LADIES OF SOUL 2016 | TRIBUTE & DONNA SUMMER MEDLEY

LADIES OF SOUL 2016 | TRIBUTE & DONNA SUMMER MEDLEY

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ALBUM: LADIES OF SOUL 2016

LABEL: DEMP

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 2016

The Ladies of Soul are a Dutch supergroup consisting of Candy Dulfer, Berget Lewis, Glennis Grace and Edsilia Rombley. Trijntje Oosterhuis, also a founding member, left in 2017 to focus on her solo-career.

The Ladies of Soul, already connected through relatives and friends, were first brought together in 2012 for a series of Whitney Houston-memorial-concerts in 2012. These were organised by Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Trijntje's producer brother and Rombley's husband. Other singers also appeared at the concerts (Do, Leona Philippo and Tania Kross); only Philipo, winner of Voice of Holland, ended up being invited as a special guest.

In November 2013 they issued a single, I'll Carry You, as a teaser for their first two shows at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome on 13 and 14 February 2014. These were recorded for cd- and DVD-release. Thus setting the blueprint for subsequent editions; three shows in Amsterdam plus one in Belgium at Antwerp's Lotto Arena featuring Natalia Druyts as special guest. Oosterhuis only missed the Antwerp show in 2016, and announced her departure after the 2017 leg which completely sold out. She made a guest-appearance at the 5th anniversary-shows on March 23 and 24, 2018.

The remaining Ladies appeared in na NPO 2-documentary following their preparations for the 2019 leg, as well as their solo-careers.

THE GROUP:

Judith Katrijntje "Trijntje" Oosterhuis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjydɪt (kaː)ˈtrɛiɲcə ˈʔoːstərɦœys]; born 5 February 1973) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She formed the band Total Touch in 1990 with her brother Tjeerd Oosterhuis before she started as a solo singer. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Walk Along", placing fourteen in the first semi-final with 33 points and winning the Barbara Dex Award of the year.

Edsilia Francisca Rombley (born 13 February 1978) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. She began her career in 1995, as a member of the Dutch girl group Dignity. Rombley began her solo career in 1996, after winning the Dutch talent show Soundmixshow, later winning the European Soundmix Show as well the following year.

In 1998, Rombley won Nationaal Songfestival 1998 and represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Hemel en aarde", placing fourth. She later represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "On Top of the World", but did not qualify for the final. In 2009, Rombley hosted season one of the Dutch celebrity talent show Beste Zangers, and will now cohost the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.

Throughout her career, Rombley has released eight studio albums and two top five singles in the Netherlands.

Candy Dulfer(born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist. She is the daughter of jazz saxophonist Hans Dulfer. She began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen. Her debut álbum Saxuality(1990) received a Grammy nomination. She has performed and recorded with Hans Dulfer, Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison, Angie Stone, Maceo Parker and Rick Braun and has performed live with Alan Parsons(1995), Pink Floyd(1990), and Tower of Power(2014). She hosted the Dutch television series Candy Meets...(2007), in which she interviewed musicians. In 2013, she became a judge in the fifth season of the Dutch version of X Factor.

Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (born 19 June 1978), better known by her stage name Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer from Amsterdam. In 2005 Grace represented the Netherlands in the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and in 2018 she appeared on the 13th season of America's Got Talent and made it to the finals.

Berget Lewis WHITHOUT ANY INFORMATION