More than twenty years ago millions of Soviet teenagers abided in the world of rock'n'roll myths. Most of them knew nothing about The Beatles' break-up and mistakenly took, e.g. The Wings' Band On The Run for their new album. Furthermore, the legendary hit Venus by the Dutch group called Shocking Blue, which was written by their guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, was als…

Binnenkort verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Trespassers W En dan nu de polonaise een boek over muziek in Den Haag en Scheveningen. Het boek biedt een zeer breed overzicht van muziek in Den Haag, Van Scheveningse koren tot punk, van Jazz tot Electro + alles wat daar tussen zit. Voor dit boek schreef ik een…

7/02/1970 “Venus”song #1 in USA !!!

This is a very special song, sung by our dearest Mariska for her very close friend and colleague Peter Tetteroo (Tee-Set). When Peter knew he was dying (a few days before his passing away we were at his place in Delft), he asked if Mariska would sing the 'Ave Maria' for him.

Mariska knew that she couldn't do this live, so we recorded it at home. It is truly amazing that it became what it is, because we cried immensely during the recording (Peter unfortunately never heard the result, bu…

This was a very overwhelming day, the 24th of November 2007. Divided in three moments on that day there were 8,000 people present to honour their loved ones by planting a tree. Just to give you an impression how many people die each year by this terrible illness. The Queen Wilhelmina Woods (Koningin Wilhelminabos) is truly a beautiful place with…