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November 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes: Cypress Grove
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes Cypress Grove Easy Eye Sound In a musical sense, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is a direct descendant of Skip James – Holmes is one of the last surviving practitioners of the Bentonia School of blues guitar playing, as pioneered by the unrecorded Henry Stuckey and passed down to Skip James, Jack Owens and […]Archive
July 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Al Fraser: Toitu Te Puoro
Al Fraser Toitu Te Puoro Rattle Alistair Fraser has been a prolific composer and collaborator across the last decade – working as part of projects or with bands including The Whoolshed Sessions, STROMA, NZ String Quartet, Trinity Roots and the NZSO. Raised in Dunedin – and surrounding himself with conventional band instruments – Fraser then moved to Wellington to […]Archive
March 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman