Last week singer-songwriter Nicole Bus won the 25th anniversary edition of Holland’s longest running music competition “De Grote Prijs van Nederland” (" The Grand Prize of the Netherlands"). The competition was the launching point for many of Holland's major artists.
According to her bio, Nicole Bus - who is Dutch/Dutch-Antillean - is a soulful singer-songwriter with a raw and authentic sound, who at the age of eleven started writing and composing her own songs. Her music is a representation of her believes and deepest felt emotions.
Video of Nicole Bus's winning performance at “De Grote Prijs van Nederland” ("The Grand Prize of the Netherlands") in Paradiso
In 2006 she performed as opening act for the American gospel singer Canton Jones.
Recently Nicole finished a tailor made training program called ‘Harvest Me’ organized by De Nieuwe Oogst led by Tasha’s World. At the end of this program all the participating artists had the opportunity to present themselves in an unique showcase at the new Dutch music conference Buma Rotterdam Beats to a panel of judges from a varying range of international music institutions (universal music GB, warner/ chappell music NL, badboy records US).All the judges present were awestruck by Nicole's performance and praised her UK/US sound.
Nicole Bus's official website at www.nicolebus.nl