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Here is a short video of our gig at the Breda Jazz Festival 2023. We had a great show and here you can see Lars do his magic on the song “Blues as blues can get” . Enjoy!

With great sadness and pain in our hearts we want to let you know through this way that our sound artist Arjan van Dijk passed away last Friday, May 5. We knew there would come a time when he would lose his rock-hard battle against cancer but the shock remains enormous. Exactly two weeks before his passing he still mixed us up in Germany and we made fine memories together for one last time. This enormous perseverance and unparalleled drive is characteristic of how we have been ‘on the road’ with Arjan for more than 10 years. He has shaped... Read More

We got some great video;s from our show in the Hedon Zwolle (NL) and we made a nice oromo trailer for the band. Check it out;

We are proud to announce that our CD ROYAL TEN is nominated for Blues CD of the Year 2022 by the Dutch Blues Foundation. Feel free to vote through this link: Vote Blues CD 2022

After a fantastic sold-out show in de Bibelot Dordrecht, we are on our way to Germany and Austria for some very nice gigs. We’re very excited to be in Germany and Austria again and hope to see you all at the shows. 20 Jan – Haus Eifgen – Wermelskirchen (GER) 21 Jan – Club Bastion – Kirchheim unter Teck (GER) 22 Jan – Bluesclub Chiemgau – Rimsting (GER) 23 Jan – Rockhouse – Salzburg (AUT) For tickets check the Tourdates

This Sunday afternoon, September 11, I will play with Rich Wyman (USA) in De Cactus Hengelo. This man with his great voice and piano is a great performer and songwriter. I am looking forward to it! There are still some tickets on https://www.decactus.nl/.

31 years ago I (Ruud) played with Albatross at the Waterpop Festival in Wateringen and tonight (Friday, July 22) we get to play there with King of the World on the 45th anniversary. Fantastic Festival! Don’t miss it!

After a long lockdown we’re allowed to play again. It is till restricted with seated concerts but we are delighted that we can start our King of the World CD tour on the 4th of February!! For tickets and dates check the tourdates!!

Cafe De Cactus Muziekcafe, Kleinste Podium van Twente Tickets decactus.stager.nl/web/tickets/111146669 Openbaar  · Iedereen op Facebook en daarbuiten Op woensdag 19 januari a.s. worden theaters in heel Nederland eenmalig omgebouwd tot kapsalon. En wachten bij de kapper is nog nooit zo leuk geweest! Ondertussen treden er cabaretiers, muzikanten en acteurs op, waaronder: Youp van ‘t Hek, Freek de Jonge, Bert Visser, Brigitte Kaandorp, Jochem Myjer, Henry van Loon, Ton Kas, Roué Verveer, Dolf Jansen, Claudia de Breij, Yentl en de Boer, Theo Maassen, Ed Struijlaart, Diederik Ebbinge en Sanne Wallis de Vries. **Theater De Cactus verandert eenmalig in een dependance van “Baard en... Read More