Nadia Reid & The APO – Auckland Town Hall Sept. 9, 2022
Nadia Reid walked onto a grander stage than many of us have been accustomed to seeing her on. And in rather different company.
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Tiny Ruins & Finn Andrews at the Tuning Fork 1 June 2022
Tiny Ruins with Finn Andrews at the Tuning Fork Birthdays are joyous occasions that warrant celebration. And celebration was in the air at the Tuning Fork last night. The cause? Both that we can be at live music again with ease after difficult and diffident times. And that this fine venue has now reached its […]
North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail: Album Review
North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail This album appealed to me from the get-go having lived in the Mississippi hill country when I was 17. It’s a rolling landscape of pine trees, occasional cotton fields, muddy slow-moving rivers and tangles of kudzu vines. And a fraught history. The North Mississippi Allstars invoke this country in […]
Butter Wouldn’t Melt – 1931: Album Review
Butter Wouldn’t Melt are folk duo Andrea Reid (dulcimer, whistles, vocals) and Nick Burfield (guitar and vocals). Their name is intriguing. It’s an old English saying that lives on in the American South: “butter wouldn’t even melt in their mouth”, referring to someone who is not quite as they appear.
13th Floor Album Preview: Tall Folk – Wiser
Tall Folk are self-described as a pair with “long limbs and swirling harmonies,” and are comprised of Jack Ringhand, whose roots are in the Midwest of the US and Lara Robertson who hails from Dunedin. What this collection Wiser (recorded by Tom Bell of Port Chalmers Recording Service) offers is a refreshing blend of harmony-based […]
French for Rabbits – The Overflow: Album Review
French for Rabbits made an appearance at the Auckland Arts Festival back in March and band leader Brooke Singer made a comment that was at once humorous and insightful: “Excuse us being a bit awkward. We’re a band of introverts.” The Overflow, their third album, is a glorious celebration of that introvert disposition. Its tracks […]
Age Pryor Releases Invisible Lines (Album Review)
Age Pryor releases a new collection that feels like music made Level 4 lockdown: reflective, hopeful and ultimately uplifting. His first solo album in 14 years, Invisible Lines offers superbly delicate vocal tracks and a rich range of influences: alt folk, jazz and pure pop. And even a little rap.
Pickle Darling with Tree Nurse at the Wine Cellar, 16 July 2021
It was a Thursday evening of superb songwriting at the Wine Cellar with Pickle Darling and Treenurse delivering brilliant sets to a packed house.
Luke Buda with Dream Chambers, Wine Cellar 8 July
Billed as Luke Buda ‘coming out of solo retirement’, this was an evening of ethereal electronica and wry new songs.
Concert Review: Miles Calder with Jazmine Mary, Wine Cellar 13/5/21
Miles Calder was in top form at the Wine Cellar Thursday night, with a well-oiled performance, sprinkled with new songs. Robin Kearns files this review: