For 4th of July weekend in Auckland, celebrated chanteuse Yulia MacLean becomes the magical voice and presence of Edith Piaf, as the Civic becomes the Paris Olympia theatre. The home of Piaf in the final peak of her career as the greatest French voice.
A new sound is emerging from the soul singer/songwriter Louis Baker. A main of sentimental and a side of neo-soul was fashioned by the full-band and special guests who joined the artist last night at The Hollywood Avondale as they kicked off the nationwide tour of his Love Levitates EP.
Finn Andrews and the NZTrio… a match made in heaven, or at least it sounded like it last night at the Wintergarden as they performed the first of two shows as part of this year’s Auckland Live Cabaret Season.
There’s no punk like an old punk…proven last night at Auckland’s Wine Cellar as 64 year old Kim Salmon gave us a broad overview of his varied and much respected career, both as a solo artist, and member of any number of Aussie bands including Beasts Of Bourbon, The Scientists, The Surrealists and Antenna.
Dateline packed The Wine Cellar with a set of groovy, dreamy nostalgia and playfully heavy grunge, with phenomenal support from Benjamin Locke and Treenurse.
An Evening of Americana with Tony Daunt & the Dauntless, Matt Joe Gow, Louis Jarlov and the Lonesome raised the roof of the historic Pah Homestead with style and class. Rev Orange Peel files this review.
Despite the wintery June weather, Jed Parsons dragged us all off the couch and into the Whammy Bar for a good dose of dancing on Saturday night. Jed and his band rocked our socks off with the kind of feet tapping, hip-swaying tunes you don’t mind hopping out of bed for.
White Chapel Jak are a band for music obsessives. They also take care of business and make sure the partygoers get their money’s worth. Call them a Covers Band, or a Tribute Band. At the core, they are a polished, hard-working unit and they love to stretch out and jam a little.
They certainly do rock in the USSR and the succinctly-named Hit Pump did just that in an epic two and a half hour set tonight. Covers of 26 songs from 20 bands. I don’t remember the last time I was at such a packed Powerstation show and the audience was seething all night.
It’s not often that you can stroll to a local bar in Grey Lynn and hear a performance by a Grammy nominated singer who combines deep musical skills with an ability to create friendships and community with others. But on Saturday night Freida Margolis hosted Mireya Ramos and band for a breathtaking vocal performance and […]