BUSKERS.

BUSKERS was a band, playing vocal and instrumental Traditional Irish Music (and also some related music, like Scottish). The band played songs and instrumentals, with an emphasis on the songs.

BUSKERS was a pure hobby band and the musicians played on a non-professional basis.

On 2002-04-13 we had a reunion concert in Noord-Scharwoude with the musicians shown below.

The photograph shows BUSKERS in Fahamore, Co. Kerry, Ireland, 1992-08-03, photograph by Maria Postma.

Members of the Last Complete Band.

Ella Huisman

Member from before 1990 until the spring of 1995.
Piano accordion, silver flute, tin whistle, mandolin, bodhrán, vocal.

Rob Baas

guitar, vocal.
Member from before 1990 until 1995 (the end).
Immediately after BUSKERS he started "KILSHANNIG" together with Jan and Frans.

Frans Kouwets

guitar, bouzouki, tin whistle ,vocal.
Member from before 1990 until 1995 (the end).
Immediately after BUSKERS he started "KILSHANNIG" together with Jan and Rob.

Jan Postma

double bass, vocal.
Member from before 1990 until 1995 (the end).
Immediately after BUSKERS he started "KILSHANNIG" together with Rob and Frans.

Wouter Kunz

violin, vocal.
Member from 1984 (the start) until 1995 (the end).

Trix Hamming

Sound engineer.
Member from 1992 until the spring of 1995.
She is now musician in "Shannon".

Eltjo Toorn

Piano accordion, single row melodeon, tin whistle, mandolin.
Member from Jan. 1991 until May 1994.
Before BUSKERS he played with "Stendelaar" and later he played together with Trix in "Shannon". For more info go to

Recordings.

BUSKERS - Kilshannig (CD, BUFO 1001, 1993).

See also buskcd.txt for listing.
End 1992 and begin 1993 BUSKERS made a CD with the musicians shown above.
It was named "Kilshannig" after the village in Ireland, where the musicians of the band spent their holiday in the summer of 1992.
For more information, see the homepage of the band KILSHANNIG.
This CD have had an reissue of another 500 and in Spring or Summer 1999 it will have another reissue (now with a booklet with songtexts).
The band KILSHANNIG organises this and sells them (at their gigs).
It is a bit confusing: the band Kilshannig has the same name as the CD of Buskers.

Other Information.