Edisons: band without a singer and newcomer great achievers | show

The remaining band members are busy with a fresh start, but Kensington received the play award Monday night at the Edisons in Leusden. With singer Eloi Youssef, the rock band reached great heights in fourteen years, with (many) sold-out concerts at the Ziggo Dome and the Johan Cruijff Arena. Now that Youssef (35) wants something musically different, the band will sound different anyway.

The six-member professional jury calls Kensington’s career “impressive”. ‘In all these years, the band has built a strong and striking body of work’, according to the jury’s report. The band succeeds singer Guus Meeuwis, who received this award last year.

Eye-catching, though not unexpected, is the shower of awards for Goldband. The trio from The Hague, complemented by producer Wieger Hoogendorp, not only won the Edison for Best Newcomer, but also two awards in the song category and in the video clip category, together with the singer Maan. Both awards went to the song. Secretly. Goldband, who had great success last year with Emergency, also won the Popprijs in January. With three Edisons, in the eyes of the jury, ‘the Dutch festival band of the moment’ won the most awards.

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The jury also praised producer/rapper sor (Rosario Mussendijk, 26). She received the Edisons in the hip-hop and album categories. According to the jury, the artist who suffers from hearing problems makes music that you not only hear, but also feel. “A symphony that enters as a triumph,” says the report. ‘or exceeded the limits, for her and for us.’ The album award was given for his 2022 triptych: bae deaf.

The Eurovision S10 entrant had four nominations, the only one leading to an Edison was in the Dutch language category.

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