Previous events

Mar1

Monastery Hotel La Sonnerie

Monastery Hotel La Sonnerie, Nieuwstraat 45, Son en Bregel, Netherlands

With Gait Klein Kromhof (harmonica), Janet Cotraccia (vocal), and Ellen Shae (vocal)

Feb29

Acoustic Night Erkelenz

Acoustic Night Erkelenz, Leonhardkapelle Gasthausstrabe 7, Erkelenz, Germany

With Gait Klen Kromhof (harmonica), Amy Merrill (violin), Kathy Ziegler (piano, vocal), Ellen Shae (Guitar, Vocal), and Janet Cotraccia (Vocal)

Feb28

Podium Cafe 'Peter and Leni'

Podium Cafe 'Peter and Leni', Damsterweg 20, Steendam, Netherlands

With Kathy Ziegler (piano, vocal), and Janet Cotraccia (Vocal)

Feb27

De Bunker

De Bunker, St. Annastraat 60, Gemert, Netherlands

With Kathy Ziegler (piano, vocal), and Janet Cotraccia (Vocal)

Feb26

Roots at Heusden

Roots at Heusden, Bakkerjie Deeg, Botermarkt 13, Heusden, Netherlands

With Janet Cotraccia (Vocal)

Feb23

‘t Schallemaaj

‘t Schallemaaj, Kipstraat 6, Ossenisse, Netherlands

With Kathy Ziegler (piano, vocal) and Janet Cotraccia (Vocal)

Feb22

Razzmatazz

Razzmatazz, Middelburgsestraat 113, Osst-Souburg, Netherlands

With Gait Klen Kromhof (harmonica), Ellen Shae (Guitar, Vocal), and Janet Cotraccia (Vocal)

Feb21

House Concert

House Concert, Marktplein 13, Ardooie, Belgium

With Janet Cotraccia (vocal) and Kimberly Claeys (Vocal)

Feb18

Radio Kippenvel

Radio Kippenvel, Katwijk an Zee, Netherlands

With Gait Klen Kromhof (harmonica) and Ellen Shae (Guitar, Vocal)

Feb16

De Parel Van Zuilen

De Parel Van Zuilen, Burgemeester Norbruislaan 17, Utrecht, Netherlands

With Gait Klen Kromhof (harmonica), Amy Merrill (violin), Kathy Ziegler (piano, vocal), and Janet Cotraccia (vocal)

Feb15

De Drukkerrij

De Drukkerrij, Markt 51, Middelburg, Netherlands

With Ellen Shae (Guitar, Vocal)

Jul27

Red Newt Cellars Winery and Bistro

Red Newt Cellars Winery and Bistro, ‪3675 Tichenor Road‬, Hector, New York

With Ellen Shae (Guitar, Vocal) and Rich Depaolo (Guitar)

Nov30

Podium Cafe - Peter and Leni

Podium Cafe - Peter and Leni, Damsterweg 20, Steendam

Tom Mank (guitar, vocal) and Sera Smolen (cello) with Amy Merrill (violin)

Thanks for visiting our website. We love music!


In April, we got to celebrate a birthday in Ithaca, NY - below are a few songs:

We are currently writing and recording 3 new songs - hopefully they will completed this summer (2023).  We also are planning on touring again in Europe in September of 2024.  

In 2022, I travelled to Europe and recorded two new videos with Peter Bout (bass), Gait Klein Kromhof (harmonica), Kimberly Claeys (vocal), and Amy Merrill (violin).  Unfortunately, Sera was not able to be with us during these recordings.


In 2021, we finished a recording called "Like a Raindrop on a Feather" - all songs written in 2020.  We brought this album to Europe in November, 2021 - touring Germany, Netherlands and Belgium (our 12th European tour).  Joining us on the tour were Rich DePaolo (guitar, vocal), Kathy Ziegler (piano, vocal), and Gait Klein Kromhof (harmonica, vocal).
 

Produced by Rich DePaolo 



In January 2020, we finished a new album of original music - called "We Still Know How to Love" - recorded in Woodstock, NY, Ithaca, NY, and Ooigem, Belgium. The album was officially released in 2020 and was featured in a February European tour of Belgium and the Netherlands (our 11th time!). 

Produced by Julie Last.

While in Europe, we were very happy to have time to record two videos at Sugarbird Recordings in Belgium.  We are very proud of these videos and love these singers and musicians.  Below is one of these videos, the other can be viewed in the "Video" section::

 

Our CD "Unlock the Sky" was released in the US on January 12, 2017. The following singer-songwriters and musicians contribute to this new CD: Jeannie Burns (vocal), Terry Burns (vocal), Kimberly Claeys (vocal), Kirsti Gholson (vocal), Ron Kristy (keyboard, guitar, vocal), Gait Klein Kromhof (harmonica), Julie Last (vocal), and Manuel Quintana (percussion).

Produced by Julie Last.
 

“Tom Mank has spent a number of years developing his own approach to music.  In this song, he seems to have taken the best parts of what he does so well and puts them together.  Tom is cool.  So are the rest of the musicians in this video.” - Frank Gutch, Jr, February, 2018
 



Photos on this website were taken by Theo Looijmans, Monique Nuijten, Wies Van Luijtelaa, Peter Hooven, Wouter Van Luijtelaar, Marcel Houweling, Michel Verlinden, and Bill Staffeld.