Two UK folk-fusion duos, both on tours in Aotearoa, combine for a series of double bill concerts! GOOD HABITS: After two years of the formative pandemic spent ‘happily stranded’ on tour in New Zealand, Good Habits return to their Antipodean second home for a mighty tour that includes WOMAD, Port Fairy Festival, and supporting Tiki […]
British trad at its best from one of New Zealand’s finest folk performers. Beverley is a Tui award winner (and multiple finalist), and a life member of the of the Devonport Folk Club. Audiences all over New Zealand, and in Australia and England, have loved her unique voice and her songs.
Rachel Dawick is a New Zealand folk artist whose previous album, ‘The Boundary Riders’, was finalist for the NZ Tui Award Folk Album 2015. She returns after living in London for the last four years with her new folk album and book ‘London Labour, London Poor’, based on Henry Mayhew’s work from the mid 1800s […]
As part of their promotion of New Zealand Music Month in May, Auckland Libraries have given the club an opportunity to entertain their visitors with a day of music at the Titirangi Library on May 4th. 10:30-11:00 Lew Black A singer with a big voice and a wide-ranging repertoire from sea songs, shanties, Country, Americana, traditional British and comedy. This […]
Both multi-instrumentalists, they create a perfect soundscape for the passionate and intelligent songwriting that defines their music. From lively rag-time blues and comical ditties to compelling epic tales and ballads, you will be drawn into their creative world and be invigorated for the experience. Three original studio albums, Curious, Rogue Folk and A Passing of […]
Sammy Leary comes from Tamaki-Makaurau and performs traditional & original music often with strong New Zealand themes but also from the broader Folk traditions of Ireland, Britain and the USA. Performing with a varied range of instruments from the banjo to the bones to the concertina and the musical saw and of course the unaccompanied […]
Barry and Lorna Swallow met through Folkie friends back in the late 1970’s. They shared a love of the music of Nic Jones, who has subsequently been a major influence on Barry’s guitar playing. They settled in Taupo and raised their family there, and in retirement purchased their distinctive motorhome/bus which enabled them to enjoy […]
Lew’s lifelong love of folk music began at the age of 16, singing in Liverpool’s folk clubs. Since then, he’s toured Germany, Holland, Poland, Switzerland, UK, Canada, and NZ, singing with Maritime Shanty Crew, also Brouhaha, PaddyMac, and High Wide & Handsome. He’s made 8 CD’s and features on Spotify. Having performed at numerous folk […]
WELLINGTON SEA SHANTY SOCIETY OH SO GOOD AT THE MILL! Aotearoa New Zealand's Most 'Sea Worthy' Shanty Group™ have been belting out traditional and original sea songs from Aotearoa, France, Spain, the UK and more, since time immemorial (2012). Seafarers and landlubbers from across the globe have been battered by the rousing chorus of this […]
Emerging from under the radar into the Auckland folk music scene in 2000, Ian has become a well-known folkie, performing with groups such as Westumbria, SuperSheep, and most recently Celtic Ferret.Now, booked at the Bunker with more than enough instruments to fill a small shop and a set of songs, tunes and stories to unleash […]
