Hanneke Kappen
Hanneke Kappen (born 1954) is a Dutch singer and radio and TV presenter. Kappen started a musical career by singing in a rock band in the late 1970s during the zenith of the Groningen music scene, but became a radio presenter and from 1981 to 1982 had a weekly show that focused on heavy metal music, only the second such show on Dutch radio. She then moved on to television, presenting programs for a number of public broadcasters. She returned to radio in 1999, while continuing to play and record music. Biography Hanneke Kappen was attending art school when she became a singer for the rock band White Honey from Groningen, with, among others, Erwin Java. This happened at the height of what was later called "the Groninger springtij" (the "Groningen spring tide"), a period when the music scene in Groningen was very lively, and many local acts were propelled to the national stage, including Herman Brood, who picked up Java, the band's guitarist. The group had a minor hit with "Nothing Going On In The City" but disbanded in 1980, just after releasing their first and only album. Kappen continued playing music, including jazz (with her brother, and with