Brenda Liddiard @ Rafters Music Club

Brenda Liddiard

“Heart-warming, heart-centred and heartfelt music sung with truth, humour, simplicity, beauty and authenticity. Brenda says as much, if not more, by what she doesn’t say, as she weaves life-stories that invite you to fill in the gaps with your own experiences.”
Maria Monet

Brenda has been writing songs and playing guitar and mandolin since the 1970s. She was born and grew up near London (UK), but moved to Australia in 1974, where she was passionately involved in the environment and anti-nuclear movements, finding her voice as a writer and performer of protest and campaign songs. Some of these songs have been covered by other artists, or have appeared in documentary movie soundtracks, and in the true folk tradition, they continue to be adapted by new singers, for different campaigns around Australia.

Since moving to New Zealand in 1986, and meeting her husband, Mark Laurent, they have performed regularly together, touring throughout the country, and in Australia and the UK, recording many albums and appearing on radio and TV.

Her solo album, Box of Memories, was a finalist for the New Zealand Music Awards Best Folk Album in 2013.

So come along and enjoy a night of heartfelt music with Brenda and all the folk at Rafters.

Programme
The first half of the evening brings musicians old and new to warm us up before supper and our main guest/s. We welcome new performers. See Graham at the door if you want to perform, but you will need to be there before the 8pm start.