Wendy has been singing since she was a small child,and was eventually singing in bands by the time she reached secondary school.These were bands of varying genres until at the tender age of 16 she discovered folk!Regularly joining her parents at the local folk clubThe Railway Inn, in Lymm, Cheshire, she was bitten by the bugand began treading the path at folk clubsin and around the North West of England.Influenced by the likes of Deidre Scanlon, TrÃona Nà Dhomhnaill,Maddy Prior, Dolores Keane, Niamh Parsons and Karine Polwart,Wendy loves both traditional and contemporary folk,from all sides of the British Isles and Ireland. This is to be heardin the broad range of songs and styles she sings today.Wendy also plays Bodhrán (a lovely blood red Brendan White) and penny whistle.Wendy is of English/Scottish parentageand came to the Netherlands some 15 years ago,where she began her ‘Dutch folk career’ with Bert Haasjesin her first mainland Europe endeavour, the duo “Widdershinsâ€,in which she played for some 5 years.Later Wendy joined the North Holland band ‘Emerald’with whom she gigged in and around the Netherlands and Belgium with,for a further 4 yearsAfter a brief musical interlude and tour to Germany and Hungarywith the dynamic band ‘Dolmen’ she continues to regularly visitIrish/traditional sessions around the country where she is a well known face.Today she is found as the vocalist of the fresh new band Drumlin, filling in for the vocalist voor 'Mind the Midgie' North Holland band, for a year and at open Irish sessions here and there.
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