Time: 26:26
File: Flac
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues & Americana
Art: Front
1. Why The Caged Bird Sings. (5:26)
2. Heartache Train (3:04)
3. Tennessee River (4:30)
4. Love Labours Lost (4:47)
5. Mississippi Road Blues (4:27)
6. Devil on My Shoulder (4:11)
Nienke Dingemans is a 19 year old singer-songwriter from a little town in the South-West of The Netherlands. Equipped with a strong and mature voice with character and a great musical talent she knows how to impress her audience despite her young age. Not only with her love for Blues, Americana, Country, Jazz and Soul but also her ability to sing from the heart.
Nienke plays (slide)guitar, lapsteel and piano.
Her love for the blues started when she was only 12 years old, simply by making music with two family friends every Saturday morning. Singing lessons from mentor/teacher Caspar de Jonge and regularly attending concerts (Beth Hart, Tedeschi Trucks Band, North Sea Jazz and various other known and unknown artists, make that she kept on growing. At a young age she already went on stage regularly on jam sessions at Gebouw T in Bergen op Zoom, a great opportunity to perform live under the guidance of experienced musicians.
Writing her own songs began when she could accompany herself, first on the piano, later on the guitar. Her lyrics are often poetic and tell a story.
In 2020 she started to work with producers and multi-instrumentalists Jan van Bijnen and Joost Verbraak which resulted in the release of her first EP ‘Devil on my Shoulder’ at the end of 2021. This immediately got her a number 1 at the Americana Roots Top 13 and a number 5 position at the EuroAmericanaChart of January 2022.
With her own songs suddenly things seem to speed up: touring Dutch and Belgian theaters with the show ‘Hoe een Meisje van 14 de Blues kreeg’ together with Verbraak | Van Bijnen and Joris Verbogt, festival shows, a live performance at premier Dutch music station Radio Veronica, live interview on Dutch TV from North Sea Jazz, nomination for best CD by the Dutch Blues Foundation, podcast with Simon Keizer and a column by famous Dutch writer Mart Smeets in the VARA-magazine dedicated to her music.
With the Nienke Dingemans Band she’s support act for Ana Popovic, Jan Akkerman and at the SENA Guitar Night for Adrian Vandenberg. End 2023 she’s invited for a guest performance at the concert of American singer/songwriter Jim Keller at the famous Blue Room Sessions. In October 2023 Nienke receives the award for Jong Blues Talent from the Dutch Blues Foundation. An award which she is very proud of.
2024 already looks very promising as it marks the release of her new album on vinyl: ‘Ain’t No Hollywood Girl’, produced by Verbraak | van Bijnen Recordings. And… as of February she will be touring as support act of ‘NevenProject’, a new musical project of Jack Poels, frontman of Rowwen Hèze. At this tour Nienke will play solo at a string major rock venues in The Netherlands.
Her love for the blues started when she was only 12 years old, simply by making music with two family friends every Saturday morning. Singing lessons from mentor/teacher Caspar de Jonge and regularly attending concerts (Beth Hart, Tedeschi Trucks Band, North Sea Jazz and various other known and unknown artists, make that she kept on growing. At a young age she already went on stage regularly on jam sessions at Gebouw T in Bergen op Zoom, a great opportunity to perform live under the guidance of experienced musicians.
Writing her own songs began when she could accompany herself, first on the piano, later on the guitar. Her lyrics are often poetic and tell a story.
In 2020 she started to work with producers and multi-instrumentalists Jan van Bijnen and Joost Verbraak which resulted in the release of her first EP ‘Devil on my Shoulder’ at the end of 2021. This immediately got her a number 1 at the Americana Roots Top 13 and a number 5 position at the EuroAmericanaChart of January 2022.
With her own songs suddenly things seem to speed up: touring Dutch and Belgian theaters with the show ‘Hoe een Meisje van 14 de Blues kreeg’ together with Verbraak | Van Bijnen and Joris Verbogt, festival shows, a live performance at premier Dutch music station Radio Veronica, live interview on Dutch TV from North Sea Jazz, nomination for best CD by the Dutch Blues Foundation, podcast with Simon Keizer and a column by famous Dutch writer Mart Smeets in the VARA-magazine dedicated to her music.
With the Nienke Dingemans Band she’s support act for Ana Popovic, Jan Akkerman and at the SENA Guitar Night for Adrian Vandenberg. End 2023 she’s invited for a guest performance at the concert of American singer/songwriter Jim Keller at the famous Blue Room Sessions. In October 2023 Nienke receives the award for Jong Blues Talent from the Dutch Blues Foundation. An award which she is very proud of.
2024 already looks very promising as it marks the release of her new album on vinyl: ‘Ain’t No Hollywood Girl’, produced by Verbraak | van Bijnen Recordings. And… as of February she will be touring as support act of ‘NevenProject’, a new musical project of Jack Poels, frontman of Rowwen Hèze. At this tour Nienke will play solo at a string major rock venues in The Netherlands.
Devil On My Shoulder FLAC
