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March 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Wellington)
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi MFC, Wellington Wednesday, March 4 When I reviewed There Is No Other – the duo album recorded over a handful of days last year by Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi – I talked about the tantalising prospect of this pair of musicologists taking to the road in support of this […]Archive
March 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The New Pornographers (March 3, Wellington)
The New Pornographers MFC, Wellington Tuesday, March 3 Across the last two decades the North American supergroup The New Pornographers has never really let the side down; theirs is a catalogue brimming with competence and, usually, confidence. If anything there’s a safeness that ever so slightly irks – that’s a small and very white complaint […]Archive
February 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Kate Tempest (February 24, Wellington)
Kate Tempest MFC, Wellington Monday, February 24 I’d had people asking me about Kate Tempest ever since she was announced to be part of the 2020 NZ Festival. I’d seen her five years back when she was lesser known out here and it was one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. So all I’d […]Archive
February 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Chosen and Beloved – MAU Wahine and NZSO (February 21, Wellington)
Chosen and Beloved: Curated by Lemi Ponifasio – MAU Wahine, NZSO and Racha Rizk (Conducted by Kristan Jarvi) MFC, Wellington Friday, February 21 For the opening night of the NZ Festival expectations were very high for Chosen and Beloved. The first week guest curator Lemi Ponifasio took words from Henryk Gorecki’s Third Symphony (aka The […]Archive
November 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Tour Announcement: Margaret Atwood To Speak At Three NZ Shows (Feb, 2020)
FANE presents In Conversation with Margaret Atwood live on stage across New Zealand in collaboration with Andrew Kay, Phil Bathols and BBC Studios Australia. The dates are a celebration of the global publication of The Testaments, Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid’s Tale. The evening will also feature Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works and […]Archive
November 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Tour Announcement: Weyes Blood To Play Three NZ Shows (March, 2020)
Weyes Blood aka Natalie Laura Mering returns to New Zealand for three shows in March of next year. Her first appearance here in a couple of years, her first appearances out of Wellington and her first since the stunning 2019 album Titanic Rising (easily one of my picks for record of the year). Not only Weyes […]Archive
August 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio (August 8, Wgtn)
Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio: Secrets & Hidden Messages MFC Thursday, August 8 This Chamber Music NZ concert featured touring American violist Jennifer Stumm with local musicians Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) and Martin Riseley (violin): Te Koki Trio. The opening piece was just for the trio, a Chamber Music-commission by local composer Michael Williams. Over a see-sawing frenzy of violin the piano provided […]Archive
June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Monkees (June 10, Wgtn)
The Monkees MFC, Wellington Monday, June 10 I’m a believer (ha!) that you have to do the research – you have to know what to expect. Anyone thinking they were getting anything close to the actual Monkees would be defeated purely by numbers; part-time players in their later years Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz (now all that’s left) were never going […]Archive
June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Simon O’Neill & Rodger Fox (June 9, 2019)
Simon O’Neill & Rodger Fox MFC, Wellington (3pm) Sunday, June 9 Every year, in the Sunday 3pm slot at the Jazz Festival, Rodger Fox (and his Big Band) offers up an innovative collaboration. We’ve had Rodger and band with classical pianist Michael Houstoun – they even made a record together as a result. We’ve had Fox reuniting […]Archive
June 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Alicia Olatuja (June 8, 2019)
Alicia Olatuja MFC, Wellington (8pm) Saturday, June 8 Alicia Olatuja has the perfect backstory for a jazz festival appearance in NZ – she was part of the choir at one of Barack Obama’s inaugurations and with that as a springboard she is still in the beginnings of her solo career but has recently released a fine-enough album where she pays tribute to […]Archive
May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman