WOMAD 2018: Day 2
Here’s Michael Flynn and Tim Gruar with photos and reviews from Day 2 of WOMAD 2018 in New Plymouth.
Photos
Storm The Gates – Trusts Arena March 17, 2018
Storm the Gates festival had the air in Trusts Arena thick with machismo and downtuning, as an odd patchwork of yesteryear’s international hard rock acts delivered performances ranging from superb to abysmal.
Kamasi Washington Blows The Roof Off The Powerstation
Kamasi Washington – Powerstation March 16, 2018 It’ll be a long time until The Powerstation hosts another show as powerful, beautiful and transcendent as the one Kamasi Washington and his band put on last night.
WOMAD 2018: Day 1
As always 13th Floor photographer Michael Flynn has unfettered access to all the stages at WOMAD. This year Tim Gruar is along to add words to Michael’s pictures. Here’s their report from Day 1.
Cecile Hits Her Mark But Misses The Spark
Cecile McLorin Salvant – Auckland Town Hall March 15, 2018 Mixing jazz, blues, opera, show tunes and pop, vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant brought some New York City sophistication to Auckland’s Town Hall last night.
Perfume Genius and Aldous Harding – A Night of Heartbreak and Musical Recovery
Aldous Harding & Perfume Genius – Silo Park March 15, 2018 Three days after King Krule’s wet Auckland debut, grey clouds had threatened another Auckland Arts Festival show but thankfully the rain gods withdrew their ominous threat of damp conditions and blessed us with a glorious evening of weather which was blessed with music befitting […]
Miho’s Jazz Orchestra, The Nukes & Albi & The Wolves – The Tuning Fork March 11, 2018
Miho Wada and her Jazz Orchestra celebrated the release of their latest album, Accidental Journey at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night along with a roomful of their closest friends including The Nukes and Albi & The Wolves.
Neil Finn & The APO – Silo Park March 9, 2018
Does it get any better than this? Neil Finn…the APO…a dozen or so of New Zealand’s top singers…and a beautiful late summer night.
James Blunt Threatens/Promises Not To Play You’re Beautiful: “I’ve Already Got Your Money”
James Blunt – Spark Arena March 6, 2018 James Blunt is a funny guy, “If you thought 2016 was bad – I’m releasing an album in 2017,” he tweeted last year. He won over Auckland punters with his banter and cracking new sound from said album The Afterlove.
Grace Stalls Then Stuns While Beck Stumbles At ACL
Auckland City Limits Western Springs March 3, 2018 Despite a brief rain shower in the morning, the city played its part perfectly for this year’s Auckland City Limits Festival. The sun shone, the bands played and the fans grooved.