Denise Marie plays acoustic, electric, slide and tenor guitars, sings, writes songs and plays the riq (middle eastern tambourine) piano and ukulele. Genres: folk, blues, jazz, singer-songwriter with overtones of swamp, rumba and musette. Open to many styles….

Denise Marie was born with a gypsy soul. She was raised among goats and wild flowers in upstate New York playing piano and guitar and writing songs about frogs.  At 16 she moved to the wild west of Santa Fe, New Mexico where she befriended hippies, cowgirls, Indians and studied jazz guitar. When she learned to finger pick the blues, a whole new universe opened up.  At a young age she played regular gigs around town as a solo artist and in bands with musicians that were older and more experienced and welcomed “kid sister” with open arms.

   In 1995 she moved to the center of music on planet earth, New Orleans, where she was encouraged to perform the original songs she had hidden in an old shoebox.  There she embraced trumpets, saxophones, accordions and just about everything to do with music, BIG HUG. She recorded with such legends as James Singleton, Johnny Vidacovich and "Sunpie" Barnes, and musical wonders such as Beth Patterson, Gwendolyn Colman, Sam Price, William Terry and worked with a long list of talented musicians. 

   By 2005, she had toured in Europe several times and was there when hurricane Katrina blasted old New Orleans. As a result she stayed in Europe for a long year. While playing in Den Haag in 2007 she was introduced to her music partner Marcel Koster. 

   He was born with drumsticks in his hands, tapping on his desk and legs in school, driving his teachers mad. He played snare drum in the marching band for ten years and finally got an entire drum kit up in the attic, driving his father mad. When he picked up the accordion and began to croon old Dutch classics he was accepted as the musician of the family. Well, that's the drummers cross to bear. 

   Denise and Marcel fell under the spell of a hoodoo moon in New Orleans and brought back the laid back vibe to The Netherlands where they now live. They released a CD “Trees” together in 2021 and are currently working on a new CD. They work as a duo and play in several bands as well as playing solo gigs.

   Denise Marie is also a nature lover, tree hugger, gardener, bike rider and environmentalist who supports anyone who is doing anything to stop climate change and save the other species we share planet Earth with.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS AND PAST SHOWS:

New Orleans: French Quarter Festival, Jazz and Heritage Festival, Snug Harbor, The House Of Blues, The Kerry Irish Pub, The Spotted Cat, DBA, The Maple Leaf, Le Bon Temps Roule, Howlin’ Wolf, Louisiana Music Factory, O’Flaherty’s, Checkpoint Charlie, The Dragon’s Den, Cafe Brasil, The Dream Palace, The Blue Nile, The Apple Barrel, Marie Laveau’s Voodoo Bar, Margaritaville, Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar and more….

New Mexico: The Mine Shaft Tavern, The Cowgirl, The Taos Inn, The Black Box Theater, Summer Scene Festival, El Farol, Tommy’s Bar and Grill, La Fonda, La Posada, The Inn at Loretto, El Dorado, The Tesuque Market, Cerrillos Station and more….

New York City: The Living Room

The Netherlands: Delft Blues Fest, North Sea Jazz Around Town, Monster aan Zee Blues Fest, Zoetermeer Blues Fest, Polder Blues Fest Zeeland, Nacht van de Kaap Rotterdam, Big Rivers Dordrecht, Songwriter Fest Hoorn, Maastricht Jazz Fest, Folkwoods Fest Eindhoven, De Lachende Monnik Dordrecht, De Vrijheid Dordrecht, The Last Waterhole Amsterdam, Taverne Bergen, Zomer op Zuid Rotterdam, Boulevard Bazar Fest Rotterdam, Gemal op Zuid Rotterdam, Cafe van Diggelen Schiedam, Cafe Camille Beverwijk, Hotel Sonnevanck Wijk aan Zee, Muziek Alive-Bringing music into institutions (approximately 700 performances in nursing homes) and more….

Italy: Stradeblue Fest Modigliana, Beebop Firenze, Onda Su Onda Festival, La Bodeguita Livorno, Blues Bar Cafe Cesenatico, Cantone Della Musica Bellusco, Cantina Mediterraneo Frosinone, Cascina Torchiera Milano, Casina Pontormo Bertinoro, Circolo Montemagno, Ecoteca Pescara, La Grotta Foggia, Lido Garibaldi Enze, Macobo Atri, Madamadore Forli, Marina Di Bardi Zoagli, Moody Jazz Cafe Foggia, Pegaso Club Arcola, Rintocco Cinigiano, Santo Graal Trani, Spazio Musica Pavia, La Stazione Urbino, Vincanto Verruchio, Vintage Bar Parma, Arci Locomotiva Osnago, Bar In Piazza Vasto-Chieti, Osteria La Barrocciaia Livorno, Batard San Prospero, Beach Bar Cattolica, Caffe Doria Jazz Club Milano, La Galera Correggio, Jambalive Rapallo, Lab Desir Feltre, Tirreno Caffe Castiglioncello and more….

Germany: Mettman Blues Week, Berlin Guitars, Music Star Noredderstedt Hamburg, Arkadenhaus Papenburg, Cobra Solingen, Anna's Saloon Hamburg, Alte Zollstation Stickhausen, and more….

England: The Marlborough Jazz Fest, Bath Fringe Fest, The Bell at Bath, The 12 Bar Club London, The Troubadour Club London, The Union Inn Devon, Trades Club Hebden Bridge, Sheep Music Fest Wales, The Square and Compass Dorset, The Running Horse Nottingham, Calstock Village Hall Cornwall, The Eden Project Cornwall, The Exeter Hall Oxford, The Prom Bristol, The Barrels Hereford, The Greys Pub Brighton, The North Bridge Inn Exeter, RMA Tavern Portsmouth and more…..

Ireland: Roisin Dubh Galway, Rodden’s Buncrana Donegal, NVTV Televison Belfast, Mullen’s Downpatrick, Hair Of The Dog Belcoo, Seamus Ennis Cultural Center Naul Dublin, The New Music Club Clonmel, Richardson’s Galway, Strand Bar Strandhill Sligo, Finnegan’s Wexford Town, Groucho’s Music Lounge Rich Hill and more….

Scotland: Applecross Inn, Hotel Gairloch, Whistlebinkie’s Edinburgh, Ceilidh Place Ullapool, Hootananny Inverness and more….

Belgium: Crossroads Blues Antwerp, ‘t Oogenblik Brussels, 't Zwemba Beveren and more….

France: Blues au Chateau Fest Bretagne, Summer Concert Uzes