Myn blauwe bruja [2006, Nynke Laverman, 2:58]

Sowing seeds afresh, despite everything

After the understated melancholy of her debut album Sielesâlt (‘Soul Salt’), Nynke now presents something more colourful in her second album, De Maisfrou (‘The Corn Woman’). The texts about love and surrender were specially written for this project by poet Albertina Soepboer, and some songs were written by Nynke herself. The Corn Woman symbolises someone who, despite setbacks in life, has the courage to keep sowing all over again.

Credits

The music, with its Spanish, Mexican and Argentinian influences, is written by different artists, including Fernando Lameirinhas, Theo Nijland, Tiago Machado and Wende Snijders. Nynke develops the musical arrangements together with her musicians: Sytze Pruiksma (percussion), Ward Veenstra (guitars) and Joël Groenewold (double bass). Sebastiaan Koolhoven is in charge of the string quartet arrangements. Hambre del alma is added to the album as a bonus tracsk.