Ladies of Soul

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Ladies of Soul
Ladies of Soul (2015)
Background information
Origin	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Genres	Pop Soul Disco
Years active	2012–present
Labels	DEMP
Associated acts	Total Touch
Website	www.ladiesofsoul.nl
Members	Candy Dulfer Glennis Grace Berget Lewis Edsilia Rombley
Past members	Trijntje Oosterhuis

The Ladies of Soul are a Dutch supergroup consisting of Candy Dulfer, Berget Lewis, Glennis Grace and Edsilia Rombley. Trijntje Oosterhuis, also a founding member, left in 2017 to focus on her solo-career.

History[]

Origins[]

The Ladies of Soul have shared childhoods; Oosterhuis and Lewis were neighbours, Rombley and Lewis became best friends and Oosterhuis and Dulfer were connected through relatives. All five of them ended up pursuing careers in music and making guest-appearances at each other's performances.

All five of them got together in 2012 for a successful series of Whitney Houston-memorial concerts; these were organised by Oosterhuis' brother Tjeerd (Rombley's husband). Other singers to appear at "In remembrance of Whitney Houston" were Do, Leona Philippo and .

By popular demand, the Ladies continued their collaboration with Tjeerd Oosterhuis for a big event. This resulted in 2014 in a Valentine Day's concert at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome, dubbed Ladies of Soul.

Do was to join as a sixth member, but it never happened; on January 21, 2017 she revealed on the RTL Boulevard-show that she was recovering from her first pregnancy while the others endured tight rehearsing schedules. It has never been explained why Kross didn't join. Only Philipo, winning contester of The Voice of Holland, would be invited as a special-guest at the first edition.

In November 2013 the Ladies issued a single, I'll Carry You, as a teaser for their two sold out concerts on February 13 and 14, 2014. These concerts were successfully recorded for cd- and DVD-release. In 2015 and 2016, the Ladies played four shows each year; three in Amsterdam and one in Belgium at Antwerp's Lotto Arena featuring Natalia Druyts as special guest. The 2015 shows were promoted by the single Up Till Now. Oosterhuis was unavailable for the 2016-show in Antwerp because of her pregnancy. In 2017 the Ladies finally sold out all three nights at the Ziggo Dome. Four months later, June 2017, Oosterhuis announced her departure; she wanted to focus on her solo-career and explore new grounds that didn't fit the Ladies' image. Oosterhuis made a guest-appearance at the 5th anniversary-shows on March 23 and 24, 2018.^[1]

The remaining Ladies appeared in an NPO 2-documentary following their preparations for the 2019 leg, as well as their solo-careers.

In 2020, the Ladies announced a show for November 20, but due to the corona-pandemic it was rescheduled to July 2, 2021. On February 12, 2021 the Ladies released a cover-version of Leo Sayer's When I Need You.

Members[]

• Edsilia Rombley (aka Lady E)
• Candy Dulfer (aka Lady C)
• Glennis Grace (aka Lady G)
• Berget Lewis (aka Lady B)

Former member[]

• Trijntje Oosterhuis (aka Lady T; 2012–17)

Discography[]

Live albums:

• 2014 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome
• 2015 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome
• 2016 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome
• 2017 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome

Singles:

• I'll Carry You - 2013
• Up Till Now - 2014
• Feel Good - 2015
• Higher - 2015

Video/DVD:

• 2014 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome
• 2015 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome
• 2016 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome
• 2017 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome
• 2018 Ziggo Presents: Ladies of Soul Live At The Ziggo Dome

References[]

External links[]

• Official site