Day 2 of the Southern Fork Americana Festival and this time it’s The Bads and The Eastern with Stretch filling out the bill. Day 1, with Eb & Sparrow and The Miltones, set the bar pretty high…how would Day 2 compare?
This year’s Southern Fork Americana Festival began last night with two of New Zealand’s finest acts sharing the bill to kick things off in style.
What a night! After finally releasing an EP and full length album…tracks which were recorded six years ago…Reb Fountain and her band made up for lost time by putting on one of the finest shows of the year at Auckland’s Tuning Fork.
Due to popular demand, The Southern Fork Americana Fest is excited to announce that a second Justin Townes Earle show has been added on Thursday the 12th of October.
Known as the lead vocalist of Grammy-nominated indietronica act Hot Chip, Alexis Taylor will share his intimate piano work at The Tuning Fork on October the 18th in a pared-down solo show featuring his critically acclaimed solo material along with a sprinkling of his favourite covers and reinterpretations of much-loved Hot Chip hits.
The Tuning Fork is excited to announce the return of Canadian alt. country songstress Lindi Ortega to The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork for one New Zealand show on Tuesday 14 November.
Bringing their enthralling performance to Auckland for a one-off show, Big Thief are rapidly becoming everybody’s favourite new band. Add to this Spiral Stairs (Scott Kannberg of Pavement), and you’ve got an indie rock night to keep you buzzing for months!
21-year-old Memphis-based singer-songwriter Julien Baker performed at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night ahead of the release of her highly-anticipated second album. Also on the bill was Fat Possum recording artist Adam Torres. Photographer Trevor Villers was there and has put together this photo gallery: (Check out The 13th Floor interview with Julien Baker here)
The Miltones wrapped up their album release tour in front of a hometown crowd at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. And what a crowd it was…they showed up early and in large numbers making for a very special evening.
Founding member of The Sex Pistols and Rich Kids, writer of hits ‘Pretty Vacant’ and ‘God Save The Queen’, Glen Matlock is a musical legend and raconteur extraordinaire.