Trijntje Oosterhuis appeared seemingly out of nowhere when she in 1996 during the opening of the Amsterdam ArenA 50,000 visitors by John Ewbank wrote The Sea sang. The singer sang since the late eighties with her brother Tjeerd in Total Touch. That group broke in 1997 with Somebody Else's Lover, a sophisticated mix of R & B, soul and pop was heard. In 2001, the group fell apart and Trijntje was
… working on a solo album with her brother, incidentally, have composed a lot of the songs. Her self-titled debut album released in 2003. The singer signed a year later a contract with the prestigious jazz label Blue Note. Strange Fruit, which includes material Trijntje Billie Holliday sang, was a great success. A collaboration with Burt Bacharach received a platinum rim when the album The Look Of Love 70,000 copies were sold.more