25 August 2016
On tour
Ow yes, we’re going on tour! Five shows this November. Tickets are available as of now. Hope to see you there!
21 November – De Oosterpoort, Groningen
23 November – Doornroosje, Nijmegen
25 November – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
26 November – Paard van Troje, Den Haag
28 November – Paradiso, Amsterdam
01 June 2016
Dear friends,
Hey hey hey…. it’s true!
July 1st Room Eleven will do a reunion show at Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht! Old songs only.
We are very honoured it was sold out within 15 minutes.
We’re looking forward to play for you again.
Janne, Maarten, Arrien, Lucas and Tony
19 September 2009
JURY REPORT SILVER HARP
ROOM ELEVEN
Room Eleven’s bio reads like a teenage adventure novel with a girl in the starring role. A plucky, aspiring singer posts a note on the bulletin board at the conservatory in Utrecht: Seeking kindred spirits to write songs with. If interested, contact Janne Schra. Guitarist and songwriter Arriën Molema answers, and they start writing original material together. They debut in the heart of Amsterdam at the Uitmarkt Festival in 2004. Their first album, Six White Russians & a Pink Pussycat is released in 2006. They perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival in that same year. They win an Essent Award and appear at major Dutch festivals: Noorderslag, Oerol and the Liberation Day festival – at two locations, no less. They sell out major venues Tivoli and Paradiso. They play the Montreal Jazz Festival. Their album goes platinum.
A flying start, but there are more successes ahead in 2008. On the group’s MySpace page (because that’s how things work these days), Japanese fans are begging to get to see them play. And so, just a few short years after their first gig, they’re off to Japan for six shows. Next, they’re headed to New York to meet American singer/songwriter Dayna Kurtz. It seems that in a fit of cheek, Janne had sent an e-mail to her idol Kurtz to ask if she might be interested in doing a duet. And Kurtz not only said yes, but she would even provide her studio and her producer, Randy Crafton. Mmm… Gumbo? is released in April 2008, with a sound even more varied than their first album. The spicy Cajun dish of the title was chosen to reflect the group’s versatility, because, like gumbo, the music is a unique blend of ingredients – in this case, ingredients like soul, jazz and folk.
Despite the group’s success, the band remains the picture of modesty. Wherever they go, they exude an irresistible charm that says “sorry, we didn’t mean it!” while at the same time being possessed of the perseverance and self-confidence that shows that they know very well what they’re doing.
The jury appreciates and respects Room Eleven for the fact that they have no problem pushing boundaries, don’t let limitations slow them down and aren’t afraid to just pick up and try whatever new thing they come across. Room Eleven is open-minded, a quality that will certainly continue to open up big opportunities for them in the future.
The jury sees Room Eleven as a true “band’s band” and admires the quality and originality of the music that Room Eleven plays.
With the award of the Buma Silver Harp, the jury hopes that the adventure novel continues to develop into the weighty bio of a long and successful career.
Translation by Kyle Wohlmut
28 August 2009
SOUTH AFRICAAAAA
Hahaha… check this out! I’m on the front page of the
Joy of Jazz festival in Johannesburg with two hot looking South African Jazz musicians and you can
listen to a short interview with me (beware it’s hard to understand… I’m the mumbling kind). We’ll play in Johannesburg on the 28th and 29th of august!
And we are really looking forward to it!! Afterwards we’ll hang around in the wild (dresses in the backpack!) and we’ll certainly stop by some wineries…
27 August 2009
Nomination Gouden Notenkraker
We are nominated for a Dutch music prize: De gouden Notenkraker!
And I switch back to Nederlands…
We wisten niet wat het was, maar ‘t blijkt al 35 jaar een hele belangrijke prijs te zijn.
En wij zijn dus mooi genomineerd. Samen met Ilse de Lange en Gordon!
Heel leuk want ‘t betekent dat we even in Paradiso spelen… voor een clubje podium-goeroes.
We weten al dat we natuurlijk wel/natuurlijk niet gewonnen hebben, dus ga er even voor zitten op donderdag 27 aug 22:45
Dan zie je ons lekker van dat podium af zweten!
25 August 2009
CARRÉ OP NET5
ZATERDAG 22 AUG om 14:00 uur en DINSDAG 25 AUG om 0:15 wordt een stuk van ons optreden “Live in Carré” op NET5 vertoond! Mis het niet als je de DVD nog niet hebt.
Mis je het wel, zoals wij (wij zijn dan onderweg naar Zuid Afrika…) zorg dan dat je een goede reden hebt!
22 July 2009
Nijmeeeege
Eerst was er regen, toen zon, toen een regenboog, toen mensen, toen heel veel mensen, toen nog meer zon, toen liedjes van Room Eleven… en toen een zonsondergang, toen nog een toegift en toen dat hele eind weer naar huis, maar ‘t was zo mooi aan de Waal… zullen we niet snel vergeten!
meer foto’s hiero Janne’s Blog.
22 July 2009
Kroonluchters te koop!!
We hebben zojuist kroonluchters van de theatertour op marktplaats gezet en wel hier:
http://verkopers.marktplaats.nl/2999016
v.a. 250 euro een super mega bijzonder interessante kroonluchter in je slaapkamer? Wie wil dit nou niet?
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