Concert Review: Che Fu and the Kratez – Auckland Town Hall March 13, 2021
We sent our old friend Dedee out to see and hear Che Fu this past weekend. Here’s her report with photos by Rachel Webb.
We sent our old friend Dedee out to see and hear Che Fu this past weekend. Here’s her report with photos by Rachel Webb.
Music of sombre moods and melodrama. Arty and theatrical. And then there was your abrasive Power Pop from headliner Emily Edrosa. A night of expansive genre-bending music leaking out into all areas but kept together by disciplined performances.
It was a Wild Night as the spirit of the King of Celtic Soul, Van Morrison, was made flesh and, most importantly, sound.
We get our Yurt on at The Thirsty Dog as Yurt Party travel up from Christchurch to get Auckland dancing on this Friday night on K’rd.
Lady Latin Soul. Mireya Ramos is nothing but stunning in her debut Auckland performance. Founding member of America’s only all-female mariachi band Flor de Toloache who performed at Womad 2020 last March. That seems like another planet now as the lockdown descended down upon the country that weekend.
Country music artist Jackie Bristow plays like she was born and raised in a Winnebago travelling constantly between Nashville and Memphis. She is from Gore, so she is Kiwi. And raised in the home of Country music New Zealand.
The show was titled South of France. The virtuoso violinist and guitarist took flight from the opening song and captivate us all with music that could casts spells. Fiona Pears would easily be one of the best violinists I’ve heard. A child prodigy from Christchurch. Won a talent show at age six. Playing in national […]
An enthralling show of East-West Fusion Jazz by Takadimi kicked off the year for the Creative Jazz Club in Auckland. Virtuoso tabla player Manjit Singh, originally from Punjab Province leads a group which takes us on a magic carpet ride of sound which feels rooted in familiar American Jazz, but from which older Eastern music […]
Four mates from Parliamentary Services in Capital City pub-crawl their way up the country to slam out some high-energy Old-School Punk in front an enthusiastic K Road crowd. Above ground the street is shredded. In the dark pits below ground the DARTZ are shredding.
A beautiful venue, a full orchestra and a stunning vocalist…things seemed perfectly in place for a lovely night out in Auckland with Louis Baker and the APO.