SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Summer 2010 Live music to the max at LOUNGE
Julian Temple Band  :     Backed by the slick rhythm section of Matt Brook and Paul McLennan-Kissel, band leader Julian Temple's right hand is the key, tenderly caressing his beloved acoustic one moment, dishing out a hiding the next - the perfect accompaniment to his often pained vocal interplay.

Manu da Banda  :     NEW ZELAND TOUR 2010------ Manu "da" Banda--- Worldbeat latin music--- Passionate traveller - from town to town; itinerant musician - from band to band.... Initially, percusionist of afro and afro-latin rythms... Later, guitarrist, singer and songwriter..... These are the origins of Manu da Banda.... The unique proposition that I bring wherever I go, allowing me to produce a band without other resources than myself and my instruments (voice, guitar, cuatro and pedals in both feet). - Manu “da” Banda is also an open invitation to other musicians, soulmates during segments of my journey, to form part of the band. Each new contribution makes the performance stronger, providing unique textures and flavors, such that depending on the participants, the resulting musical proposition will necessarily change..- The Manu da Banda songs have harmonic simplicity and great swing, where folk, rock, cumbia and reggae are incorporated and filtered through the Latin roots of the project. We also include a compilation of popular songs from the Latin folklore featured with the band..s unique style. From this starting point, rich sonorities are incorporated, full of metaphoric contents based on personal experiences of letting go, of departing or arriving.... Those rich experiences gained while continuously searching and travelling, that sometimes leave deep and permanent scars.

Saints and Sinners  :     What do you get when you mix the winner of this years’ Tui Award, a Silver Scroll nominee and the winner of an International Songwriting Competition A divine and potent cocktail called “Saints and Sinners”. Internationally acclaimed female songsmiths Tami Neilson, Lauren Thomson and Jackie Bristow will be swapping songs and stories in front of audiences on a 12-date national tour in February 2010. This writers-in-the-round show will be an intimate acoustic evening, three solo artists joining forces on stage and sharing the experiences that inspired their songs, from opening for Johnny Cash and Art Garfunkel to touring from Canada to Europe, the USA to Japan. Drawing comparisons with Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin and Roy Orbison, these women bring 3 unique voices together for a rare collaborative show.

Danny Spooner  :     Danny has performed in folk clubs all over Australia, New Zealand and in Britain on his visits home. He has appeared at every major folk festival in Australia, at which he has given a vast range of workshops on aspects of folk songs of Britain and Australia. Many of these presentations were recorded live by ABC national radio

Rory Ellis  :     Rory Ellis is the quintessential Australian singer/songwriter with buckets of talent, heaps of stories to tell, and impossible to pigeonhole. He's got blues man in him,soul belter, red-dirt country and home-grown folkie. Rory has performed at major festivals Australia wide for many years and has recently performed all over the UK having done 6 tours there. Playing at major festivals, venues, Art Centres and theatres in his travels and supporting greats like Richie Havens and Eric Bibb

Hot Club Sandwich  :     Hot Club Sandwich is a Wellington-based trio who play a repertoire of jazz, blues and country swing standards and original songs. The line up is usually acoustic guitar, bass guitar and saxophone, although personnel may change according to availability and requirements of the occasion. Permanent and founder members are Andrew London (guitar and vocals) and Terry Crayford (bass guitar or piano and vocals). Since going full-time in early 2000, Hot Club Sandwich have played concerts at Arts and Jazz Festivals in Wanaka, Tauranga, Wellington, Nelson, Taupo, Taranaki, Wanganui, Palmerston North and Christchurch. International appearances include Sydney’s Darling Harbour Jazz Festival and Norfolk Island Jazz Festival. They have played numerous weddings, product launches, conferences and corporate functions for clients including American Express, Qantas, New Zealand Rugby Union, Lexus and BNZ. Hot Club Sandwich have released four CDs since 2001, the most recent, “Toasted” winning a rare four-star review in Downbeat magazine, the world’s longest-standing and most widely-read jazz publication.

Tom Rodwell  :     Uncompromisingly raw bohemian hybrid-blues music from TR & Storehouse, who prize a stark 'documentary' aesthetic, with overdub-free recordings and no fixed live arrangements, yet boast bizarrely entertaining, intense and dancefloor-friendly marathon shows. Musical reference points include slave-era spirituals, Alan Lomax field recordings, calypso music, and all varieties of mean blues. Keen listeners may detect subversiveness, and while there is conscious experimentation with the form, the real intention is to do justice to this music and communicate the range of emotions and integrity it carries. The feeling is the only real content.

The De Sotos  :     Named after the classic car (and not presumably the explorer) this Auckland-based outfit peel off a substantial slice of professionally delivered, wide-screen country-rock which owes much to the Petty/Springsteen/Neil Young and Travelling Wilburys axis, and mostly kicks things up a notch from the Warratahs. With a couple of writers in their ranks there is also a pleasing diversity here, although sometimes they reference their influences just a little too much for any accusations of originality to be thrown. When they nail something of their own - the tense jangle of The Spirit, the tight churn of Greedy Men, the heartfelt Offline - they offer songs which are classy and fully formed.

The Coincidences  :     THE COINCIDENCES The Coincidences are a two piece folk group consisting of flautist Julianne Wolf-Niekisch from Germany, and Olly Knox from New Zealand. Creating an ambience and imagery likened to being in a forest, The Coincidences have soulful, relaxing sound. The combination of vocals, flute, and acoustic guitar, has a fluidity that transports the listener to a peaceful, far away place. When traveling German flautist Julianne Wolf-Niekisch came to Dargaville she met singer/songwriter Olly Knox while volunteering on a nature reserve. On the night before she was supposed to leave they met, and when they began talking about music an intense discussion followed, and with some outside influence she cancelled her travel bookings. Instead the duo spent the next few days at Baylys Beach connecting and playing music together. A month later and in a rush of events, with only days before Julianne left New Zealand, they formed The Coincidences, recorded a demo EP, and played their first two shows. With a Masters Degree in Music and Music Education from Hochschule für Musik in Hanover, flautist Julianne Wolf Niekisch has a technical ability and understanding of music that flows seamlessly with the folk songs written by Olly Knox. A seasoned musician and recording artist, Olly Knox has toured New Zealand, and recently had international success with his song Tomorrow from The Olly Knox Experiment about to be released globally on a digital folk compilation by Quickstar Productions, a marketing and distribution company based in the USA. Flute & vocals JULIANE WOLF-NIEKISCH THE COINCIDENCES rehearsing at Kumarani Creative Arts Centre in Dargaville THE COINCIDENCES playing live at The Funky Fish in Baylys Beach “…the music took me right back to the Hawera River, which is where I grew up.” “The Coincidences are awesome!” “A dynamic duo that’s nice to listen to while sipping on a cocktail, maybe a mojito.”