Elly Zuiderveld-Nieman (born 7 April 1946 in Hilversum, The Netherlands) and Rikkert Zuiderveld (born 5 February 1947 in Groningen, The Netherlands) are a Dutch acoustic singer-songwriter duo, rooted in the Dutch folk tradition. They met in 1966, having released a solo LP each, and started performing as a duo in 1967 and 1968. They were part of a sixties scene of Dutch singer-songwriters singing in their mothertongue. Boudewijn de Groot, Dimitri van Toren, Joost Nuissl and Ramses Shaffy were s...
Elly Zuiderveld-Nieman (born 7 April 1946 in Hilversum, The Netherlands) and Rikkert Zuiderveld (born 5 February 1947 in Groningen, The Netherlands) are a Dutch acoustic singer-songwriter duo, rooted in the Dutch folk tradition.
They met in 1966, having released a solo LP each, and started performing as a duo in 1967 and 1968. They were part of a sixties scene of Dutch singer-songwriters singing in their mothertongue. Boudewijn de Groot, Dimitri van Toren, Joost Nuissl and Ramses Shaffy were some of their musical acquaintances in this era. Elly and Rikkert were, in these years, closely linked with the flower power movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In later years they released songs for children and, during a camper van trip to India, converted to Christianity. Carrying out the Christian faith in song became their main focus. They always remained devoted Christians, but they soon started writing children's repertoire and non-reiligious music again, too.
Music for children, Christian music and folky non-religious singer-songwriter material; Elly and Rikkert leave a vast legacy in all three overlapping categories.
After a career of well over fifty years they announced their farewell tour in 2019, after a life of touring, accompanied by Jan Borger (keyboard) and Dick Le Mair (drums and percussion). Their farewell tour was unfortunately cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown in The Netherlands. Their final public appearance on 15 May 2020 was streamed live on the internet, with no fans in attendance. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
