a balladeer

A Balladeer is a Dutch band, originating from Amsterdam, founded by singer-songwriter Marinus de Goederen. In 2002, the band won the 3FM BuZz Award and another award the following year at the final of the annual Dutch musical contest De Grote Prijs van Nederland. In 2004, A Balladeer opened up for international acts Saybia and Keane and released their first EP: Rumor Had It. The EP featured 4 songs, including the critically acclaimed "They've Shut Down Marks & Spencer", which resulted in considerable airplay in the Netherlands. On 5 May 2006, A Balladeer's debut album titled Panama was released by EMI Music. The single "Swim with Sam" was the first single. It became a hit in the Netherlands. The album was recorded in Brussels in 2005 with Bløf producer Ronald Vanhuffel. Robert Kirby arranged the strings for three songs. In early 2007, the band won a Zilveren Harp, a supporting prize for promising musical artists. In February 2007, their third single was released, a ballad called "Robin II". The second album, Where Are You, Bambi Woods?, was released on 29 August 2008. The album is partly about the year the lead singer lived near Dallas, Texas. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Balla...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)