August 2024
Andy Genge
A crowd favourite on a relaxing Sunday, Andy Genge has the perfect vibe for you to come and enjoy a quiet pint.
Find out more »Dan Madill and Violet French Sing Big Jamie Little
Daniel Madill and Violet French, both from the icy depths of Otepoti Dunedin, channel the great “Southern Storyteller” through the voice of Big Jamie Little. Songs of love, loss and living off the land, tell the tale of days gone by. French and Madill aim to make the stories of Southland and Otago alive once more, through the influence of Little.
Find out more »Nadia Reid
'Singer-songwriter Nadia Reid is one of New Zealand’s best-kept secrets' - The Guardian This November, acclaimed songwriter and New Zealand's sweetheart, Nadia Reid journeys back from her new home in the United Kingdom's North West for a series of pre-summer shows in a selection of her favourite towns. Reid will be joined as ever by her resounding band; guitarist Sam Taylor, drummer Joe McCallum and bassist Richie Pickard. Reid and Taylor will perform as a duo for two of the…
Find out more »Ideal Home Noise: Vera Ellen On Songwriting
Winner of the prestigious 2024 Taite Music Prize for her album Ideal Home Noise, Wellington-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vera Ellen has said, “My songs have been my friends, my lovers, my enemies. I have been their biggest critic and fan and they have been mine. And as for this album, you will hear my pain up close, but you can take comfort knowing I wouldn’t trade it for the world.” Vera Ellen joins Amelia Murray aka Fazerdaze for a conversation…
Find out more »Kommi me ana Tipua
Kommi is a Lyttelton-based vocalist who performs exclusively in the Kāi Tahu dialect. Swampy, witchy, dark and humorous, Kommi and their personal onstage tipua aka taipō (supernatural beings/spooks, goblins, ghosts) will transform you with a musical ritual acknowledging life, death, love, disdain, contentment, joy, grief (and angst) and the absurd, embracing unity within non-conformity and tautohe/protest. Kaupapa explored: carelessness of words, being hōhā, being haunted, alien encounters, mākutu (witchcraft) and tūrehu (faeries), visions of death and escapism, an indigenous perspective…
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