Биография

Inspired after attending a songwriting retreat in Scotland in 2013, Maaike Siegerist left her life in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, behind to study music in the UK. She recorded and self-produced her debut album Born Before the Wind while studying songwriting in Bath. Tom Robinson handpicked several of its tracks for airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music, praising the closing track Keep It in the Dark for its “delicate vocal, poised production, gorgeous chord changes.” She won the Glastonbury FM Songwriting Competition in 2018 for Where Do Sparrows Go? and another competition by the University of the West of England in 2020. Now based in Glasgow, Maaike is writing and recording new songs. Her single, ‘So You Think,’ is a laid-back jazz track featuring some serious piano chops, swinging upright bass, and a chihuahua. It's a response to society’s expectations of women. To look young and beautiful. To leave the technical stuff to the guys. As you may have guessed, she doesn’t think so! It's from the album Little Dutch Songbook, available on Bandcamp.