About us

 

Anois (Gaelic for "now") is a Dutch band playing poetic Celtic music. Elflike vocals on a tapestry of velvety harp sounds and haunting tin-whistle tunes characterize the music of Anois.
Anois was founded in the winter of 1996 and is based around the vocals and compositions of lead singer Veronica Metz. Sources of inspiration are Deanta, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Clannad and the literary works by J.R.R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) and Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights).

Picture of the "old" Anois band, which fell apart during 2010. From left to right: Wim van Noort keyboards, Gert-Jan Greven guitars, Veronica Metz lead vocals, Jolanda Hoogendoorn percussion, Ieteke van der Meulen backing vocals, Marieke Lesparre celtic harp.

Tolkien’s masterpieces 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' include a lot of poems meant to be sung by elves, dwarves, hobbits and men. Veronica set a large number of these poems to music and although record companies were enthusiastic about releasing the album Anois ran into a brick wall of copyright issues…
Another inspiration emerged when she visited, rather by chance, the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth, Yorkshire, (now a museum) in which the Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily & Anne) lived. There she found out that Emily, beside the novel 'Wuthering Heights', had also written many beautiful poems. Since 2005 some of these poems have been set to music by Veronica, Wim and Gert-Jan.
Our CD “Emily Brontë” containing 14 tracks was released on April 19th 2009. You can order the CD by clicking on: music or go directly to the orderform.

Anois is:

Veronica Metz - Lead Vocals
Regina Ederveen - Celtic harp
Ignace Dhont - Sound Technique


Other musicians on the album “Emily Brontë” are:

Marieke Lesparre - Celtic Harp
Wim van Noort - Keyboards
Ieteke van der Meulen - Backing Vocals, Flute
Nick Hubers - Backing Vocals and Percussion
Jolanda Hoogendoorn - Percussion
Gert-Jan Greven - Guitar and Backing Vocals
Kees Mook - Fiddle
Marjolein l’Herminez - Whistle,
Marc de Roos - Uillean pipes