Wednesday 9 February, 7.30pm
MEOW - 9 Edward St, Wellinton
$15 /$10 members
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An evening with Phil Drane adds up to an experience not to be missed - an eclectic repertoire of songs, beautifully arranged and presented, smooth vocals and silky guitar, mixed with a soupcon of chat and witty banter.
Phil’s performances are a heady brew of traditional and contemporary folk songs from his own English Folk-Roots and material from other cultures that have influenced his life, along with his own well-crafted compositions such as the award-winning Song for Jackie.
Phil’s guitar work is much admired everywhere he performs, particularly his fulsome use of open tunings, and his playing has been described as ‘reminiscent of the very best exponents of finger-style guitar’. http://www.phildrane.com/fr_splash2.cfm
Floorspots will be announced in the February Balladeer
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Sunday 12 December, 6.00pm
Club Xmas Party - 9 Paisely Terrace Karori
Bring food, drink, instruments and a small gift for Santa's sack
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Sunday 28 November, 7.30pm
Change of Venue:
Blarney Room, Molly Malones (upstairs) - cnr. Taranaki Street and Courtenay Place.
$15 /$10 members
| Rachel Dawick is a singer-songwriter, originally from New Zealand and now based in the UK. She has spent the past nine years playing at festivals and clubs here and in the UK, initially as part of an all-female blues-celtic trio "Ruby Blue" and more recently as a solo performer.
Rachel has released two solo albums: Journeys in 2008, and Ed's Bar and Grill, released at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year. Her third album, Picking at the Bones, is due out here in February next year. Her voice has been described as combining "the grit of Mary Gauthier, the lilt of Joan Baez and the depth of Natalie Merchant".
Rachel's international reputation as a songwriter has been enhanced lately with the release of two collaborative songs: "Somewhere to Jump" (Aberfeldy), released in August and "Peeling Apples" (Athena Andreadis), which EMI released in September in Greece and the UK. Following her New Zealand visit, she will tour Europe and the United States in Spring and Autumn next year.
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Read more... [November Concert: Rachel Dawick]
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Sunday 31 October, 7.30pm
Ruby Lounge, Bond St
$25 /$20 members
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This promises to be a very special concert with the legendary Australian-based singer songwriter Eric Bogle returning in what may be his final concert tour of New Zealand. This will be his only Wellington concert of the tour and he will be performing with his long-time musical partner, John Munro (guitar and mandolin).
According to Eric's official website, he was born in Peebles, Scotland, a few months after the D-Day landings and was regarded as "an annoying, whiney little child, who was either destined to be a politician or a folk singer of protest songs". He emigrated to Australia in 1969, married and in 1980 became a professional musician. The rest, as they say, is history.
A compulsive, almost obsessive songwriter, Eric has written some songs that have pretty much become Australian classics. Probably his best known song is "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", but some of his other songs, "No Man's Land", "Leaving Nancy", "Now I'm Easy" and "If Wishes were Fishes", are now beginning to rival "Matilda" in the icon stakes. His songs have been recorded by Joan Baez, Mary Black, Donovan, Slim Dusty, John Williamson, Billy Bragg, The Pogues and The Furies, among others.
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Read more... [October Concert: Eric Bogle]
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