Amber Arcades

Amber Arcades performing Benjamin

Amber Arcades (born December 15, 1988) is the stage name of Annelotte de Graaf, a Dutch singer-songwriter from Utrecht.[1][2]

Biography

De Graaf holds a master's degree in law, and worked as an assistant for war crimes tribunals at the United Nations; as of 2016 she held a position "assessing the claims of refugees granted asylum in the Netherlands who are seeking to have their families brought over."[3] Her music career began when she self-recorded an album in New York City, funded by savings she had amassed since her teenage years.[3] Her output attracted the attention of Heavenly Recordings, which released her debut full-length album, Fading Lines, in June 2016.[4][5][6]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Review, MusicOMH
  2. ↑ Interview in NRC 4 Feb 2016 in Dutch, visited 15 Sep
  3. 1 2 Amber Arcades: the war crimes expert who funded her album working shop tills. The Guardian, June 20, 2016
  4. ↑ Review, Pop Matters
  5. ↑ Review, The Guardian
  6. ↑ Review, The Skinny
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