Back on track and good to hear some nice reviews 🙂

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10th July: We are sorry, but we have had to cancel our Gigs on the 11th and 12th July due to personal family matters. We are sincerely sorry and hope for your understanding.

3rd June: A very busy weekend behind us and plenty more to come. After our gigs at the Hoppegarden and then as the opening band in the Kurpark in Hamm as part of the Kulturzeit im Park at the weekend, we now have new exciting news that we will open the „Live im Grünen“ sessions at the renowned „Büdchen“ in Osnabrück on the 18th June. Details can be found on our Gig Page. Time flies when your having fun! 🙂

19th May: The season is starting and promises to be a lot of fun! After a wonderfully cosy gig in the Vinyl Café in Hamm in February, we had a stunning evening as part of the „Kneipennacht“ in the „Laterne“! So thanks to Hardy and his crew and all the wonderful people who came and gave us their hearts and voices. You were amazing! Now onto a double gig on the 31st May in the Hoppegarden together with Snapshot and then on the 1st June a cultural open-air-highlight in the Kurpark as part of the „Kulturzeit im Kurhausgarten! We are really looking forward to it and hope to see you there.

17th November: 2 gigs in 2 weeks, things are starting to get busy in the run up to Christmas. First off a wonderfully atmospheric gig in the Johannes-Kirche in Lengerich on the 9th November. Great sound and lighting and a wonderfully attentive audience. A real pleasure! Great organisation too so a special thanks to Stefan & Maike.

Then yesterday we opened for a wonderful band called „Headstands“ in the Roter Hirsch in Rheine. Excellent band and a great bunch of people :). Check them out if ever they play near you!

And last but by no means least; we have a surprise in store for you all!! It will all take place on the 29th November so check out social Media channels and this page for more information soon!

27th September: A special day indeed!! Our new album, „Hit The Highway“ has been released on Timezone Records: https://TimezoneRecords.lnk.to/hitthehighway It is available on LP, CD and can be streamed on all the major platforms so please check it out.

8th September: Hi everyone, what busy couple of weeks it has been. First of our gig at the Pflasterfest in Hameln on the 31st August followed by a delayed gig on Friday 6th at the Büdchen am Westerberg in Osnabrück and then the following day on the 7th at the H4-Festival in Hamm. A big thanks to all the organisers and technicians, we appreciate you trust und support! On another IMPORTANT note, the release date of the new album „Hit the Highway“ has now been officially set for the 27th September. LP, CD and Streaming (on all major platforms). We are so tremendously happy that it is now fixed and will finally happen 🙂

9th August: Time to let the cat is out of the bag! The Kogs will be playing live at the H4 festival in Hamm on Saturday 9th September! We are playing from 16:30 – 17:30 on the large stage at the „Willy-Brandt-Platz“ left of the main train station. So if you can make it, please come along and enjoy us and all the other attractions on offer. For more information: http://www.hamm.de/h4 and

2nd August: What can I say…… VERY excited and happy!! Today, after soooo much work and effort the first single „Needles in the Park“ from our new album „Hit The Highway“ has been released on all the major streaming platforms (Spotify, Amazon, Apple etc.). Please go check it out. The album will officially be released on the 30th August and it will also available on Vinyl, of which we are very proud!!

In other news we have been quite the busy bees on the road too! On the 18th we played the Rock am Rathaus, in Lengerich in front of a crowd of about 900 people with perfect weather! So thanks to Rolf of the „Offensive Lengerich“ for placing his trust in us and the PA crew Jürgen and Connie for providing us with perfect sound. On the 19th we were in Leverkusen in the Jazz Bar Topos and experienced a wonderfully close encounter with the guests who came. Our thanks there to Ingrid and Paul! Saturday the 20th saw us in Rheine for the 15th Anniversay of „Rock am Markt“ where we opened for „Jack’s Pearl“ in front of a big enthusiastic crowd. Our thanks there to Oliver for letting us open for them and the PA crew for great sound again! On Tuesday 23rd July we then found ourselves in Weingarten, Baden Württemberg, for a gig at the Kulturzentrum LINSE e.V. The beer garden was full and we enjoyed a very close and intimate gig with many wonderful people with whom we chatted late into the night – along with a few alcoholic beverages. Our thanks to Hermine, Elina, Sabri and the rest of the team for such a hearty wellcome and lovely evening.

Check out the gig page for our next up and coming gigs in August/September!

May 23rd: Hi everyone, Andy has been busy arranging Gigs so check out the Gig page. We would love to see you on the road!

February 4th: Different date, same apology. A lot of personal things going on towards the end of 2023/beginning of 2024. Parallel to that we had 2 Christmas gigs at the Christmas market in Hamm and a New Years reception gig mid-January in Hamm-Heesen! Thanks to Melissa for helping us out there. Andy has been busy working on the booking side of things so please check out the Gig-Page. Onto other things. We were in the Photo-Studio last weekend in Münster! Not only to get some new photo material, but also to work on a video for a song that has a very special meaning to us, but more on that later as work progresses. And last but not least – one more very exciting piece of news – our 5 new tracks are ready and we are now just waiting for the final mixes to come through. So we should hopefully have new material out soon and with 9 tracks now recorded in total, who knows………………….. : – ) So on that note we hope to be on the road again soon and would love to see you sometime soon.

September 24th: Hi everyone! First of all let me appologize for not having updated this page for soo long, but we have been super-busy. August saw us on the Island of Wangerooge where we played in the „Westturm“. Lovely Island, lovely people and a big thanks to Katja and her team for making us feel so welcome. Unfortunately our gig on the Friday was cancelled short notice by „Watt’n Bistro“ due to staff shortages apparently. That was a bit of a downer as we were looking forward to that. From there it was The „Theater Beach“ in Osnabrück next. Stunning location, directly in fromt of the theatre, an artificial beach with tons of sand, beach chairs, cocktail bars and a stage. Great evening. Thanks to Osnabrück for the warm welcome and your support 🙂 . From there our next stop was a private Gig in the „Pier House“ at the Marina in Münster. Great location and very relaxed gig. And as if that wasn’t enough, we have also spent 2 days in the https://www.docmaklang.de/ Studios in Osnabrück, where Matze has once again been wielding his magic! 5 new tracks in progress and we are looking forward to presenting them to you all soon folks so watch this space!

June 18th: Wonderful Gig at the „Büdchen“ (thanks Michael) in Osnabrück last night. Thanks also to Gerald and Holger from Timezone and all the lovely people from the „Kulturbüro Osnabrück“ for a memorable evening. A great time was had by all!

Friday 16th June: New single „She“ released on all the major streaming portals: So please check it out!

May 11th: New Gigs and Studio-date fixed!! Apart from Andy strutting his stuff on the gig front we have now fixed a studio date at the end of August to record some new songs : )

So keep on checking out the Gig-Page

March 5th: Hi everyone, thanks too my booking Guru Andy, new Gigs are coming in thick and fast so check out our Gig-Page : )

November 25th: Ibbenbüren Gig today cancelled: Sorry everyone. There has been a (personal) situation that has forced us to cancel the gig tonight. We are truly sorry and hope for your understanding.

November 20th: Hi everyone, a bit quiet here of late, bute not anymore! Check out our Gig-Page for 3 up-and-coming Gigs, 2 with a Christmas „flair“ : ))

October 24th 2022: Relaxed „Living-Room-Gig“ in the heart of Cologne. Wonderful evening meeting old and also making new friends in such a wonderful city. A huge thanks to Karo and Leon for giving us the oppertunity to play and to the „Terror Chicks“ for the wild party that went on in the adjacent appartment until dawn!!!

July 24th 2022: Wonderful weather and an enjoyable evening at the „Doppellecker“ Bus in Tecklenburg. A big thank you to all who came. A few impresseions….

June 27th 2022: Participation in the WDR2 Radio Programme „Beste Band im Westen“!!! Great news! We have been selected to participate in the afrorementioned contest! Our song „Hit The Highway“ will be played live on WDR 2 on Wednesday 6th July as one of three songs being introduced by 3 different bands. Anyone can listen to and vote for their favourite choice next week starting from Monday 4th (from 9 o’clock in the evening) until Sunday 10th on the WDR Website as follows. Go on to WDR2.de, then scroll down and click on the „Musik/Mehr“ button. Then scroll down and click on the „Wählen Sie die beste Band im Westen/Mehr“ button. There you will find the 3 choices for the week. Next to each band there is a box. Once it is selected you need to answer the question below and then press the button „Stimme abgeben“. You will then see a confirmation of your song selection/vote. We would appreciate your votes : )) You can vote as many times as you wish, you will just need to answer a different question each time ; )

May 18th 2022: Exciting news! Check out our new single „Love Sublime“ on all the major streaming platforms! Something positive in these dark times.

April 10th 2022: A big thanks to the Rina, the Colonel and all the crew of the Subrosa for a wonderful welcome and great evening. A really cool pub!!! Thanks to all the guests for your support and voices, much appreciated! We found it hard to leave in the end : ) It was our first time there and at the end we felt to be among friends, chatting to people we had never met in our lives. Really friendly people. If I lived in Dortmund it would be my living room.

Thursday 7th April: We’ve decided to get active on Facebook! So many people have been asking if we are on Facebook, so we have decided to start our own page there as an alternative source to keep everyone up to date. So if you are on Facebook, please take a look and give the page a like ; )

March 16th 2022: New gigs fixed! Check out 2 new gigs on our gig page. One on the Friday 8th April in Dortmund, Hafenschänke – Subrosa and then on the 19th May in Münster, Hot Jazz Club, as part of an open stage event. Look forward to seeing you there!

January 18th 2022: A Happy New Year to you all! I know, it’a bit late, but better late than never ; ) Well what’s new? Not a lot to be honest. Corona is still here and preventing us from doing much gig wise. We can only hope that this will improve as spring approaches and more is possible outdoors. We are working on a few new numbers too so we’ll keep you posted there as things progress. So if you heear of anything or are looking have something planned and are looking for live music that is uniquely „out of the box“ then why not drop us a line via our contact form. We’d love to hear from you.

September 27th: What a wonderful evening and concert we had this past Saturday! Totally overwhelmed by the positive response. Humbled! Thanks to all who came and to the „Doppellecker“ team who took such good care of us. I hope to be able to post a few photos soon, but if anyboday out there has some others, we’d love to see them!

New article in the local paper about our gig tomorrow in Tecklenburg:

https://www.wn.de/muensterland/kreis-steinfurt/tecklenburg/konzertabend-am-alten-bahnhof-2428057

September 2021: Just landed our next Gig in Tecklenburg!! Saturday 25th September, starting at 19:30. Check out www.doppellecker.de for the location and details to be published soon. You can check them out on Facebook too.

September 2021: Check out the „Soundgärtchen“ Promo Video for Hit the Highway on YouTube

21st August 2021: First Gig at the „Soundgärtchen“ in Lengerich was the perfect opener. Thanks to the organisers once again! The weather was on our side too for a change and we had a full house to boot! Thanks to everyone who came along and supported us, much appreciated. We should hopefully be getting some pictures and videos over the next few days and will post a few as soon as they arrive. A few music clips are already on the „Soundgärtchen“ Facebook page, so pop by and check them out.

8th July 2021: Very excited! Check out our first single on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc…..

http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1575889337?ls=1&app=itunes

July 2021: New „Music Clips“ Page

Checkout clips of our latest songs on our Website!!!

Gig teaser

May 2021: After the hard work we’ve put in, we have our first results. We will be playing our first gig in the Soundgärtchen in Lengerich in the 21^st August 2021. We look forward to seeing you there and hope this will be the beginning of a wonderful journey.

29th April 2021: “Lost Places” photo session in Ladbergen: Thanks to some great work from our friend André Brockmeyer, we’ve managed to shoot loads of new photos for our project. Check them out under Photos / Bilder / Band Info.

19th April 2021: Our first studio recordings!!!! Here at Docmaklang Recording Studio in Osnabrück with Matze. Aided by his genius we managed to record four entire songs in just a single day (money too tight to mention ; ). And what stunning results! Whether you like the music or not, the quality of the recordings, are top notch! Thanks Matze!

5th April 2021: New Band Logos! Thanks to Karo Keuchel from MrMister for her kind and creative assistance.

March 2021: Session 2: Another good night! More new ideas and a firm concept of how we want to progress. A trip to the studio may well be on the cards : )

February 2021: First jam session: Promising start. Apart from catching up on things and enjoying the odd alcoholic beverage, we have captured 3 tunes in the raw.