new song, good therapy

Dear people,
Today I take it easy, have the flu, but I went for a cup of coffee at Noderstraun on Schiermonnikoog. I do this every morning, I stare at the sea and look at my smartphone for at least an hour.
I am with my daughters at Schiermonnikoog and enjoy the peace. Yesterday, Christmas Day, I was alone because my daughters were with their father and I used the whole day to write my new song. What a delivery. I have a memory of my mother who is ironing and trying to swallow her tears because I came in the room. I was about eight years old. I was very worried about her. She waited for my father all night.
I will never forget that image of my sad mother, I felt so powerless. I stood there and could not do anything.
When I processed this memory in my new song, I could not continue writing. Some experiences seem so meaningless but can have a huge impact on a child. But the song is finished and now I have to practice it and learn it by head. When my daughters came home, they asked me to get some food from the little store nextdoor. I didn't mind going, and after all I got this big surprise from the island of Schiermonnikoog: I suddenly saw a huge orange moon in the dark! It was just for a moment because there were clouds. I felt so happy by this present, I got really excited. I ran home and took some pictures. After this it was a good idea to go to bed and sleep. :)
Friday I travel to Groningen, where I will perform with Mario in the Pub of Klaas. I am really looking forward to it. Saturday we will play in The Irish Pub in Groningen. I wish you all a merry Christmas!

November here we come!

playing old covers

After many years I just flew into playing some old covers. I just play it very simple and I really enjoy it! Hope you like my coverlist, too.
I will sing this songs in the street... somewhere in Europe.... but you can also book me, just send an email to vogelannette@yahoo.com
YOUTUBE COVER LIST

I just uploaded this one, one of the first songs I sang with a bassplayer who asked me to.

USA roadtrip!

(Dutch translation below)
In August I traveled to the USA with my two daughters and Mario. My Americain friend Jo lives there and she asked me to come over. First I did not feel like it. I am very afraid to fly. But I felt that it was important to go there and meet my friend again after so many years. I met Jo  when I was 18 years old and at that time I traveled in Europe with my backpack and guitar. I made enough money by busking.  I met her in Venice. We have traveled together for a year and had a lot of adventures. I didn't see her for 18 years and so it was really time to visit her! We prepared our trip very well; Jo bought us the bass and guitar and the amps and picked us up at the airport in New York. With te five of us we 've been traveling for three weeks!
I am so glad that I made this trip! It was a beautiful and musical road trip.
We have traveled from New York via Baltimore, Smokey Mountains, Nashville, and Memphis to Fayetteville (Arkansas). And I want to thank all those people who had us and listened to our music. Especcially the homeless man who gave us a little ticket for a free laundry after he listened to our music for a while. We had gigs at several bars and we played in the streets. It was great!
Below is a link from a video that was made in BlueBird Café Nashville.I hope you enjoy the vid!
The other vid shows our roadmovie in 13 minutes.

In augustus vertrok ik naar de USA met mijn twee dochters en Mario. Mijn vriendin Jo woont daar en zij vroeg mij al jaren te komen. Ik had er niet zoveel zin in, de USA is een land wat mij niet aantrok. Maar ik voelde dat het belangrijk werd om daar toch naar toe te gaan. Mijn vriendin Jo ontmoette ik toen ik 18 jaar was en door Europa reisde met mijn rugzak en gitaar. Ik kwam haar tegen in Venetie. We hebben een jaar samen gereisd en het was 18 jaar geleden dat ik haar voor het laatst gezien had.
Ik ben zo blij dat ik deze reis gemaakt heb! Het werd een mooie en muzikale roadtrip.
we hebben gereisd van New York via Baltimore, Smokey Mountains, Nashville, en Memphis naar Fayetteville (Arkansas).
Hierboven een link van een video die ik gemaakt heb. 

Early Bird Rehearsels on Saturday morning

When I met Marianne, the owner of café Zamen , I suddenly was stung by a wasp on my throat. That was quite painful but she did not hesitate  and tried to suck the sting out. That was quit weird, but afterwards we both had to laugh about it. Every week Mario and I visited café Zamen to drink coffee latte and one day she asked if we wanted to rehearse our music at her place. She had heard our music and she said she liked to listen while she was cleaning up the place, early in the morning.
We think so too! And so it happened.

Every Saturday from 10 am we try out our songs, and we meet  people who come over to have breakfast, early lunch or drink tea or coffee. So you, early bird, you are very welcome!
Expocafé Zamen click here: EXPO CAFE ZAMEN

Playing music in a shop...

Lately we sometimes play in a shop. This was in the beginning a little bit weird, but now we think it's a nice thing to do. Managed by a good bookingsoffice and meeting nice people! If we play close to the door, people from the street come over and listen. That's nice :) Feels like busking. 

Little Dublin video

Hi guys, I made this little vid about Dublin. Hope you like it

STUCK in Dublin!

Well, we couldn't get away.... all flights were cancelled because of the BEAST of the EAST...
We were in a queue for almost 6 hours at Dublin Airport on Wednesday Februari 28th and finally we couldn't get away till Saturdaynight March 3rd

It was no big deal. We love Dublin, we love the people, the music. The storm was heavy, but we stayed at the Abraham hostel and it was warm and cosey upthere.

I played in the street again, my fingers were frozen. Yes, it was so cold that i couldn't feel my fingers anymore, i had to be more carefull, but people liked what I was doing and it was worth it.

Annika sang a song in The Celt, she did that very well!

So I am home again, had a great time, really, thank you Dublin! 

Dublin februari 2018

So here i am and my two beauty ful daughters are with me, having a great time in this nice city which is full of pubs and live music.

Its cold outside so its a bit hard to busk, still its allright. I found just one small alley, not much people but good enough for me. The Grafton Street is really to wide, most buskers got amplifiers.
I bought this guitarelele,  have to get used to IT a lot, its tuned in A, so i need to play other chords.
Last night i went to Bleeding Horse, i was surprised how cosey and relaxed this famous
 pub is. Played two songs of my own there.

Dublin here I come!

Hi guys,
I am happy to tell you that I will take my two beautiful daughters to Dublin at the end of this month!
We are planning to busk but I am not sure how to take a guitar in the plane, I hear many bad stories about flying with a guitar. I have to think about it, but I will find a way out.
For sure I will play right here:
Sunday February 25th I will play at the Appollo sessions in The Bleeding Horse/Bleeding Horse, Camden Street, Dublin 2 / 

Monday 26th at the : International Bar in DUBLIN/ Ireland

At daytime you can find me as a busker somehow, somewhere in Dublin...

And other great news: Mario and I will record another CD! I have written so many new songs last year, so we decided that we will record our music in April.

So we will not perform so much these month, but if you wanna know where we play, take a look at my website www.annettevogel.nl www.annettevogel.nl

If I got more news about my trip to Dublin, I will let you know as soon as possible!
See you! X

My life in 2017

Hi folks,
Here I am again and I wish you a happy new year!

Last year was for me a very busy year. I have been playing a lot, mostly together with Mario.
In Summer 2015 me and the father of our daughters decided to break up our relationship after we've been together more then 20 years.A divorce is always drastic, even if we have decided this together. It brought me a lot of pain and sometimes I still find it difficult to be on my own again.
It helped me to write some songs about this divorcion, like  BLUE RAIN and CHANGED

In January 2017 I started a new relationship. Of course I had known Mario much longer, but it took me a year to realize that I had fallen in love with him as much as he was in love with me.

A difficult aspect of my life is that I  suffer from an anxiety disorder and so I got sometimes panic attacks. I really thought that I was recovered from this kind of emotions, but since I started a new love affair it's sometimes really hard to handle myself. Anyways, when I play a lot of music then everything seems to be allright. Music makes me feel alive!


Last summer I organized SchierSong Festival and I already started to programme a new Festival for this year!

Last year I played almost every weekend and still we are doing well.

A new event is that my youngest daughter  ANNIKA started to like singing again! So we do some Adele and Ed Sheeran covers together and sometimes she performes with me.

Also new is that I will start a course at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam. I will learn again a lot about teaching music. I used to study music in Groningen, but this is a very long time ago, so I am happy that I have been admitted after my audition.

The best thing what happened to me last year is that I started to busk again! This was very good for my self confidence! I sort of found back an old identity of mine. Just sitting in the streets and singing. Meeting all kind of people.

We did a whole lot of Performancestraat everywhere in the Bergerlands, one of Them you van watch here

Annette in café Langereis

As you maybe know I have been living in Groningen for half of my life. It's always a great pleasure to go back there and have some musical perfomances. That's what I did in the last week of 2017.

We played in the Irish Pub and the Kroeg van Klaas and had a really nice time with the locals! 

Kroeg van Klaas - Groningen

Irish Pub (Kattendiep) Groningen

Last but not least, I still organize SWAN, songwriters AmsterdamNoord, ( SWAN ) and so, if you are interested to play there, send me an email! 

AND WHY NOT SHARE THIS 2017 VID? 

I almost forgot one thing, I have been interviewd by this Dutch radio man, but it's not really about music, its about life... a vision on life, a philosophy. I could not watch it myself, that's really too much for me, and the interview is way to long, but still, you can find it right here if you are curious. Anne Vogy

So for the new year, I wish everybody as much as happiness as possible, even if times are hard.
Love and Hugs,
Annette live at Café langereis

Supermarket flowers (Ed Sheeran) / acoustic cover