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June Concert: Ceilidh with the Jimmies

Sunday 27th June, 7.30pm

Ruby Lounge, Bond St

$20 /$15 members (includes supper)

Acoustic Routes’ monthly event at the Ruby Lounge on Sunday, June 27, will take a different form. Instead of the usual concert we'll be hosting a ceilidh to help keep you warm as we head into winter. It will feature The Jimmies, Wellington's longest-running Celtic music group and the city's leading ceilidh and barn-dance band.

April Concert: Paddy Burgin and the Wooden Box Band

Sunday 25th April, 7.30pm

Ruby Lounge, Bond St

Paddy Burgin and the Wooden Box Band produce what music guru Nick Bollinger calls “handmade music of the finest kind”.Incorporating slide acoustic guitars, percussion and other instruments, they take you on a journey around New Zealand to meet the people and places that have inspired their songs and instrumentals.

Following the urge to discover his

Liverpudlian roots, Cy moved to Lon-

don in 2004 and reunited with Vanessa

in 2007. Cy convinced Vanessa she

could sing, and Her Make Believe Band

was born.

Her Make Believe Band's debut album AM Radio

was released in the UK in November 2009 and has

received great press. The Music Critic described it as a

Òmasterful blend of Americana fused with jazz, soul

and pop.

Reviewer Graham Reid (on elsewhere.co.nz) said of the band’s recent CD My Sweet Town: “This album - gentle but probing lyrics delivered somewhere between James Taylor, Ry Cooder and less cynical Loudon Wainwright - is an understated gem.”

March Concert: Her Make Believe Band

Sunday 28th March, 7.30pm

Ruby Lounge, Bond St

‘Songwriter Cy Winstanley was born inInvercargill, and cut his musical teeth inAuckland singing and playing guitar andharmonica. After a passing teenageobsession with guitar rock, he discov-ered country, blues and jazz, and firstmet bassist and fellow New Zealander Vanessa McGowan.

Following the urge to discover his

Liverpudlian roots, Cy moved to Lon-

don in 2004 and reunited with Vanessa

in 2007. Cy convinced Vanessa she

could sing, and Her Make Believe Band

was born.

Her Make Believe Band's debut album AM Radio

was released in the UK in November 2009 and has

received great press. The Music Critic described it as a

Òmasterful blend of Americana fused with jazz, soul

and pop.

Following the urge to discover hisLiverpudlian roots, Cy moved to Lon-don in 2004 and reunited with Vanessain 2007. Cy convinced Vanessa shecould sing, and Her Make Believe Bandwas born.

Her Make Believe Band's debut album AM Radiowas released in the UK in November 2009 and hasreceived great press. The Music Critic described it as a masterful blend of Americana fused with jazz, soul and pop.

February Concert: Emily Smith and Jamie McClennan

Sunday 14th February, 7.30pm

Ruby Lounge, Bond St

‘Scots Singer of the Year 2008/9’ Emily Smith has firmly established herself as a leading light in the Scottish folk scene. Since winning the 2002 ‘BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award’ she has released four critically acclaimed albums, toured extensively with her band on the international folk circuit and is recognised not only as one of Scotland’s finest interpreters of traditional song but also as a talented songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Emily and her New Zealand partner Jamie McLennan will be treating us to a night of songs to remember this Valentine's Day.

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