Whangateau Folk: Club night with Dusty Lands

Dusty Lands are an acoustic folk quartet based in Whangarei. Blending American folk with their unique Northland campfire style, Dusty Lands invites you to join them for an evening of luscious harmonies, soulful songwriting, banjos, mandolins and resonators.

The genesis of the band began with Val and Leah Land, mother and daughter, from their roots in the Hokianga where they have been singing round the fire as long as they can remember – hymns, kapa haka, waiata, folk, pop and more. The last ten years have seen them performing as two thirds of the trio Harmony Couch in slots at folk clubs, ceilidhs, Irish pub sessions, pop-up folk gatherings and the Auckland Folk Festival.

Gary Smyth, tugboat captain and one of the greatest songwriters to emerge from Northland, then joined them on stage. Gary is currently working on his debut album inspired by artists like Gregory Alan Isakov and Mandolin Orange.

Rounding out the quartet is Gary’s (distant) cousin, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dusty Burnell. Winner of the Tui Folk Award twice as a member of both T-Bone and The Frank Burkitt Band, Dusty is a familiar face on stages throughout Aotearoa.

Doors open at 6:45. Floor singers first half.