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Jester of the King

Acoustic poprock with a touch of folk

About Me

Jester of the King makes acoustic poprock music with a touch of folk, jazz and americana. Shows brought Jester of the King to all kinds of places in the Netherlands. Jester played at many music café..s and theatres. The band also played at national radio stations (3FM and Radio 2) and festivals like the Flevo festival. Bandmembers are singer-songwriter Judith Moerman (vocals & guitar), bassist Erwin Talens, guitarist Oscar Schuiling (also backing vocals) and drummer Bob van Sprundel. They live in Holland (The Netherlands). Bandmember and producer Edwin Huits lives and works in Japan.

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Member Since: 8/9/2006
Band Website: jesteroftheking.nl
Band Members: Judith Moerman, Oscar Schuiling, Erwin Talens, Bob van Sprundel.
Influences: Band founder and singer-songwriter Judith Moerman grew up listening to Irish folk, all kinds of singer-songwriters and American rock´n roll. These influences are still to be found in Jester of the King's music. The band members love music, from soul to classical music and from quiet acoustic songs to hardrock and metal.
Sounds Like: Jester of the King's music has been compared to music made by Cowboy Junkies, Fairport Convention, Joni Mitchell, Heather Nova, Annie Lennox and Over the Rhine. Feel free to make up your own mind!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

pop rock choir / recording backing vocals

It was really cool seeing Edwin again. He's safe back in Japan and we've started recording. Judith is working on the backing vocals of Do's and Don'ts. We're looking forward to June 14, we'll be ...
Posted by Jester of the King on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:08:00 PST

It´s a boy

Judith and her husband have become the proud parents of a healthy son! Mother & child are OK. The band is having a break now, but we’ll go "back to work" as soon as it’s April. Well, "...
Posted by Jester of the King on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:57:00 PST

New videos online

We're not lazy, it's just... we don't take the time to write English blogs. Sorry! :-) We just added a couple of videos to the band profile, we hope you like them. If so, you can watch much more video...
Posted by Jester of the King on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:21:00 PST

guitar players & Jester of the King

We never expected that this many guitar players would respond to our add. The first audition was last Saturday. Of course we're glad that so many people responded, but it's not cool to call reall...
Posted by Jester of the King on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:12:00 PST

encounter with a Beatles-barber / recording songs

My hairdresser must be a Beatles fan. That's what I just thought while looking in the mirror. I'm not a real fab four fan. Well, never mind, my hair will grow back again. And if Jester of the King is ...
Posted by Jester of the King on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:42:00 PST

guest musician: accordionist Nihad Hrustanbegovic

We're planning to start recording the drums for "Do's and don'ts" next weekend. And some cool news: accordionist Nihad Hrustanbegovic is going to play with us on one of our new songs! Pop rock and acc...
Posted by Jester of the King on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:06:00 PST

Jester of the King band member involved in car accident

Our band member Edwin Huits got involved in a car accident in Japan. We're very happy to tell you that Edwin has survived the rollover of his car. He seems to be completely healthy. His computer has b...
Posted by Jester of the King on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:40:00 PST

Jester of the King in Japan

Dutch artists are not very well know in Japan. Nobody here has heard of dj Tiësto and when I (Edwin) set foot in Japan, nobody knew pop/folkrock band Jester of the King. But I'm working on it: mo...
Posted by Jester of the King on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:08:00 PST

acoustic folkrock / pop music = lesbian..?

Myspace is fun but funny things occur too. Today we got a  request to join the "lesbian webcam group". Since none  of us are lesbian and we don't fancy a webcam around while recording s...
Posted by Jester of the King on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:30:00 PST

OK, beats per minute for real this time :-)

... recording a guidetrack for "What's that you say" wasn't as easy as I expected it to be. I had to figure out the ideal number of beats per minute first and that took more time than I planned :-) Bu...
Posted by Jester of the King on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:03:00 PST