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Sometimes people ask me how I write my songs. The answer to that question was the basis for my new song ‘Oh My Love I Found You’. The love in the title is music. The song is about how I find the inspiration for my songs. I started writing songs when I was a teenager,…

With Christmas in mind I wrote this society critical song disguised as a sweet Christmas carol. I hope to fool everyone who doesn’t listen to the lyrics and I wish to touch everyone who does. ‘With Christmas in Mind’ is about political leaders that create non-existent sharp divisions between groups of people. For me that’s…

Now that autumn has arrived, I look back on the summer that was with nostalgia in my new single ‘Summer’s Gone’. Carried by piano and cello, I sing about the beautiful summer we had and the golden hour of autumn that has arrived. You can listen to “Summer’s Gone” now on: Spotify: Klik hier! Apple…

This weekend 😉 saw the release of a new song of mine. It is called ‘A Strong Start (After a Weak End)’. A motivational song for everyone who has had a bit of a downfall in life. For me it’s quite an experimental song, because I wrote it as an uptempo pop song with some…

My new single is in English this time. It’s called ‘Footsteps’. It’s about the loss of a loved one, who always walked beside you, but now you have to find your path in life on your own. Still, sometimes it feels like she – it’s about my mother who passed away in 2021 – is…

‘Moai sûnder wjergea binne de Wâlden’. In soad minsken kinne dizze wurden en ek it liet ‘De Wâldsang’ – op in meldij fan Mozart út de opera Le nozze di Figaro  – dat yn de bondel ‘Fryslân sjongt’ fan de Afûk stiet. De tekst fan dat liet komt út it gedicht ‘Wâldsang’ fan Harmen Sytses Sytstra…

Ik ha in nije, mear simmerske, ferzje fan Simmerdei útbrocht. Dizze ferzje is mear uptempo en in bytsje heger.De tekst is net feroare. It liet is basearre op Sonnet 18 fan William Shakespeare, wêryn’t hy freget: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Om te ferfolgen mei: “Thou art more lovely and more temperate”….

“O, dan giet it net oer Achtkarspelen,” klonk it in bytsje teloarsteld, doe’t ik sei dat myn nije single ‘Do Bist De See’ hjit. “Mar dat komt noch wol,” sei ik gerêststellend.  ‘Do Bist De See’ haw ik noch opnaam, foardat ik boargemaster waard. It liet is tegearre mei noch in oar liet ‘It Sâlt…

By de doop fan ús trije bern yn 1998, 2001 en 2002 song ik yn tsjerke it liet ‘Ek al bisto noch sa lyts’ dat ik sels skreaun hie. It bart noch geregeld dat minsken my dêr op oansprekke. In pear wiken lyn fûn ik it wer en haw ik it opnaam. It stiet no…