Help us create our second album of traditional Southern and Eastern European folk music!

Since releasing our first album, we’ve given many wonderful performances and experienced some truly memorable evenings. We’ve now gathered so much inspiring material that we’re ready to create a new album of traditional music from Southern and Eastern Europe!

Making an album is a major investment, but with the help of our fans, it becomes a lot easier! Contributing to the production of an album is one of the best ways to support musicians, so if you appreciate and value what we do, we warmly invite you to help fund our new album. Thank you! 

Anamesa catches the mediterranean spirit, with driving melodies and delicate harmonies. Using traditional instruments, the ballads of the Balkans and the lively dances of Italy and Greece will naturally come to life. 

The music of Anamesa invites you to wander over mountains and cross stormy seas, to end up at an evening full of joy!

Listen to our first album! Recorded and mixed at Rode Hert Studio, Roderwolde. We ran a succesful crowdfunding campaign, and the album is available on CD and vinyl. Listen and purchase on Bandcamp

Agenda 2026
11 July Release party Legiana Collective Hof van Cartesius Nijmegen
25 August Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen
29 August Aardbever Festival Ten Boer
29 August Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen
5 September private party
6 September Fest der Kulturen Leer DE
4 October Church Den Andel

Anamesa is:
Jan-Roelof Bathoorn: accordion and voice
Leonieke Toering: voice, flute, clarinet and guitar
Jelte Fossen: strings, percussion and voice

We’d love to play at your folk club, wedding, finnisage, birthday, or festival.
Send us a message and we’ll get back to you soon!

    Anamesa has performed at: Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival, Groninger Museum Night, Podium Verwondering Groningen, Museum de Buitenplaats Eelde, Kerk van Woltersum, Roodehaan Westeremden, Kasteel Baexem, Deichdiele Hamburg DE, Tonfink Lübeck DE, South Central Village People Gledeberg DE, Fintel Festival DE, Festival Farbenfroh Bremen DE, Anarcho Folk Fest Elgin UK, Isola La Cantine Littéraire Paris FR. 

    “Anamesa takes you on a musical journey. An act with a delicate sense of music, that is well put together” – The Next Gig 

    This music moves my soul” – Henri Postema

    “Original, and of high quality” – audience reaction