New Album "Voya" by Tineke Postma Out Today!
Hi there, I hope you are very well! This is a very special day for me; my new release VOYA featuring Theo Bleckmann is out on today! The album is available on all platforms and released by Clap Your Hands (Zwitserland) (Please consider Bandcamp, this platform is so much more supportive of musicians and advocating for a fair music industry). Watch our release video here to get an impression of our studio session. I'm beyong excited for this album to be released and so stoked that my journey keeps on unfolding in many so many beautiful ways, along my group consisting of David Dorůžka (guitar, Prague), Robert Landfermann (double bass, Cologne), and Tristan Renfrow (drums, Amsterdam). After years of touring across the world together with my group, I really am proud that we have developed a personal sound and approach.
I invited Grammy nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann (New York City) to join us for this recording which turned out even more beautiful then I could have imagined.
Here you can watch the short interview we did where we talk about our collaboration; we clearly love eachothers music and to hang out and play together! Theo is known for his genre-blurring work across jazz, new music, and experimental sound and I'm so thrilled to begin this new collaboration with one of my most favorite vocalists on the international scene today- we'll tour in December 2026.
The album title VOYA reverberates on multiple planes. It calls upon “voyage,” a passage outward and inward; pays tribute to “the voice,” honoring Bleckmann’s presence as instrument; and lastly, this album title expresses Oya, the Yoruba wind goddess of transformation, breath, and storm. Here, VOYA becomes a journey through wind, voice, and spirit—a space beyond sound, a vessel for listening and reflection. The artwork of VOYA comes from Johanna von Oldershausen, who also made the artwork of my previous album ARIA. This work is a collage of pictures and is called "Traunsee". Some quotes: "The coupling of your sound with voice as well as guitar is very complimentary to the way that you play and compose music. I'm super proud of you. This piece is a winner!" Greg Osby “The entire album is a testament to Postma’s mood-creating mastery” Downbeat
TOURING We'll start this December with a release tour with the quartet: 08 Dec Maastricht, NL - Lumière Jazz Nights 11 Dec Amsterdam, NL - Bimhuis 12 Dec Esslingen, DE - Jazzkeller 13 Dec Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE - JazzGAP
Touring with Theo plus my group will happen next year. Please stay tuned and follow me on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook & my website. Thanks so much for reading this, your support is very valuable to me and I'd love to hear from you! I would be very happy to stay connected, and to hear about your impression of this album, your feedback means everything to me. All the very best and I hope to see you at one of my shows! Tineke
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