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Leine

New album out on November 17th!

About Me

In Leine's songs one discovers the influences of jazz and bossa nova from her childhood. Her warm jazzy voice creates an intimate atmosphere, using lyrics that express her amazement about this world.
Leine wants to touch the listener in her own charming way.
Leine started playing saxophone at the age of 11, and added the guitar when she was about 17. She combined forces with singer-songwriter Lotte van Dijck, and formed the duo Kirke (winner Grote Prijs van Nederland 1997). Until the beginning of 2005 she was hesitant to play her own songs live, insecure about wether they were good enough, and wether her selftaught guitar tunes would stand... But by winning a recording session with the Metropole Orchestra (NCRV's Ongekendtalent competition) and doing more and more solo live shows she overcame her stage fright. Nowadays she enjoys every minute of playing live, she was selected for the Dommelsch Locals Only Tour '07/'08 , Popronde '07 and is winner of the Grote Prijs van Nederland 2007.
At the moment she is working on her second album, and a magical theatre show with famous Dutch poet Ingmar Heytze.
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OOR magazine about “Songs at the Dinner Table”: “....the songs are written and recorded at her own dinner table. That table must have been situated under an olive tree on a warm summer afternoon, with a cool breeze and sunflowers on the table. Because that’s what this record sounds like, relaxed and based on the rythmic guitar…..With “Songs at the Dinner Table”, Leine gets our attention. The next dinner table will be bigger. I wonder on what idyllic spot she’ll put it then.”
LIVEXS : “…this musician wasn’t shaped by others, but knows what she’s doing.... 2007 could be a big breakthrough year for Leine.”
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• BESTELLEN "Songs at the Dinner Table" •
Je kan de cd bestellen bij IT Records , Boudisque , de Jazzwinkel , Plato en Concerto .
• INTERNATIONAL ORDERS for "Songs at the Dinner Table"•
You can order at: IT Records , Boudisque , de Jazzwinkel , Plato and Concerto .
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BOOKINGS: [email protected]
THEATER BOOKINGS: www.vivesco.nl THEATER BOOKINGS BELGIUM: www.artefacts-jazz.com
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DOWNLOAD PRESSKIT (zip file 7 mb)
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Past gigs 2008
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Check out this free download of Leine's version of "A Man Needs A Maid" (Neil Young) for the Coverclub , and find more great covers done by Moss, Audiotransparent, The Gasoline Brothers, Ponoka and Silence is Sexy.
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Member Since: 4/1/2006
Band Website: leine.nl
Band Members: All lyrics and music written by Leine

Leine is: Marjoleine Reitsma - vocals, guitars, saxopohones, accordion, body sounds. When playing live, she plays solo. For now.

The E.P. "Songs from the dinner table" was released in August 2006, additional musicians on it are Michiel Stam, Moss and the best pedalsteel player round here, Rob van Duuren .

Leine is member of the official Amsterdam Songwriters Guild .

See a preview of the theatre show "Elders in de Wereld" with Dutch poet Ingmar Heytze, this song's called "Museumkwartier"


Influences: Stan Getz and all the old jazz singers. But she also listens to: Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Feist, Django Reinhardt, Schönberg, Fauré, Moloko, Motorpsycho, Jeff Buckley.
Sounds Like: Leine’s heard say: Ane Brun meets Feist meets Corinne Bailey Rae meets Emiliana Torrini meets Joni Mitchell meets Fay Lovsky meets Mathilde Santing.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Leine news September 08: Lowlands & special concert in Paradiso!

Hi there,Lots of fresh Leine news! August was a superb month. My show "Elders in de Wereld" with Dutch poet Ingmar Heytze premiered at the Lowlands festival and was een great succes! Today we did the...
Posted by Leine on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:42:00 PST

Leine news June 2008: LOWLANDS!!

Hi there all,At last I'm allowed to spread the news: I'm invited to play at one of Hollands biggest summer festivals, Lowlands! I will be giving a showcase on August 15th of my theatre show with Dutch...
Posted by Leine on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:27:00 PST

Leine news May 2008: theatre news!

Hi there all,Wow... since I began my solo-career I sometimes feel like I'm in an Amélie Poulain movie. Magic things happen. For intstance I just heard my theatre show with Ingmar Heytze (famous Dutch ...
Posted by Leine on Fri, 09 May 2008 01:04:00 PST

PRIMETIME National TV

Hi there,Some of you might allready know I got booked to play at North Sea Jazz. Well, this lucky girl will also be doing a live song & interview on one of Hollands most populair TV programmes, called...
Posted by Leine on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:10:00 PST

Leine news april 2008

Hi there,This monthly update’s filled with jazzzz-news.Finally one of my cherished daydreams just got fullfilled: I got an invitation to play at one of Europe’s main jazz festivals: North ...
Posted by Leine on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:46:00 PST