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Bart van der Lee – 18 Aug 2010

We will celebrate our 20th release with a brand new artist: Bart van der Lee. Bart is a singer-songwriter from Utrecht, who grew up in the Phillipines, Thailand and Kenya. It was in Kenya where his interest in music came to life by playing on his mother’s guitar. With his onpolished sound and melancholic tragedy he drags you into the depths of his emotions and shares from his life’s experiences. His new album ‘Between Tall Pine Trees (Sadness & Thunder)’ will be released on Snowstar Records on September 17, and the releaseparty will be in Ekko (Utrecht) Sunday September 19. You can listen to three tracks of the album here
See you in Ekko!

Kensington release video for 'Youth' – 30 Jul 2010

Kensington released their very first music video for ‘Youth’. They had a great time shooting it in the deserted “Dadipark” in Belgium together with Johnny de Jaegher from Poodles On Speed. Check it out and spread the word:

I Am Oak - On Claws nominated for award – 15 Jul 2010

I Am Oak’s ‘On Claws’ is nominated for a 3VOOR12-award. On September 9th, the winner will be picked from the 12 best albums of the last 12 months. Other nominees are Tim Knol, Moss and more… So we feel honoured to have been nominated and hope for the best!

Kensington - Borders out this Friday – 13 Jul 2010

Kensington’s debut full length ‘Borders’ will be released this Friday, and celebrated in Ekko – Utrecht this Saturday (be quick with buying tickets because it will sell out). Unlike their ‘Youth EP’, this will not be a Snowstar Records release (Bladehammer will release it). But we are still very much involved in the booking and management of these local indie-pop-heroes, so we will keep you updated anyway. A release-tour (17 shows!) will be anounced this week, but before that please just come party with us in Ekko this Saturday and Listen to Borders 3voor12’s Luisterpaal

On Trees And Birds And Fire single out now – 06 Jul 2010

I Am Oak’s first single ‘On Trees And Birds And Fire’ is available right now in the iTunes store and to celebrate this, we give it away for free. From tonight on, it will be iTunes’ Single Of The Week, which means you can download it for free for a week. Please do! And then go see the band live on one of the great festivals they’re playing such as De Affaire (Nijmegen), Incubate (Tilburg), Into The Great Wide Open (Vlieland), or Crossing Border (Den Haag).

I Am Oak in Dutch press – 11 Jun 2010

‘On Claws’ is out for almost a month now and the reactions are overwhelming. Some reviews:

‘The most beautiful folk album of the year’ – 3VOOR12
‘Enchanting’ – OOR
‘absolutely one of the best debuts of the year till now.’ – MusicFromNL
‘I Am Oak makes a great impression.’ – PlatoMania
‘Enigmatic beauty… Be warned for addiction.’ – Volkskrant

I Am Oak is also 3voor12selecteert of the month June and is being mentioned on Twitter many, many times:

“BEAUTIFUL. The best cd of a Dutch band this year.” -Nico Dijkshoorn
“I Am Oak, wonderful.” -Carice van Houten
“Discovered the beauty of the music from I Am Oak.” -Leo Blokhuis

Tonight at 21.15 the television channel Het Gesprek will discuss the album in their show ‘De Recensenten’, so better watch it!

And of course, keep checking the ‘shows’-section for all gigs and radio-shows from I Am Oak and all other artists.

I Am Oak on DWDD; the day after – 20 May 2010

We are very proud and happy with all the positive reactions we received and are still receiving on I Am Oak’s performance in De Wereld Draait Door yesterday.
Even show-guests Nico Dijkshoorn and Prem Radhakishun left with signed cd’s and are still impressed.

You can watch the show, and also see the two songs I Am Oak performed before the show started.

The Secret Love Parade on Radio3fm – 19 May 2010

Yesterday, when we were all still sleeping (06.00 AM) The Secret Love Parade visited Giel Beelen in his early morning radio show on 3FM. Listen to their interview here.

I Am Oak on 'De Wereld Draait Door' tomorrow – 18 May 2010

After the beautiful show The Secret Love Parade did in Dutch television-show ‘De Wereld Draait Door’ a few months ago, now our new hero I Am Oak will perform there live tomorrow. So be sure to check it out!
Reviews of his album ‘On Claws’ are coming in and we couldn’t agree more with them; this is already one of the best debut-albums of the year and you simply have to have it.

Popronde for I Am Oak – 11 May 2010

I Am Oak has been selected to join the Popronde tour of 2010. The Popronde is a traveling music festival, which will be held in 25 cities all over The Netherlands. For more information go to this website.

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