EVA
Dutch music magazine Oor says: 'Eva's music goes straight to your heart.' And that's the way it is.'
Storyteller? Siren? Singer-songwriter Eva sure is something special. Armed with her voice and her piano, she touches something in everyone who hears her play. She will remind you of things you thought you had forgotten, she will make you smile and she might even move you to tears.
In Eva's songs, the lyrics are as important as the music. Her lyrics are very personal, yet they touch something universal. In some songs, the lyrics are so honest it's almost embarrassing. Others are more reflective. They deal with topics that range from crazy love affairs to the political situation in the world. Most of the time it turns out that there are no real boundaries between these two. It's poetry as well as social criticism, it's entertainment as well as art.
It's personal and political.
Eva studied art and music in England and The Netherlands, where she graduated at the interfaculty of Image and Sound at the Royal Conservatory and the Royal Academy of Arts as interdisciplinary artist in 2005. But she learned most on stage, playing many gigs all over The Netherlands (the Binnenach festival, The Music In My Head festival, playing live on radio 3fm and Veronica television), the UK, Germany and the US (New York and San Francisco).
In December 2006 Eva released her debut album, Metamorphosis. On this album Eva worked together with Pascal Hallibert (Templo Diez, White Sands), Hans Custers (White Sands, Op) and some great guestmusicians to give every song what it needs. Metamorphosis was released on Eva's own label, Birdgirl Records, and has received very good reviews in the Dutch press.
Influences
Jeanette Winterson, Ani Difranco, Joni Mitchell, Marina Abramovic, Arnon Grunberg, Bjork, Kate Bush, Kristin Hersh, Alice Walker, Cindy Sherman, Tracey Emin
