music-V2)
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)
Blind Idiot God (USA)
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Instrumental mix of noise, dub, post-hardcore and heavy metal.
Current album “Before Ever After” (Indivisible Music). New album in the works.
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Bulgarian Voices Angelite – Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (BGR)
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The sensational success of this choir started in 1987 under the name “Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares”. The choir had to switch to the name “The Bulgarian Voices Angelite” and has released more than 13 albums.
Current album “Heritage” (Jaro Medien – Xango Music).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Crash Test Dummies (CAN)
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More than 30 years ago, these Canadians released the album “God Shuffled His Feet”. It was their most successful album: 45 weeks in the Dutch top 100 album charts, and it reached no. 6! Their hit song “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” has been watched more than 54 million times. Another memorable song is “Superman’s Song“.
In October 2026 the band will come to fully seated theaters in the Netherlands, in the original line-up, to play all their hits and more, celebrating the release of their debut album “The Ghosts That Haunt Me” (BMG/Arista) 35 years earlier.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Down North (USA)
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Psych-infused soul punk, but trying to pin genre tags is actually an exercise in futility. These creatives pick and choose just-right bits and flavors drawn from the whole of modern western music like painters with unlimited palates. Some say it’s like the Red Hot Chili Peppers covering Prince with an early James Brown frontman.
Current album ‘No Restraint, Vol. 2’ (2023).
Bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)
Dub Pistols (GBR)
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‘A perfect mix of dub, big beat and triphop’.
The many years already revered as one of the UK’s best live acts!
2023 saw the release of the 9th studio album “Frontline”. Check the single “Nice Up“.
New album “Enter the Sound” expected early 2026!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Elisapie (CAN)
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Canadese Inuk singer-songwriter with a strong connection to her language Inuktitut. Musically it’s a combination of indie and folk, of tradition and modernity.
Current album “Inuktitut” (Bonsound)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Eljuri (USA)
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Cecilia Vilar Eljuri is a multi-award winning artist, born in Ecuador and based in New York. With a unique voice shaped by her journey as an immigrant Latina in the USA, Eljuri has developed a powerful, guitar-driven sound, an electrifying fusion of anthems and rebel cries. Joined by her dynamic musical hermanos Alex Alexander and Winston Roye, she has captivated international audiences for over a decade with bold bilingual grooves rooted in resilience, resistance, civil rights, and the fight for our planet.
New album “Así es el Mundo” (Manovill Records) out now!
Booking for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Fehlfarben (DEU)
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Kings of the ‘Neue Deutsche Welle’ from the 80’s, still to the point.
Brand new album “?0??” (“2022”) (Tapete Records-Sonic Rendezvous).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Hardwicke Circus (GBR)
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This fresh 5-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)
Hazmat Modine (USA)
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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 “Bonfire” (Jaro Medien-Xango Music), new album due spring 2026!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Huun Huur Tu (RUS)
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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.
Current album “Live at Triskel” (Jaro Medien-Xango Music).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Ifriqiyya Electrique (DZA/TUN/FRA/ITA)
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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)
I Muvrini (FRA)
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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 “Più Forti”!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 “Più Forti”!
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Jan James (USA)
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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.
Current album “Time Bomb” (Blue Palace Records-Bertus).
Bookings for Europe (by Hilde)
Sass Jordan (CAN)
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Canada’s ‘Queen of Rock’, known from her hits: “Make You A Believer”, “High Road Easy”, “So Hard”, and many more.
With her album “Rebel Moon Blues”, Sass turned to the blues. Sass Jordan has always been a blues singer, it just took her 40 years to realize it. Her last two albums contain several remarkable cover songs, plus some originals.
Current album “Bitches Blues” (Stony Plain Records)
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)
Adam Lytle (USA)
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A technician of the sacred, Adam Lytle writes songs that explore the darker regions of the heart. The New York songwriter has built a passionate following around the alluring sound of his nylon-string guitar and poetic lyrics. With his electrifying band, he transforms from a quiet, introspective artist to a powerhouse performer; seductive and menacing all at once. Listen to the online alternative hit “Heaven“!
Brand new album “Altars” (own label) out now.
Brand new live video “Black Masses“!
bookings for all of Europe (by Rob)
Minimal Compact (ISR)
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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), to record part of their material in the best possible way, with a brand-new song as a bonus. The result is the album ‘Creation is Perfect’, out now!
Current album ‘Creation is Perfect’ (2019) (MC-Konkurrent).
Booking for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Elliott Murphy (USA/FRA)
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Singer-songwriter; on his most recent studio album Elliott Murphy goes back to the style of his classic 70’s albums, that often brought him comparisons to Bob Dylan.
New album “Wonder” (2022).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
NEXØ (DNK)
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A fast and furious mix of 80s hardcore and 21st century punkrock, Nexø is angry and upset, and although their new album “False Flag” is only their second, 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’.
Current album “False Flag”.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
The Nomads (SWE)
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The godfathers of the Swedish garage rock scene.
The Nomads started in 1981.
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)
Pussy Riot: Riot Days (RUS)
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Pussy Riot is a protest art collective once based in Moscow, formed in 2011 with approx. 11 women, known for unauthorised provocative guerrilla punk-style performances in unusual public places, which brought 3 of them to prison camps.
Maria Alyokhina was one of them, and wrote a book about it: “Riot Days”. The book was transformed into a multi-media performance that has traveled around the world.
In her second book “Political Girl” (Penguin, November 2025), she will continue the story, including the assassination of Navalny and her own spectacular escape from Russia. This book will bring huge publicity, including the cover of The Guardian. The live performance “Pussy Riot: Riot Days” featuring Maria Alyokhina, has already been adapted to the content of the new book.
Bookings for the Netherlands and Belgium (by Hilde)
Taimane (USA)
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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 23 million views on youtube and hundreds of thousands of online followers.
Current album: “Elemental” (Taimane Records-import)
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Hilde)
Sachal Vasandani (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 2025 album he is accompanied by a full band, and puts forth a seamless amalgam of pop songwriting, tight R&B grooves and jazz textures and sonorities in the mix.
2025 album: “Best Life Now”.
“Best Life Now – acoustic sessions EP” (6 tracks) out since Sep. 30, 2025!
Bookings for all of Europe (by Hilde)
Konstantin Wecker (DEU)
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Konstantin Wecker is a famous singer-songwriter from Germany with over 50 years of live-experience.
His music is both intense and intimate, leaning on the ‘Liedermacher’ culture as well as on the blues.
Wecker is not only a singer-songwriter but also an actor, composer, and author. He is a political activist too, promoting a non-violent society without authority.
The line-up for his live-shows varies from a duo-setting to a full band setting, sometimes with orchestra.
He has released some 50 albums with his music, and has published several books. He has received numerous awards for his music and for his social and political involvement.
New album: “Utopia” (Sturm und Klang – import).
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)
Zoobombs (NIP)
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Psych-funk-donuts-rock punkfloyd music.
Constant factor since ’94 is Don Matsuo, ‘a Japanese hiphop Lou Reed, an eclectic musician, mixing all kinds of genres, like hip-hop and rock and new wave, into a vibrant, original cocktail of energetic noise’ (Frontaal Naakt).
Current album “Ice Cream & Dirt”.
Bookings for the Netherlands (by Rob)