(May 2010) Graze wrap up a long period of live music with a CD-release with 5 new tracks and nieuwe tracks and with a main stage live show in the composition of the most succesful period of the past 12 years: with Albert-Jan Vink on guitars and Liane Hoogveen on vocals. Also the last EP has been recorded with these members, which has led to gigs in the USA and UK, a nomination for a Hollywood Music Award and various live gigs on Dutch national radio 2 and 3FM. The recordings are taking place at the DK-Music Studios in Lage Vuursche in the Netherlands. The record will list 5 songs, of which 'You Say' has already appeared on the live DVD and 'A little too late' has been heard at various live shows. The show will take place during the Hilversum Alive festival on Market square. <...index...>
(January 2009) While behind the scenes, Graze is working hard on writing new material and preparing CD recordings for later in 2009, efforts on creating more international exposure also continue. In March, this 4 piece band with guest guitarist Dick will travel to Italy for a theater show and in May, a gig at the world famous Cavern Club is scheduled. In this legendary club, the Beatles have performed as much as 292 times. Also other famous acts, such as the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, Elton John, the Who, Focus, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys and many many more have done the Cavern Club. Between May 20 and 26, Graze has the honor to play this venue in the light of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. This international festival is aimed at promoting upcoming artists in Pop music. The kick off is in Phoenix in February and then throughout the rest of the year there will be IPO festivals in Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Liverpool, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver BC, New York, Cleveland, Boston and Toronto. <...index...>
(August 2008) The track "Forgive me", from the EP "Hesitate" has been nominated for an award at the Hollywood Music Awards. Honoring a variety of music styles, from traditional to experimental, the awards show will give equal attention to both signed and unsigned music artists for their music recordings
Graze is one of the nominees in the category "Pop". On November 20, the anouncement of the winners will take place at the red carpet style gala dinner event at the Hollywood Highlands in the world famous Kodak Theater Complex in Hollywood, California. <...index...>
(July 2008) The track "Question", from the EP "Hesitate" has been released on the double CD "Females on Fire 3 " that is being distributed internationally. The artist Gilli Moon with her record label Warrior Girl Music is behind this initiative. Her aim is to promote women in music. The CD is available in retail in the US, Canada and Australia, but is sold via the internet and distributed within the music industry for artist promotion. Two earlier versions of "Females on Fire" double-CD have been released, featuring 65 international artists. <...index...>
(February 2008) "Graze are a pop-rock band based in the Netherlands. While the music is primarily rock, the soulful voice of lead singer Liane Hoogeveen gives their music a whole new dimension. “Forgive Me” would be an average rock track but her voice gives it a passion that makes it work.
Luckily there is more to the band that just a strong lead singer. The compositions are put together well and take inspiration from other musical styles in a way that works, like the jazzy riff in “Hesitation”. The lyrics also have a refreshing honesty to them which comes across well with a female lead.
Graze are an exciting band with great potential, with styles harking back to big acts of the 80s and 90s like The Cure and Skunk Anansie, there is nothing else quite like them out there just now." <...index...>
(February 2008) The track Forgive me has been released on the new SonicBids promotional Compilation Album, titled:"Sonicbids Listen Volume 4". This promotional CD is printed in 5000 copies and will be distributed world wide to professionals in the music industry, including festivals, lables, booking agencies, venue owners, magazines etc. It contains 18 tracks, mostly from USA based bands. Graze is proud to be one of the 5 bands from Europe on this CD. <...index...>
(January 2008) In the early moring of Saturday, May 3rd, Graze will make their appearance in the radio show "NachteGiel" of the Dutch ShockJock Giel Beelen. Apart from the typical Giel style conversations, Graze will perform 2 tracks live. The show will be filmed and broadcasted live on Dutch national TV station "Nederland 3". During the show, you can call Giel from the Netherlands on 0909-1336, you can send SMS text messages from the Netherlands to 3333, or send e-mail to giel@3fm.nl. <...index...>
(January 2008) Graze is Featured Artist in a new internet phenomenon: The virtual showcase club. It's a virtual stage where emerging artists present themselves to a large audience via live videos. Blue Comet Cafe is an American initiative and Graze is honored to be the first band from outside the US to present themselves with video coverage of a true live showcase. The site features 4 videos of Graze, that were shot at the Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati (OH) in September 2007. <...index...>
(November 2007) Due to unforeseen circumstances, the festival gig in Italy that was scheduled for 24 November has been cancelled. Graze was booked for the "Meeting delle Etichette Indipendenti", or "Meeting of Independent Labels"-festival on November 24th and 25th in Faenza (RA - Italy). This festival is aimed at international upcoming talent and consists of a fair and various showcases. The MEI festival draws over 25,000 people, 300+ exhibitors, 300 showcases and live acts, 250 videoclips as well as 150 music professionals and journalists from all over Europe, including more than 40 delegates from the biggest European music institutions: EuroSonic (Holland), Popkomm (Germany), French Music Export Office, Music Export Hungary, Music Export Finland, Womex (Germany), Sziget Festival (Hungary), Fmi2007 (Brasil), ECM Records (Germany), AEPI (Greece), VIP-Booking (UK), Impala/Vut (Germany), and many others. <...index...>
(October 2007) Graze will be featured in the Inside Connection Music Magazine. It is distributed nationally and available free in retail locations as well as music stores, record stores, live music venues, clubs, etc. It is carried by music retail chains such as Sam Ash, Guitar Center and Daddy's Junky Music.
The Inside Connection is published monthly with a distribution of 65,000 issues. It covers all styles and genres, including Indie and major label artists. Past reviews and interviews have included Metallica, Tori Amos, Shaggy, Alien Ant Farm, Chris Cornell, Usher, The White Stripes, Madonna, Korn, Faith Hill, Michael Buble, System of a Down, and many others. <...index...>
(October 2007) "According to the biography, four piece Graze plays 'simply good music'. That they're quite succesful at that is proven by their second EP 'Hesitate', which contains four well crafted rock songs. From all influences that are named on the web site of the band, Skunk Anansie is the most obvious, but Graze is anything but a clone. Opening song Halleluyah is not quite it, but tracks such as Hesitation and Forgive me clearly show the hit potential of the music of Graze, that sounds convincing and can be listened to seamlessly between some of th big names in music. But they could be a bit more adventurous here and there and some details could get a bit more attention. The band is working hard on gaining popularity, who knows if their break through is at hand." <...index...>
(October 2007) On Friday night, the 12th of October, Graze played 'Forgive me' live on Dutch national radio 2 in the NCRV studios during the finals of the 'Knooppunt Kranenbarg Car Classics Composition Competition'. On this Prime Time radio hour of the second largest radio station in the Netherlands, between 200,000 and 300,000 listeners tune in. The Jury's review about Graze: "Vocalist Liane Hoogeveen sounds exciting. The song is quite distinctive, either you like it, or you don't. Well, we from the jury find it very special. The performance of the band is very energetic and the song has the potential for a number-1 position". In the competition, Graze reached 3rd place out of well over 500 contestants. <...index...>
(October 2007) Graze can look back at a very successful mini-tour in the US. In addition to the gigs in Cincinnati and Columbus, a live video-shoot was made of the performance at the Midpoint festival. The American audience received the music of Graze very well. Graze has met a number of people from the music industry, supported the international touring Colin John Band and has visited the studio of Erwin Musper. Videos and Pictures will follow soon. <...index...>
(August 2007) Graze has received a good review / appraisal from the jury of the most important Music Prize in the Netherlands: the Grolsch Grote Prijs van Nederland. Despite the fact that Graze just didn't make the semi-finals, Graze embrace the outcome as recognition for the hard work on new material and live performance over the past 2 years. Three members of the Jury have each given their own view on the total package that Graze has to offer. Hans Rutten comments: "The compositions are professional. The arrangements leave enough space to let the song breathe. Not a note too many. The band plays together very tightly, which is a pleasure to listen to". Michiel Stavast stated Graze to be "a well lubricated machine with good musicians and good compositions, but not ranking very high on originality". Lastly, Mike B gave Graze bonuspoint for admissibility. "Good songs with influences of alternative rock, solid yet poppy. Melancholic, without being theatrical or depressing. It's nice when experienced musicians really play together. Ready to be discovered by fans of Dutch rock phenomena such as Kane and Anouk. Poppy enough for the girls, heavy enough for the boys. Who will sign this band?". He complete his comments with: "Has Pinkpop (one of the biggest and by far the most legendary festival of the Netherlands) already booked an opening act for this year?". <...index...>
(Augustus 2007) Graze features in issue 26 of the on-line Urban Mainstream Magazine. "It is always good to hear international artists. Rarely, have I screened bands from overseas that were garbage. Graze is hot... bottomline. They should be on your top list of indie bands to check out. Liane, who's the vocalist of the band is so strong with a soulful twist in her voice. I love it. Graze definitely is on our top list for Cover Page feature". This on line magazine has over 300.000 readers. In terms, the magazine will also to go print. Graze will also be featuring in that version. Lastly, Graze will be on the cover of issue #36! <...index...>
(July 2007) Graze appears is in the ClearChannelMusic Indie Music charts with their track "Halleluyah". The ranking is based on the number of plays from their site. Clearchannelmusic is one of the important music download sites from the US.
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(June 2007) At the opening of the Midpoint Festival on Fountain Square downtown Cincinnati, Graze will do an acoustic set! The opening is a promotional event and will get radio and TV coverage. It's quite an honor to also play during the opening, next ot our regular gig on the international stage. From the regular performance, a professional audio/video recording will be made, that will be released later this year on DVD.
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(May 2007) Graze will be playing a major music festival in the US: the Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati (OH). It will take place end of September. It's a 4 day Indie music festival where about 300 bands -of which 30 international- will perform in 20 venues all over Cincinnati. It's in fact the American version of the Eurosonic Festival.Good friend Dick Kok (a.o. producer of the CD "Hesitate") will be joining Graze for rhythm guitars. <...index...>
(March 2007) After months of preparation, arranging, recording, producing, mixing and mastering, the new CD is ready! The mini-CD is titled "Hesitate" and contains 4 tracks: the explosive opener "Halleluyah", catchy "Hesitation", beautiful "Question" and captivating and emotional "Forgive me". "The recordings show where we stand today and which direction we've taken. All tracks have been
written over the last couple of months and show that Graze have set a big step towards maturity"
says Albert-Jan. The tracks are available for listening in the Jukebox and for downloading on the
Downloads page. <...index...>
(November 2006) The studio session will take place in January 2007 as planned.
Graze have chosen to record in the DK-Studios, in the middle of the beautiful woods of Lage Vuursche in
the Netherlands. Both production and recording will be in the hands of Dick Kok. Nout as well as Liane
have done studio sessions with Dick Kok before. After having spent an evening going through the plans
and music together with Dick, a unanimous decision was quickly taken in favour of Dick an his studio.
"Dick has a great feel for our music, has many good ideas, and there is the personal click between
him and the band", says Chris. Four tracks will be recorded: "Question", "Forgive
me", "Halleluyah" and, last but certainly not least, "Hesitation". Preparation
of the recordings has started and progressing gently. After the gig in Alkmaar, pre-recording sessions will
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(October 2006) Only a couple of months after release of the last demo CD,
Graze are preparing a new studio recording session, to take place in January 2007. After successful live
try-out of new tracks, such as "Question", "Forgive me", "the Other Side",
"Hesitation" and "A mess", Graze found it is time to release these new tracks on CD,
in order to have a document that well represents the direction that Graze are developing in. Currently
Graze are finalizing the arrangements of the tracks and are in the process of selecting with which Studio
and which producer Graze will work. The new CD will most likely be demo CD, containing 5 or 6 tracks. More
news to follow soon. <...index...>
(May 2010) Graze wrap up a long period of live music with a CD-release with 5 new tracks and nieuwe tracks and with a main stage live show in the composition of the most succesful period of the past 12 years: with Albert-Jan Vink on guitars and Liane Hoogveen on vocals. Also the last EP has been recorded with these members, which has led to gigs in the USA and UK, a nomination for a Hollywood Music Award and various live gigs on Dutch national radio 2 and 3FM. The recordings are taking place at the DK-Music Studios in Lage Vuursche in the Netherlands. The record will list 5 songs, of which 'You Say' has already appeared on the live DVD and 'A little too late' has been heard at various live shows. The show will take place during the Hilversum Alive festival on Market square. <...index...>
(October 2007) Graze can look back at a very successful mini-tour in the US. In addition to the gigs in Cincinnati and Columbus, a live video-shoot was made of the performance at the 
(June 2007) At the opening of the Midpoint Festival on Fountain Square downtown Cincinnati, Graze will do an acoustic set! The opening is a promotional event and will get radio and TV coverage. It's quite an honor to also play during the opening, next ot our regular gig on the international stage. From the regular performance, a professional audio/video recording will be made, that will be released later this year on DVD. 
(March 2007) After months of preparation, arranging, recording, producing, mixing and mastering, the new CD is ready! The mini-CD is titled "Hesitate" and contains 4 tracks: the explosive opener "Halleluyah", catchy "Hesitation", beautiful "Question" and captivating and emotional "Forgive me". "The recordings show where we stand today and which direction we've taken. All tracks have been
written over the last couple of months and show that Graze have set a big step towards maturity"
says Albert-Jan. The tracks are available for listening in the Jukebox and for downloading on the
Downloads page. 