Sophie

1.11.2011 | Kaat

On this beautiful date of the year, 1.11.11, we are pleased to announce that we have a new bandmember in LEAF! Violinist Sophie Zaaijer (Cesair), who was our super cool and stage rocking guestmusician during SummerDarkness last summer, has joined our band as a fix bandmember. We are ofcourse very excited about this. Sophie adds amazing and beautiful fiddle playing to our music (she plays cello and viola as well). You can read more news on Sophie Zaaijerin our bandbiography soon.

Next to this, you can watch two new live videos on YouTube, with Sieben as our guest during the Castlefest 2011. These were filmed by the audience. by Vuurelf
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Also, on this very same day the website www.folk-noir.com, a new musical project by Kaat Geevers and Oliver S. Tyr. Follow the news and listen to the first music snippets.

Blessed autumn leaf greetings,
Kaat | LEAF

Autumn Equinox

21.09.2011 | Kaat

We are now celebrating the festival of Mabon, the second harvest of the year, and these days are considered a time for contemplation and reflection. In my garden at home, we are collecting baskets of grapes, pears, and herbs, and with Bacchus as our house guest, we feel nature's untamed energy pouring through us. It is a fun time, but it is also the moment to look back on the past summer, and to be grateful for our successes and experiences.

We are pleased to look back on a wonderful summer with LEAF. We have had the honour to perform at the annual Summer Darkness festival in the centre of Utrecht, and we played a fantastic concert at Castlefest, together with Matt Howden of Sieben - Thank you again, Matt, for the great times! To all the people who came to this early-morning breakfast concert: you were such a sweet audience! We were surprised to see how many of you showed up and enjoyed your enthusiasm and kind reactions. Thanks!

Oliver (of Faun) and I have started a new band called "FolkNoir" together. This October, we will be in the studio, recording, and a release is to be expected shortly after. For any news on the band, the upcoming website release and, of course, the CD, you can check out FolkNoir's facebook page. In the last few months, many of LEAF's other band members have also been engaged with a number of other musical projects.

In June, Fieke joined the band Kelten zonder Grenzen. Together with Thomas, Fieke has been working on their awesome folk project Cesair. Their music incorporates elements of traditional music from all over Europe and the Orient. Next, amongst her many other projects, Fieke designed the latest Faun CD, entitled 'EDEN' (including the 70-page booklet!), as well as Omnia's en Shantalla's new albums. We are all very proud to see how her creativity and talent is appreciated by so many people, and we look forward to seeing and hearing more of her. Please find out more about her endeavours via www.orchus.nl.

Maryn has recently joined Thomas's band Shireen, and they are working hard, writing new songs and rewriting old material. We are all deeply impressed by this band's unique, spiritual atmosphere and sound, and are eager to hear more of them soon.

Our sweet Chloé, finally, has been on the road almost constantly, touring through Holland and Germany as Omnia's merch-babe. Besides, she has been following some amazing harp courses in Ireland and we just love her new harp songs!

With that, we can look back on an incredible summer, full of creative surprises, in which we have seen many new adventures take root. You can expect to hear from us soon with news on our 2012 concerts and the release of LEAF's EP.

As Mabon will be fading into the afterworld soon, we ourselves will now be saying goodbye to the summer, to welcome the fall and winter... gathering early autumn leaves, rocks and feathers, and remembering lost melodies on our journey home.

Much love,
Kaat | LEAF

Castlefest

07.08.2011 | Fieke

Wow! What a show, what a festival, what an amazingly wonderful experience! We were overwhelmed by the large number of people that came to see our concert on such an early time of day! We had a great time on stage and really enjoyed playing with Matt Howden from Sieben (who we cannot thank enough for his amazing contribution to our music!) We can now confirm he is a true master of magic on the violin.

Our thanks goes to Castlefest and all its organisers and volunteers. To Wim and Richard for the sound and the light. And to the enthousiastic reactions we got after the concert. It felt very special to have to give signatures and have photos taken for fans of our music. Personally I just cannot stop pressing refresh at facebook to see if there are pictures or videos of this special moment!

Many of you asked us for a CD, which unfortunately we didn't have with us.. But, we've got something going on here so none of you have to be disappointed! We will release our tracks digitally on BandCamp!! Shortly said, this is the best way to save a lot of trees, fuel, time (and many other things harmful to Nature) to get cd's to you all by mail. We are still working on the mixes of 3 of the 5 tracks, but you can already pre-order the EP.

Best of wishes to all of you!
Fieke, and the rest of LEAF

Interview with Kaat

21.03.2011 | Fieke

Kaat answered a few questions, for LEAFs very first interview.
Read it on DarkRoos.com.

And don't forget to enjoy the sun!
Fieke

LEAF ft. Sieben

03.03.2011 | Kaat

We proudly announce that we will have a very special musical collaboration on Castlefest 2011:
LEAF will play together with Matt Howden of Sieben! During this special concert we will have Matt Howden of Sieben guesting on our LEAF set, followed directly by a Sieben set where we we will return the favour. We are so very much looking forward to it!

Mr. Matt Howden comes all the way from the UK to join us on our stage with his amazing vocals and violin, so this is something you shouldn't miss!
For more information on the unique sound of Sieben check out www.matthowden.com
For more information on Castlefest, and the schedule: www.castlefest.nl

Next to this, you can now also check out a short compilation clip on our YouTube channel of our very, very first LEAF concert. It took place end of December 2010, where we stood in an arched temple with flowers in a dinner setting...

Early spring greetings,
Kaat, Fieke, Chloé, Thomas and Maryn

Prinsenhof

20.12.2010 | LEAF

We just came back from two amazing and enchanting concert evenings. It was absolutely lovely and an honour to play our songs for such a nice audience and in such a beautiful concert location. You can view pictures of this memorable event in our gallery. And... we will also share some video's on our YouTube channel soon!

We would like to thank our music colleagues and friends of Cesair, Chantel and Lies Sommer (Orfeo) for their contribution to this evening, and everyone else who was there to support us. We had a great time together, both on the stage and backstage. You made us feel comfortable and confident, which was most welcome on our first couple of concerts. Additionally, a very special thank you goes to sound technician Wim Koning, to Freezetag Media who filmed our concert on both evenings, and to Marcel Bakker for the live pictures.

We wish you warm midwinter days,

Kaat, Fieke, Chloé, Thomas and Maryn

LEAF heads for the stage

22.11.2010 | Fieke

As you might have noticed, the first three LEAF concerts have been announced. As the ultimate test, we thought it would be good for our first concerts to be in front of an audience that has never heard of us before. Museum Prinsenhof is a very beautiful location, decorated just for this occasion by world-famous floral artist Pim van den Akker. Together with Cesair, Lies from Orfeo and Chantel we will provide an evening of enchanting music during this special event.

We are sorry for those who are waiting to see us play, but please do not worry, there are some 'not yet confirmed' concerts lying ahead in the near future!

To make it up to you -sort of- I added all the photo's of the photo shoot to the gallery...