Out with the old, in with the new

Posted on December 9, 2010 | Leave a comment

After a busy 5 weeks we are licking our touring wounds in the warmth until January. The past twelve months have been somewhat manic for our little band: 56 shows in 5 countries, 2 E.P’s, a new camper van, a few new instruments here and there and masses of new, friendly faces sketched into our memories along the way.

We finished the year at the town library in Utrecht last Thursday, where we received a nice review from the kind people at 3 voor 12 Utrecht.

Next year is already shaping up to be a busy one, with tours planned in England, Germany and Ireland. We are also excited to announce that we will be playing with The Black Atlantic in June, thanks to the lovely people at Red Shoe Sessions in Nijmegen.

We are still on the lookout for a multi-instrumentalist to add to the Goodwin Sands ranks. If you are interested and living in the Utrecht/Amsterdam area, with enough time to keep up with our very fun, but busy schedule, then please send us an email.

In the meantime, we wish everyone a warm and happy festive period and we will see you all in the new year.

Anna, Pete, Tim & Rolof

And here’s some Christmas music for people who don’t necessarily like Christmas music (by Brown Feather Sparrow)

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All work and lots of play

Posted on November 12, 2010 | Leave a comment

Now that all bandmembers  are back in the country, we’re happy to get out of our tiny houses again and hit the road. We started our list of autumn shows in lovely Deventer. Last week we were invited to play in Nijmegen, which was swiftly followed this week by a session on Radio Zuidplas in Nieuwekerk a/d Ijssel. We had a wonderful time on all occasions and are looking forward to our upcoming shows in the coming weeks leading up to the festive period.

We are kicking things off this evening in Bibelot, Dordrecht, where we have been invited to play alongside Dutch bands Moss and Most Unpleasant Men.

A fifth band member with mechanical expertise is also a bonus after our little outing in Nijmegen

With all the excitement of playing shows we’d almost forgot about our decision to start the search for a fifth member of the band. NO, we’re not kicking anybody out, we’d just like to add a little something to our songs. Rolof could probably play the bass, cajon, mandolin and whatever he plays at the same time if he wasn’t limited to only four limbs, so awaiting the availability of an operation for that, we are looking for a bassplayer. Preferably a nice one living in the Utrecht/Amsterdam area with enough time to keep up with our very fun, but busy schedule.

Do you think you’re the one for us, or do you know somebody who is? We’d love to hear from you; so please email us. 

Here are our remaining shows for 2010:
12th November|Bibelot, Dordrecht 
13th November|De Drukkery, Middelburg (afternoon show)
13th November|Cafe Averechts, Utrecht (evening show) 
19th November|De Tram, Huizen
20th November|Madam Fortuna, Antwerpen BELGIUM
23rd November|De Rode Pimpernel, Den Bosch
25th November|Spatz & Wal, Unna, GERMANY
26th November|Cafe Modern, Teuven, BELGIUM
27th November|Curieuze Neuze, Gent, BELGIUM
1st December|Theater Borra,Amersfoort
2nd December|De Bieb,Utrecht

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Sony Sessions

Posted on October 24, 2010 | Leave a comment

We were lucky enough to be invited to do a live set for Sony Sessions in September. The four videos are now available online, including a brand new song, entitled “Beast”. You can follow this link to watch the four songs we recorded in the Hilversum mediapark.

We are looking forward to getting out and about and playing live again and have a busy period of shows up until Christmas, including our first shows in Germany and Belgium. You can catch us at the following:

  • 29th October|The Art of Memory/Muziek Totaal, Deventer
  • 2nd November|Cafe Camelot, Nijmegen
  • 9th November|Radio Omroep Zuidplas
  • 13th November|De Drukkery, Middelburg (afternoon show)
  • 13th November|Cafe Averechts, Utrecht (evening show) with Sally Goodin
  • 19th November|De Tram, Huizen
  • 20th November|Madam Fortuna, Antwerpen BELGIUM
  • 23rd November|De Rode Pimpernel, Den Bosch
  • 25th November|Spatz & Wal, Unna, GERMANY
  • 26th November|Cafe Modern, Teuven, BELGIUM
  • 27th November|Curieuze Neuze, Gent, BELGIUM
  • 1st December|Theater Borra, Amersfoort
  • 2nd December|De Bieb, Utrecht

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A well-earned rest

Posted on September 29, 2010 | Leave a comment

After this month’s hectic but fun schedule in the Netherlands and Ireland we are putting our feet up beside the fire this month to prepare for our jam-packed winter full of shows.

We have met some fantastic people in the last few weeks, notably Michael of Origin Promotions in Ireland. We cannot thank these people enough for their help and support. You know who you are.

We are looking forward to hitting the road again. In the meantime we will be weeping over the photographs of the “Time Well Spent” tour.

See you soon.

Anna, Pete, Tim & Rolof

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Finally it’s here: “Time Well Spent”

Posted on September 15, 2010 | Leave a comment

First of all: a big THANK YOU to everyone present at Drukkerij Pascal last Saturday. We’ve had  an amazing evening and were really happy to celebrate the release of “Time Well Spent” with you guys. Thanks y’all!

Second, we would like to tell you about the unique online videorelease of “Time Well Spent”. Our friends Vincent Perdijk and Bram Kok captured the live recordings in Antwerp this summer and made them into a complete video-E.P. that is now released on the web.

If you've got any pictures or videos of the evening of the EPrelease we would be very happy to receive them.

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Next week

Posted on September 4, 2010 | Leave a comment

Though the summer has treated us well with the recording of our new EP,   rehearsals in the sun and some (well-deserved) holidays, we’re very happy to be playing live again next week. We’re starting the new season pretty intense with the dates listed below. To add to the festivities of the release of “Time Well Spent” and playing all these shows, our friends from the UK, Head of Programmes, are joining us for the week.

This awesome little van is going to bring us all over the place, so there’s no excuse not to join us too on one of these occasions:

  • Friday 10th September at Cafe de Flierefluiter in Apeldoorn.
  • Saturday 11th September daytime: Festival aan de Springweg in Utrecht. We are playing at 11.00 am and 14.30 pm.
  • Sunday 12th September in the afternoon at the Intercultureel Theehuis/Kargadoor in Utrecht and in the evening at Cafe Lokaal Vredebreuk in Den Haag.
  • Monday 13th September in Amsterdam at Cafe Dwaze Zaken from 21.30.

If you wish to attend to our EP presentation/party on 11th September please send an email and we’ll tell you if we’re able to save you a seat.

Hope to see you soon!

Rolof, Tim, Pete & Anna

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New Song Online

Posted on August 19, 2010 | Leave a comment

We have just received the mastered versions of our new live cd “Time Well Spent” and we are pleased to be able to share with you a snippit of what’s to come. The second song from the EP, “Mammalian Skin”, is now streaming on our myspace.

“Time Well Spent” will be available in full from 12th September and to co-incide with this release we will be out and about in the Autumn months. We are excited to have been invited to play the Clifden Arts Week in September and just before we will be playing a few shows with our English friends Head of Programmes throughout the Netherlands.

Keep checking back for updates in the coming weeks, comprising new videos from the recordings and snippits of the new record.

Thanks for reading.

Anna, Tim, Rolof & Pete

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12th September is

Posted on August 7, 2010 | Leave a comment

the day Bonanza premiered, Johnny Cash died, Richard Gatlin, inventor of the machinegun and some propeller, was born. Also, it’s the day we release our new EP “Time Well Spent”.

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Done and dusted – New live cd in the making

Posted on July 20, 2010 | Leave a comment

We are just back from Antwerpen, Belgium, where we have recorded our new live cd “Time well spent”. It was a long, tiring and worthwhile 3 days with Peter Acoustic. We recorded 5 new songs in a beautiful old studio in the middle of the city. Recording live was something new for all of us and we are really excited about the outcome.

Once mixed, the songs will be heading to London to be mixed before we get the finished version sometime in August. They will be officially available from 12th September, featuring a new, beautiful drawing by Irish artist Laura Fitzgerald, who also kindly donated her work for our first cd “Builders & Artists” – our paths finallycross in September when we head back to Ireland for 5 shows.

We would also like to thank Bram and Vincent for coming along for the weekend to record the whole experience and we will be posting videos of the recording sessions in the coming weeks.

Enjoy the summer!

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Summer Update

Posted on June 7, 2010 | Leave a comment

With the summer closing in, we wanted to give a quick update of how things are in the Goodwin Sands camp.

Recording – In between playing regularly in the last few months, we have been busy writing new songs for our new EP, which we will be recording in July in Antwerpen, Belgium. This will feature 6 new songs and will be a live recording – something new for all of us involved. We are very much looking forward to this experience.

Shows – To celebrate this release, we will be playing as much as possible in the Autumn and Winter, beginning with a short tour in the Netherlands with our English friends,  Head of Programmes. In the middle of these dates will be our EP Release Show, in Drukkerij Pascal. This will be an invite only show but if you are interested in a ticket then please email us for details.

Westward Ho! – We have been invited to return to Ireland in September for the Clifden Arts Week and we will be heading westbound for 5 shows on the Emerald Isle between 16th and 20th September. All information can be found on our shows page on this very website.

Furthermore, we have two shows in June at Kargadoor, Utrecht (24th) and Skek, Amsterdam (26th).

Thanks for reading and we hope to see you at a show in near future.

Tim, Pete, Rolof & Anna

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