Sometimes a song just hits the right spot with people. "Hold On" is a simple little love song that we released a couple of months back, and it's had an unusually good run on SoundCloud. It's like "the little engine that could". It just keeps on keeping on. By now, without any help from anywhere, … Continue reading The love song that also can – “We Needed Us”
Remembrance Day, on Nov. 11, is more than just a statutory holiday for many people, including me. On this day, I remember my brother, Evert, who died in 1994, and my first boyfriend, Ignatius (Natie) Greeff, both of whom were in the Army during the South Africa Border War and the People's War or War … Continue reading A Song for Remembrance Day 2025
The colours of cold - the definitive song Now out is my EP called "The Colours of Cold". The title track with the same name is a love song to snow, and to my significant other. I'm not in the habit of writing love songs - I've only ever written two. And straight-up romance and … Continue reading Love, love, and love…
The lyrics of all the songs on my album "Divan" were inspired by ancient historical documents. The lyrics for "Havn" date back to 1100 AD/CE. The first line, in Medieval Dutch, is: "Hebban olla vogala nestas?", which means "Do all birds have nests?". The name of the song, "Havn", means "haven" or "harbour" - like … Continue reading A little Medieval love song – “Havn”
