The 48th Auckland Folk Festival almost didn’t make it. Nervous times as the progress of coronavirus in Auckland dominated the news. Festival President Nigel Robertson is MC for Sunday night’s Showcase Concert, and it was nervous times right up to Opening Evening on Friday. Part 1 of 2.
The product of the Church and the Crossroads, Carmen and the Devil walking side by side. American Roots music with deep connections to Celtic, Folk and Africa. Up step two troubadours dressed in black. Delaney and Barry may not have a pretty face like that earlier legendary American outfit. Hell, they kind of look scary […]
Wow…things couldn’t be more ideal for the first full day of the Auckland Folk Festival! The weather, the venue, the artists, the fans were all perfect yesterday. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda strolled the venue and came up with these photos. Great performances by The Eastern, Shimna’s List, Jenny Mitchell, The Black Quartet, The Harmonic […]
It may be hard to believe, but right here, right now, West Auckland may be the rock & roll capitol of the world. The boys in Ratso sealed that deal last night in (of all places) Titirangi.
The Tribute Quartet perform a rousing and compelling musical eulogy to the celebrated visionary and enigmatic underground Rapper MF DOOM. His death was announced just before the New Year by his family.
Impressive new talent just keeps on coming here in NZ. Lockdown be damned, there is plenty of cool music being made by locals to last us. Last night it was Mema Wilda who was celebrating the release of a new single with a full band set at Anthology Lounge.
From the ridiculous to the sublime, I dash from New Lynn to Ponsonby to catch Polish/Kiwi keyboard master Michal Martyniuk in concert.
No, this ain’t the Lay Down/Brand New Key Melanie who performed at Woodstock. This Melanie is a four-piece band of ratbag punk rockers from Glendene who play loud, fast and hard.
In an intimate below-ground venue in the heart of Bohemian Auckland, Colette Rivers unpacks a powerful voice, the second in the series of live shows promoting her just-released debut album Memory Lake. Country Americana at its core but packed full of hooks and effects.
They say Rust Never Sleeps…it was awake and loud last night in Auckland as an all-star Kiwi band set Neil Young’s music on fire and let it burn.