Biography
My Baby is a Dutch/New Zealandish band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Their music is a mix of blues, country and funk. My Baby was formed in 2012 by previous members of the Amsterdam soul band The Souldiers. My Baby are Cato van Dijck (lead vocals, bass and violin), her brother Joost van Dijck (drums) and Daniel 'Dafreez' Johnston (guitars).
The band was discovered in their early years by the PR manager of bass player Larry Graham (of Sly & the Family Stone, Graham Central Station and Prince fame). In 2012, he performed together with the band during his Dutch tour. In 2013, their debut album My Baby Loves Voodoo! got released on the jazz label, Embrace Recordings.
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My Baby's second album Shamanaid came out in 2015. To promote the album, My Baby did fourteen opening shows for the American blues guitarist Seasick Steve during his Sonic Soul Tour in the United Kingdom. In 2015 a re-recording was made for the song 'Remedy'. It was released as an EP. By the end of 2016 the band spread the word that they were finishing their third album, Prehistoric Rhythm. The first single Love Dance came out in February 2017, with the album following later that year.
My Baby played festivals like Freak Valley, Noorderslag, Zwarte Cross, Lowlands, Down The Rabbit Hole,Paaspop, toured Eastern Europe, South Africa and New Zealand and played Glastonbury 2016 six times.
Discography
My Baby Loves Voodoo!, 2013
Shamanaid, 2015
Remedy II, 2015 (EP)
Prehistoric Rhythm, 2017
Mounaiki ~ By the Bright of Night, 2018
Live!, 2019
Sake sake sake, 2022
Echo, 2025
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.