Rosemary's Sons

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Rosemary's Sons is a Dutch band that makes music described as mainstream pop/rock and rootsrock. The band formed in 1998. With their debut album on

Warner Music, All in Hand in 2002, they scored a minor hit with the single "Shine", which featured Dutch country/pop singer Ilse DeLange
.

Biography

Rosemary's Sons was founded in

Mega Top 100. Halfway in June, a third single, "Up All Night", was released.[1]

In 2002, guitarist Maarten van Damme (formerly of

Edison
nomination for best new band of 2002.

In 2004, Warner Music announced that they had to terminate the record deals with local artists/bands including Rosemary's Sons. A few months later, the band along with producer Oscar Holleman started the recording process and got the attention of V2 Music. The indie label released Rosemary's Sons' second album in April 2005. The resulting effort, St. Eleanor's Park, contained rootsy roadsongs, some rock songs and a flirtation with jazz and glamrock.

In 2007 Rosemary's Sons started working on their next album. The song "How About It" received airplay at Omroep Brabant in 2008. In October of that year, the band signed a record deal with CNR Entertainment. A month later, Rosemary's Sons were the supporting act of Stevie Ann twice. Stevie Ann also made a guest appearance in the duet "Perfect" on the album Home Sweet Home. JW Roy sings in the songs "Thin Line" and "Mary-Ann".[2]

Members

  • Martijn Hagens – lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Ad van Halteren
    – bass
  • Bart Herber – drums, percussion
  • Thomas Lina – keys, tambourine, backing vocals (joined in 1999)
  • Maarten van Damme – guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, backing vocals (joined in 2001; formerly with Abel)

Discography

Albums

  • Misery Loves Company (1999)
  • All in Hand (2002)
  • St. Eleanor's Park (2005)
  • Home Sweet Home (2009)

Singles

  • "Fall From Grace" (2001)
  • "Shine" (2002)
  • "Up All Night" (2002)
  • "Wrong Way Around" (2005)
  • "Queen of Hearts" (2005)
  • "St. Eleanor's Park" (2005)

References

  1. ^ "Rosemary's Sons". nporadio2.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Rosemary's Sons - biografie". muziekencyclopedie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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