About Hanneke Kappen
Born 1954. Hanneke Kappen is a Dutch singer, television presenter and radio DJ.
Hanneke Kappen (born 1954) The group had a minor hit with "Nothing Going On In The City" but disbanded in 1980, just after releasing their first and only album. Kappen continued playing music, including jazz (with her brother, and with guitarist Winfred Buma).
Kappen moved into radio, and from 1981 to 1982 presented the radio program Stampij for the public broadcaster KRO, playing heavy metal and hard rock music. This was only the second Dutch radio program (after the VARA's Betonuur, with Alfred Lagarde, 1976–1982) oriented toward heavy metal. After Stampij she moved to television and presented a number of shows for the VARA, including Wereldwijs, Je ziet maar, and . In 1989 she presented the Kinderen voor Kinderen festival, and that same year presented a show, Avonduur met Kappen, that she herself had pitched to the VARA. For Teleac, an educational broadcaster, she presented Werken aan Werk, and the educational program Plein 1. In 1999 she returned to radio and took over presenting the Sunday morning show Dag Zondag for the NPS. By that time she was a mother of two and spent a lot of time travelling; besides her radio and TV work, she had started a study in communication, hosted conferences and symposiums, and was doing promotional work for the city of Groningen as well as the province. She also played music, in a duo called "Kappen & Klat" with Boelo Klat. She has continued to be active as a musician; in 2005 and 2006 she sang on a CD for the Eastgate project of composer Gerard Ammerlaan and performed with his band, and later formed a duo with guitarist Winfred Buma.
Discography Source: Poparchief Groninger
Some Kinda Woman (White Honey, 1979) Human Electrics (with Gerry Arling, 1989) State of Soul (with Gerry Arling, 1991) Klatwerk (with Boelo Klat, 1994) Kappen & Klat (with Boelo Klat, 1997/2004) Alien Visitors (with Eastgate, 2005)
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Dutch singer and television presenter
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Hanneke Kappen was born on 25 May 1954 in Groningen.
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