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<h3>Wires & Wood (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>Tui Award winning Wires & Wood is a four piece band inspired by the sounds of traditional and modern bluegrass music. This versatile band plays a hard driving punchy style of bluegrass right through to heart melting slow waltzes. As well as striving for instrumental excellence the songs are infused with multipart harmony singing.</p>
<p>Banjo picker extraordinaire <strong>Bryan Christianson will be one of the few musicians at Kiwigrass was at the original 1970 Banjo Picker’s Convention at Claudelands, Hamilton</strong> and that’s where he says he fell in love with the 5-string banjo.</p>
<p>Bryan’s been involved in the music since then, playing in various bands with just about all the well-known names of the NZ Bluegrass scene, Peter Brocklehurst, Read Hudson, Graham Lovejoy, to name just a few. After a break of about 10 years (on and off) Bryan met up with Dave Warren and they began to pick a few tunes. At the Waharau Folk Festival in June 2003 they decided that having a band again might be fun.</p>
<p>Micheal Young became obsessed with the guitar at the age of 18, inspired by the likes of James Taylor, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Joe Walsh, Chet Atkins and the Beatles. His father used to drag him along to bluegrass festivals in the hills of the Missouri Ozarks and he gained an appreciation for the instrumental skills of the local pickers. While Micheal was never that moved by the old time bluegrass style, he was blown away by the (then) contemporary rock/jazz/blues/bluegrass fusion music coming from the likes of New Grass Revival, The Tony Rice Unit and The David Grisman Quartet. This simmered for years until moving to Auckland where he finally met a few other musicians who were both capable and willing to play in those styles. He has even started to gain an appreciation for the old time traditional bluegrass that the other band members love. They started jamming just for the joy of it, ended up doing a few gigs, and Wires & Wood was born. Micheal provides mandolin and lead vocals for Wires & Wood.</p>
<p>Dave Warren was introduced to Bluegrass music at about age six, when his father (Tom Warren) heard “Dueling Banjos” on the radio, and decided that was the music for him! ! He had a guitar put in his hands by the time he was seven or so and remembers well the National Banjo pickers Conventions, Mike Seeger, Bill Clifton, HCBB, etc etc. Dave’s interest in Bluegrass at a playing level was rekindled around 1998 and on his move to Auckland in 2000 he met and played with many wonderful musicians and eventually became a part of the coalescence called “Wires & Wood”. Plays guitar & occasionally mandolin.</p>
<p>Garry Trotman plays bass in Wires & Wood and is the newest member of the band. He has always been partial to trad country music, blues, folk and sub-genres, such as bluegrass, Cajun and western swing. Garry was previously in ‘The Terraplanes’ and ‘Southern Cross’ bluegrass groups with Bryan, and also played in a South Australian bluegrass band called ‘Highly Strung’.</p>
<p>To help relieve some of the winter blues of 2003 a few Auckland based musicians began having a Friday night bluegrass oriented jam session. Word leaked out, someone asked us to perform at a charity event and a band was born. Since then we have performed at events and venues all over New Zealand, including the Auckland Folk Festival, the Wellington Folk Festival, the Whare Flat Music Festival in Dunedin, Canterbury Folk Festival, Wellington Bluegrass Society, Fight for Life, TV commercials, Music Mountain Matakana and local music clubs and events around the country. We are still refining the Wires & Wood sound and expanding our repertoire of what we call bluegrass music. Wires & Wood released their debut album “Over The Moon” in 2010. “Over The Moon” is the recipient of the RIANZ Tui Award for Best Folk Album 2010/11.</p>
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<p>The Melling Station Boys are always being told by people they like the band a lot and that they’re very entertaining.</p>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Alastair McCarthy – guitar<br>
Ian Smith – mandolin and fiddle<br>
Todd Foster – banjo<br>
Andrew Bicknell – bad ass bass<br>
Giacomo Giorli – resonator guitar</div>
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“Skilfully played and sung Americana, from a virtuoso ensemble that could hold its head up proudly in the company of such well-known artists of the genre as Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski.” Ron Barbers, The Hook.
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New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass supergroup, You, Me, Everybody, are coming to Kiwigrass as part of their nationwide tour to release their first full length album “Southern Sky”.
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On the back of their 2020 self titled debut EP which saw them named as finalists for Best NZ Folk Artist, 2021, You, Me, Everybody have gained national recognition for pushing boundaries to create their own form of New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass. Southern Sky is self produced and features 11 songs and instrumentals all written and arranged by the band. Recorded with Bevan Galbraith at Bagnall Hill Recording Studios in the Waikato in October 2020, with mixing by Grammy Award winning Bluegrass master, Bil VornDick (USA). Southern Sky challenges the usual rhythms and chord patterns of traditional bluegrass to create songs that feature more complex and nuanced emotional subjects such as alienation and isolation, in addition to the staples of whiskey, love and loss.
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“Progressive bluegrass isn’t typically an accessible genre for people unfamiliar to acoustic music but this record is. It’s comfortable, relatable and full of musical charisma. The combination of musicians here headed by the formidable force of Sam and Laurence Frangos-Rhodes is fantastic and fits together beautifully. You, Me, Everybody’s sometimes rollicking album will transport you to New Zealand’s hills through an Americana lens and it’s delightful! Be sure to see them on tour too as their live show stacks up just as well.” Albi – Albi and the Wolves.
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Originally formed by brothers Laurence and Sam Frangos-Rhodes, (best known for their contributions to family band, RhodeWorks) You, Me, Everybody pushes the boundaries of what New Zealand knows of a genre that was formed on tradition and rules to create progressive bluegrass. While upbeat bangers are part of their repertoire, this is no pub band, but rather a collection of the best of New Zealand’s acoustic instrumentalists that are searching for a new, dynamic sound that showcases the best of Americana in Aotearoa.
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Referred to as New Zealand’s first Bluegrass Supergroup, the excitement around their inception saw them play their first live gig as openers for The Felice Brothers as part of the Americana fest at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. They recorded their EP a week later and in February 2020, You, Me, Everybody released their self-titled debut EP, which reached number 13 in the New Zealand album charts.
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Laurence not only plays but builds beautiful guitars and his songwriting crosses boundaries of effortless yet mature in the same breath. Sam oozes musicality; he’ll pick up a mandolin, a fiddle or the double bass in a nonchalant manner but his talent quietly shatters the illusion of his youth. In 2020, Sam and Laurence were chosen as two of 16 musicians aged under 22 to participate in the Savannah Music Festival’s Acoustic Music Seminar in Georgia, USA. The Festival was postponed due to covid and they hope to join in the seminar sometime in the future.
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Nat Torkington is the resident banjo player for the Pipi Pickers. He is constantly pushing his own and his banjo’s boundaries while also encouraging other musicians to explore and challenge the bluegrass form. James Geluk is a graduate of the NZ School of Music and most recently won a Tui for the Best NZ folk album for his work with the Frank Burkitt Band. A bass player who brings his jazz education to bluegrass, an audience member once declared James’ fingers to be like spiders as they travelled their way around his bass. Kim Bonnington has a heart of pure country. She’s as comfortable at the centre of stage as she is as a backing vocalist and is known for her work as a solo singer, one half of Kim and Dusty, and for providing harmonies for a range of NZ acts.
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Devil in a Bottle of Whiskey video: <a href="https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A">https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A</a>
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Website: <a href="http://www.yme.nz/">www.yme.nz</a>
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<p>The Downunderdogs are Luthier pup Jack MacKenzie (left in photo), tall pup Peter Dyer, and smiley pup Cathy Dyer.</p>
<p>Of course they don’t really bark and they certainly don’t bite. They are always a great big smiley treat, so you won’t want to miss.</p>
<p>Downunderdogs is cross picking harmonising yodelling strumming swinging originalising earwigging Americana heaven.</p>
<p>Best song [<em>ed’s personal bias</em>] “My baby loves me because I’m clean Inside,” a Peter Dyer original.</p>
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<p>Cotton Daisy Backstep have opened a portal deep into the lost roots of Americana. Playing the old ‘hillbilly’ music of the Appalachian Mountains, their high energy homestead music evokes that old 78 bacon-frying sound no book-learning can give you. With Helena Faust on banjo/vocals, Philip Muollo on guitar, and Eddy Abraham on fiddle, they sing the songs of the pioneers, shotgun totin’ moonshiners and tub-thumping dance tunes.</p>
<p>Helena’s enduring commitment to the Old-time music developed during her 10 years in West Virginia steeped in the local traditions and performing with the award winning band ‘The Raincrows.’ She carried a wealth of traditional material with her when she moved back to NZ in 2003. The group began to form in 2014 when Helena assembled support acts for a touring fiddler from the US. The band chose the name Cotton Daisy Backstep and have been playing concerts at local and regional venues around Wellington for the past five years, including cafes, folk clubs, festivals and fairs.</p>
<p>This band goes beyond just being influenced by the old music; they have largely ignored modern tastes and reached back in time to create an old-world aesthetic. With Helena’s mountainy vocals heading the band, they bust out with wailing harmonies, driving old-timey rhythms, sparkling clawhammer banjo and scratchy old-time fiddle.</p>
<p>Tub-thumping dance tunes, haunting ballads of the pioneers, tales of moonshiners and old gospels, Carter Family and Doc Watson songs are the staples of their repertoire. With their 1930s appearance and style audiences can expect a unique experience.</p>
<p>“Cotton Daisy Backstep are the quintessential Old-Timey band not to be missed!” says Ebony Lamb (Eb and Sparrow)’, “Its the best of Appalachia with all the heart and soul of New Zealand, a real treat to the ears, so good you can’t sit down.” And Kim Bonnington (You Me Everybody) commented “Authenticity is at the heart of Cotton Daisy Backstep; not only will the music take you back in time but they create an entire experience of what it is to live, breathe and dance the old timey way.”</p>
<p>This is the mountain roots of Americana and Bluegrass.</p>
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<p>The Hamilton County Bluegrass are quite simply the foundation on which New Zealand Bluegrass is built.</p>
<div class="page-bio-intro">Hamilton County became overnight stars in New Zealand as the resident band on the NZBC’s The Country Touch in the late 1960s. That show’s host Tex Morton lured them to Australia where they toured for two years with the massively popular Slim Dusty.</div>
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<h3>The Pipi Pickers (New Zealand)</h3>
<p><em>“The best newgrass band in New Zealand … They always have an interesting and high quality show – doing songs no one else in the bluegrass world does. Never get bored at a Pipi Pickers show.” –</em><br>
<em>Mike Kear, Music from Foggy Hollow </em></p>
<p>The Pipis Pickers, know affectionately as the Pipis, don’t take prisoners, they get out there with contemporary and traditional hard-driving bluegrass that puts a smile on everyone’s face and infuses even the most dreadful murder ballads with a sense of joy and energy.</p>
<p>The Pipis bring a love of the genre and a desire to share that love with as many people as possible. Out front is Jenine Abarbanel on bass and vocals while husband Nat Torkington is a standout New Zealand 5-string Scruggs-style banjo player, who is ably supported by his father Barry on guitar, and Garry Bigwood on mandolin.</p>
<p>The Pipis have become favourites at New Zealand and Australian music festivals through their vibrant performances, open and inclusive jam sessions, and slow jam workshops. You’ll also recognise Jenine Abarbanel, Nat Torkington, and Barry Torkington as the folks we need to thank for starting the Kiwigrass festival.</p>
<p><em>Pipis are a delicious edible shellfish gathered when the tide is out in around Whangateau and Leigh, the Pipi Pickers’ home town.</em></p>
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<h3>RhodeWorks (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>RhodeWorks are an award-winning bluegrass folk band who play fast paced, high energy folk music, presenting a set of traditional and well-loved bluegrass alongside their original material.</p>
<p>That’s the official blurb.</p>
<p>To Kiwi audiences they are the prodigy brothers whose fiery playing just seems to get better – and faster – in the short few years since they began.</p>
<p>Laurence (18), Sam (16) and Nate (13) are largely self-taught multi-instrumentalists, and they have wowed audiences throughout New Zealand and Australia. They are supported on bass by mother Tracy (obscured in the photo above). As well as their dedication to creating unique roots-conscious music they love nothing more than heading to the workshop to craft their own instruments. <a href="/raffle/">Check out Laurence’s donated Kiwigrass raffle prize</a>.</p>
<p>Okay, it’s our job to spruik bands on this site. So as proof that we are not making this up, watch the phone video below. It captures one of those Kiwigrass magic moments when professional Berklee degree holders Lonely Heart Strong Band meet on stage with Laurance and Sam Rhodes for a jam.</p>
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<h3>Bluegrass & Beyond (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>When Bluegrass and Beyond go to play bluegrass, there can be a little mission creep out past the historically accurate Munroe genre.</p>
<p>The authentic bluegrass is there alright, it’s just that other stuff somehow sneaks in, like bluegrassifcation of 60s songs, or genuine Cameron Bennett originals which have flair for capturing stories in a way that is both genuine Americana bluegrass and somehow could only be Kiwi.</p>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5em;">John Olding – guitar, lead vocal<br>
Colin Speir – guitar, banjo, BV’s<br>
Cameron Bennett – dobro, vocals and BV’s<br>
Pete Parnham – bass fiddle, BV’s.</div>
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<p>Kaimai Express has been performing for around fifteen years now, mainly around Bay of Plenty. <a href="/kaimai-express-2021/#more-3831" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Kaimai Express Bluegrass Band: big driving wheels</span></a></p>
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<p>This Americana group is comprised of some heavyweight NZ Music Talent – all are from other groups and songwriting careers. They recently came together for a Creative New Zealand Project. The Barnyard Bangers are Gavin Dowling on Banjo; Krissy Jackson on fiddle; Cat Tunks – songwriter/Vocalist; multi-instrumentalist/guitarist and percussion player Mike Barker from ‘Swamp Thing’; and NZ’s iconic Kara Gordon on cigar box guitar.</p> The Bangers play songs written by Cat and arranged in a fun Country-Bluegrass style. See some of their work here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.tunks.3/videos/10158170212436888">https://www.facebook.com/cat.tunks.3/videos/1015817021243688</a> and you can learn more about Cat Tunks at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.catherinetunks.com/" target="_blank">www.catherinetunks.com</a>.
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<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="/pipipickers-2021/" rel="bookmark">The Pipi Pickers: picking up the pace</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header -->
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<h3>The Pipi Pickers (New Zealand)</h3>
<p><em>“The best newgrass band in New Zealand … They always have an interesting and high quality show – doing songs no one else in the bluegrass world does. Never get bored at a Pipi Pickers show.” –</em><br>
<em>Mike Kear, Music from Foggy Hollow </em></p>
<p>The Pipis Pickers, know affectionately as the Pipis, don’t take prisoners, they get out there with contemporary and traditional hard-driving bluegrass that puts a smile on everyone’s face and infuses even the most dreadful murder ballads with a sense of joy and energy.</p>
<p>The Pipis bring a love of the genre and a desire to share that love with as many people as possible. Out front is Jenine Abarbanel on bass and vocals while husband Nat Torkington is a standout New Zealand 5-string Scruggs-style banjo player, who is ably supported by his father Barry on guitar, and Garry Bigwood on mandolin.</p>
<p>The Pipis have become favourites at New Zealand and Australian music festivals through their vibrant performances, open and inclusive jam sessions, and slow jam workshops. You’ll also recognise Jenine Abarbanel, Nat Torkington, and Barry Torkington as the folks we need to thank for starting the Kiwigrass festival.</p>
<p><em>Pipis are a delicious edible shellfish gathered when the tide is out in around Whangateau and Leigh, the Pipi Pickers’ home town.</em></p>
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<span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="/pipipickers-2021/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-12-03T16:29:59+12:00">3 December 2019</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-11-18T15:57:06+12:00">18 November 2020</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="/author/peter-parnham/">Peter Parnham</a></span></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="/category/2021-kiwigrass-acts/" rel="category tag">2021 Kiwigrass Acts</a>, <a href="/category/2021-kiwigrass-acts/2021-bluegrass-acts/" rel="category tag">2021 Bluegrass Acts</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer -->
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<h3>RhodeWorks (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>RhodeWorks are an award-winning bluegrass folk band who play fast paced, high energy folk music, presenting a set of traditional and well-loved bluegrass alongside their original material.</p>
<p>That’s the official blurb.</p>
<p>To Kiwi audiences they are the prodigy brothers whose fiery playing just seems to get better – and faster – in the short few years since they began.</p>
<p>Laurence (18), Sam (16) and Nate (13) are largely self-taught multi-instrumentalists, and they have wowed audiences throughout New Zealand and Australia. They are supported on bass by mother Tracy (obscured in the photo above). As well as their dedication to creating unique roots-conscious music they love nothing more than heading to the workshop to craft their own instruments. <a href="/raffle/">Check out Laurence’s donated Kiwigrass raffle prize</a>.</p>
<p>Okay, it’s our job to spruik bands on this site. So as proof that we are not making this up, watch the phone video below. It captures one of those Kiwigrass magic moments when professional Berklee degree holders Lonely Heart Strong Band meet on stage with Laurance and Sam Rhodes for a jam.</p>
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<span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="/rhodeworks-2021/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-11-18T16:01:06+12:00">18 November 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-11-18T16:16:02+12:00">18 November 2020</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="/author/peter-parnham/">Peter Parnham</a></span></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="/category/2021-kiwigrass-acts/" rel="category tag">2021 Kiwigrass Acts</a>, <a href="/category/2021-kiwigrass-acts/2021-bluegrass-acts/" rel="category tag">2021 Bluegrass Acts</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer -->
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<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="/bluegrass-beyond-2021/" rel="bookmark">Bluegrass & Beyond: listen for the classics, listen for the originals</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header -->
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<h3>Bluegrass & Beyond (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>When Bluegrass and Beyond go to play bluegrass, there can be a little mission creep out past the historically accurate Munroe genre.</p>
<p>The authentic bluegrass is there alright, it’s just that other stuff somehow sneaks in, like bluegrassifcation of 60s songs, or genuine Cameron Bennett originals which have flair for capturing stories in a way that is both genuine Americana bluegrass and somehow could only be Kiwi.</p>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5em;">John Olding – guitar, lead vocal<br>
Colin Speir – guitar, banjo, BV’s<br>
Cameron Bennett – dobro, vocals and BV’s<br>
Pete Parnham – bass fiddle, BV’s.</div>
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<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="/kaimai-express-2021/" rel="bookmark">Kaimai Express Bluegrass Band: big driving wheels</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header -->
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<p>Kaimai Express has been performing for around fifteen years now, mainly around Bay of Plenty. <a href="/kaimai-express-2021/#more-3831" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Kaimai Express Bluegrass Band: big driving wheels</span></a></p>
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<h3>Wires & Wood (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>Tui Award winning Wires & Wood is a four piece band inspired by the sounds of traditional and modern bluegrass music. This versatile band plays a hard driving punchy style of bluegrass right through to heart melting slow waltzes. As well as striving for instrumental excellence the songs are infused with multipart harmony singing.</p>
<p>Banjo picker extraordinaire <strong>Bryan Christianson will be one of the few musicians at Kiwigrass was at the original 1970 Banjo Picker’s Convention at Claudelands, Hamilton</strong> and that’s where he says he fell in love with the 5-string banjo.</p>
<p>Bryan’s been involved in the music since then, playing in various bands with just about all the well-known names of the NZ Bluegrass scene, Peter Brocklehurst, Read Hudson, Graham Lovejoy, to name just a few. After a break of about 10 years (on and off) Bryan met up with Dave Warren and they began to pick a few tunes. At the Waharau Folk Festival in June 2003 they decided that having a band again might be fun.</p>
<p>Micheal Young became obsessed with the guitar at the age of 18, inspired by the likes of James Taylor, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Joe Walsh, Chet Atkins and the Beatles. His father used to drag him along to bluegrass festivals in the hills of the Missouri Ozarks and he gained an appreciation for the instrumental skills of the local pickers. While Micheal was never that moved by the old time bluegrass style, he was blown away by the (then) contemporary rock/jazz/blues/bluegrass fusion music coming from the likes of New Grass Revival, The Tony Rice Unit and The David Grisman Quartet. This simmered for years until moving to Auckland where he finally met a few other musicians who were both capable and willing to play in those styles. He has even started to gain an appreciation for the old time traditional bluegrass that the other band members love. They started jamming just for the joy of it, ended up doing a few gigs, and Wires & Wood was born. Micheal provides mandolin and lead vocals for Wires & Wood.</p>
<p>Dave Warren was introduced to Bluegrass music at about age six, when his father (Tom Warren) heard “Dueling Banjos” on the radio, and decided that was the music for him! ! He had a guitar put in his hands by the time he was seven or so and remembers well the National Banjo pickers Conventions, Mike Seeger, Bill Clifton, HCBB, etc etc. Dave’s interest in Bluegrass at a playing level was rekindled around 1998 and on his move to Auckland in 2000 he met and played with many wonderful musicians and eventually became a part of the coalescence called “Wires & Wood”. Plays guitar & occasionally mandolin.</p>
<p>Garry Trotman plays bass in Wires & Wood and is the newest member of the band. He has always been partial to trad country music, blues, folk and sub-genres, such as bluegrass, Cajun and western swing. Garry was previously in ‘The Terraplanes’ and ‘Southern Cross’ bluegrass groups with Bryan, and also played in a South Australian bluegrass band called ‘Highly Strung’.</p>
<p>To help relieve some of the winter blues of 2003 a few Auckland based musicians began having a Friday night bluegrass oriented jam session. Word leaked out, someone asked us to perform at a charity event and a band was born. Since then we have performed at events and venues all over New Zealand, including the Auckland Folk Festival, the Wellington Folk Festival, the Whare Flat Music Festival in Dunedin, Canterbury Folk Festival, Wellington Bluegrass Society, Fight for Life, TV commercials, Music Mountain Matakana and local music clubs and events around the country. We are still refining the Wires & Wood sound and expanding our repertoire of what we call bluegrass music. Wires & Wood released their debut album “Over The Moon” in 2010. “Over The Moon” is the recipient of the RIANZ Tui Award for Best Folk Album 2010/11.</p>
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<p>The Melling Station Boys are always being told by people they like the band a lot and that they’re very entertaining.</p>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Alastair McCarthy – guitar<br>
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<title>BB and Alex – Our International Guests!</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[BB Bowness and Alex Rubin (New Zealand/USA) Born in the small town of Marton, New Zealand, Catherine “BB” Bowness spent her early years working and living in her family’s Fish-and-Chip shop. Although an unlikely origin for a bluegrass banjo player, New Zealand would offer BB her first introduction to the instrument, sparking a lifelong love … <a href="/alex-and-bb-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">BB and Alex – Our International Guests!</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>BB Bowness and Alex Rubin (New Zealand/USA)</h3>
<p>Born in the small town of Marton, New Zealand, Catherine “BB” Bowness spent her early years working and living in her family’s Fish-and-Chip shop. Although an unlikely origin for a bluegrass banjo player, New Zealand would offer BB her first introduction to the instrument, sparking a lifelong love and fascination. A world away from the heart of bluegrass, BB spent much of her childhood teaching herself the instrument, and through dedication and tenacity became New Zealand School of Music’s first banjo student. Inspired by her New Zealand predecessors, The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, BB was always drawn to the five-piece full band, and after heading to America in 2012 she co-founded her current group, Mile Twelve. Immersing herself in the traditions of bluegrass and having studied jazz performance at university, BB’s banjo playing is an exciting synthesis of new and old ideas. “She demonstrates a command of the instrument, and plays with great rhythmic clarity both in the traditional and progressive realms. J.D. Crowe co-mingles with the future,” says Tony Trischka. Her euphoric energy and love of the genre are readily apparent in any of her live performances.</p>
<p>Currently, BB lives in Cambridge, MA. Mile Twelve has won numerous IBMA awards, including 2020 New Artists of the Year and 2017 Momentum Band of the Year. BB won the 2015 Freshgrass Banjo contest and was a winner of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2020.</p>
<p>A member of the April Verch Band from 2016-2020, Alex has toured extensively both at home and internationally, including performances in 49 states and a number of countries including Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Australia and New Zealand. Alex’s musical interests as a youth were, shall we say, eclectic but he ultimately developed a love for acoustic and traditional music while attending Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Graduating with a degree in Neurobiology in 2011, Alex returned to the vibrant Boston music scene, studying privately with Berklee School of Music’s ineffable John McGann</p>
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<title>Hot Diggity: there’s something special about this band</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 05:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[2021 Kiwigrass Acts]]></category>
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<description><![CDATA[Hot Diggity Bluegrass Band (New Zealand) When it come to band photos the blokey bands try, but Hot Diggity are way more photogenic. Could it be that they smile and laugh and generally give the air of real live fun? Hot Diggity is the only all female bluegrass band in New Zealand, but that is … <a href="/hot-diggity-bluegrass-band-2021-copy-copy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hot Diggity: there’s something special about this band</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>Hot Diggity Bluegrass Band (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>When it come to band photos the blokey bands try, but Hot Diggity are way more photogenic. Could it be that they smile and laugh and generally give the air of real live fun?</p>
<p>Hot Diggity is the only all female bluegrass band in New Zealand, but that is not why you should go see them at Kiwigrass. You should listen to them because they are one of the best bluegrass bands in New Zealand and as the photos imply, their shows are lots warm-hearted fun.</p>
<p>They play original songs by Heather Carrigan (mandolin, guitar and vocals) and Deborah Mackenzie (guitar and vocals) along with plenty of bluegrass favourites. If you were not told who wrote these songs you would probably go home and Google them to see where they came from because they totally sound the part.</p>
<p>Kiwigrass identity Jenine Abarbanel supplies bass and vocals, with Sue Drake on banjo and vocals and Krissy Jackson fiddle and vocals, combining to make a powerful five piece with a lively sound, hot chops, and tight harmonies.</p>
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<title>You, Me, Everybody: Tui Award Finalists!</title>
<link>/you-me-everybody-2021/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[“Skilfully played and sung Americana, from a virtuoso ensemble that could hold its head up proudly in the company of such well-known artists of the genre as Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski.” Ron Barbers, The Hook. New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass supergroup, You, Me, Everybody, are coming to Kiwigrass as part of their nationwide tour to … <a href="/you-me-everybody-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">You, Me, Everybody: Tui Award Finalists!</span></a>]]></description>
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“Skilfully played and sung Americana, from a virtuoso ensemble that could hold its head up proudly in the company of such well-known artists of the genre as Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski.” Ron Barbers, The Hook.
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New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass supergroup, You, Me, Everybody, are coming to Kiwigrass as part of their nationwide tour to release their first full length album “Southern Sky”.
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On the back of their 2020 self titled debut EP which saw them named as finalists for Best NZ Folk Artist, 2021, You, Me, Everybody have gained national recognition for pushing boundaries to create their own form of New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass. Southern Sky is self produced and features 11 songs and instrumentals all written and arranged by the band. Recorded with Bevan Galbraith at Bagnall Hill Recording Studios in the Waikato in October 2020, with mixing by Grammy Award winning Bluegrass master, Bil VornDick (USA). Southern Sky challenges the usual rhythms and chord patterns of traditional bluegrass to create songs that feature more complex and nuanced emotional subjects such as alienation and isolation, in addition to the staples of whiskey, love and loss.
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“Progressive bluegrass isn’t typically an accessible genre for people unfamiliar to acoustic music but this record is. It’s comfortable, relatable and full of musical charisma. The combination of musicians here headed by the formidable force of Sam and Laurence Frangos-Rhodes is fantastic and fits together beautifully. You, Me, Everybody’s sometimes rollicking album will transport you to New Zealand’s hills through an Americana lens and it’s delightful! Be sure to see them on tour too as their live show stacks up just as well.” Albi – Albi and the Wolves.
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Originally formed by brothers Laurence and Sam Frangos-Rhodes, (best known for their contributions to family band, RhodeWorks) You, Me, Everybody pushes the boundaries of what New Zealand knows of a genre that was formed on tradition and rules to create progressive bluegrass. While upbeat bangers are part of their repertoire, this is no pub band, but rather a collection of the best of New Zealand’s acoustic instrumentalists that are searching for a new, dynamic sound that showcases the best of Americana in Aotearoa.
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Referred to as New Zealand’s first Bluegrass Supergroup, the excitement around their inception saw them play their first live gig as openers for The Felice Brothers as part of the Americana fest at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. They recorded their EP a week later and in February 2020, You, Me, Everybody released their self-titled debut EP, which reached number 13 in the New Zealand album charts.
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Laurence not only plays but builds beautiful guitars and his songwriting crosses boundaries of effortless yet mature in the same breath. Sam oozes musicality; he’ll pick up a mandolin, a fiddle or the double bass in a nonchalant manner but his talent quietly shatters the illusion of his youth. In 2020, Sam and Laurence were chosen as two of 16 musicians aged under 22 to participate in the Savannah Music Festival’s Acoustic Music Seminar in Georgia, USA. The Festival was postponed due to covid and they hope to join in the seminar sometime in the future.
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Nat Torkington is the resident banjo player for the Pipi Pickers. He is constantly pushing his own and his banjo’s boundaries while also encouraging other musicians to explore and challenge the bluegrass form. James Geluk is a graduate of the NZ School of Music and most recently won a Tui for the Best NZ folk album for his work with the Frank Burkitt Band. A bass player who brings his jazz education to bluegrass, an audience member once declared James’ fingers to be like spiders as they travelled their way around his bass. Kim Bonnington has a heart of pure country. She’s as comfortable at the centre of stage as she is as a backing vocalist and is known for her work as a solo singer, one half of Kim and Dusty, and for providing harmonies for a range of NZ acts.
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Devil in a Bottle of Whiskey video: <a href="https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A">https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A</a>
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Website: <a href="http://www.yme.nz/">www.yme.nz</a>
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<title>Hamilton County Bluegrass Band</title>
<link>/2021-hamilton-county-bluegrass-band/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 03:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Hamilton County Bluegrass are quite simply the foundation on which New Zealand Bluegrass is built. Hamilton County became overnight stars in New Zealand as the resident band on the NZBC’s The Country Touch in the late 1960s. That show’s host Tex Morton lured them to Australia where they toured for two years with the … <a href="/2021-hamilton-county-bluegrass-band/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hamilton County Bluegrass Band</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>The Hamilton County Bluegrass are quite simply the foundation on which New Zealand Bluegrass is built.</p>
<div class="page-bio-intro">Hamilton County became overnight stars in New Zealand as the resident band on the NZBC’s The Country Touch in the late 1960s. That show’s host Tex Morton lured them to Australia where they toured for two years with the massively popular Slim Dusty.</div>
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<p>In the middle of their stay across the Tasman they travelled to Nashville and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, and on their return to Sydney recorded the <i>Kersbrook Cottage</i> LP, still a touchstone of Australian bluegrass music.<br />
<a href="https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/the-hamilton-county-bluegrass-band" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>– Read more on Audio Culture</em></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">Hamilton Country Bluegrass Band Discography</span></p>
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<p>LP<br />
Hamilton County Bluegrass Band (Festival)1966<br />
Live at the Poles Apart (KiwiPacific) 1968<br />
Country Touch (KiwiPacific) 1968<br />
Yesterday’s Gone (KiwiPacific) 1969<br />
Fifth Season (EMI) 1970<br />
Live at the Wynyard Tavern (EMI) 1970<br />
For You (EMI) 1971<br />
Kersbrook Cottage (EMI) 1972<br />
Country Road (EMI) 1973<br />
Hamilton County Bluegrass Band (EMI) 1976</p>
<p>CD<br />
Legends Alive (Festival) 1992 (four tunes)<br />
Hamilton County 1968-1973 (KiwiPacific) 1993<br />
Encore (KiwiPacific) 1996<br />
The Very Best Of the HCBB (EMI) 2002<br />
Highway of Legends (Rajon) 2005 (four tunes)<br />
The Tavern Revisited (EMI) 2006<br />
Highway of Legends 11 (Rajon) 2006 (four tunes)<br />
Anthology (EMI/Universal) 2014</p>
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<title>The Pipi Pickers: picking up the pace</title>
<link>/pipipickers-2021/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Pipi Pickers (New Zealand) “The best newgrass band in New Zealand … They always have an interesting and high quality show – doing songs no one else in the bluegrass world does. Never get bored at a Pipi Pickers show.” – Mike Kear, Music from Foggy Hollow The Pipis Pickers, know affectionately as the … <a href="/pipipickers-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Pipi Pickers: picking up the pace</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>The Pipi Pickers (New Zealand)</h3>
<p><em>“The best newgrass band in New Zealand … They always have an interesting and high quality show – doing songs no one else in the bluegrass world does. Never get bored at a Pipi Pickers show.” –</em><br />
<em>Mike Kear, Music from Foggy Hollow </em></p>
<p>The Pipis Pickers, know affectionately as the Pipis, don’t take prisoners, they get out there with contemporary and traditional hard-driving bluegrass that puts a smile on everyone’s face and infuses even the most dreadful murder ballads with a sense of joy and energy.</p>
<p>The Pipis bring a love of the genre and a desire to share that love with as many people as possible. Out front is Jenine Abarbanel on bass and vocals while husband Nat Torkington is a standout New Zealand 5-string Scruggs-style banjo player, who is ably supported by his father Barry on guitar, and Garry Bigwood on mandolin.</p>
<p>The Pipis have become favourites at New Zealand and Australian music festivals through their vibrant performances, open and inclusive jam sessions, and slow jam workshops. You’ll also recognise Jenine Abarbanel, Nat Torkington, and Barry Torkington as the folks we need to thank for starting the Kiwigrass festival.</p>
<p><em>Pipis are a delicious edible shellfish gathered when the tide is out in around Whangateau and Leigh, the Pipi Pickers’ home town.</em></p>
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<title>Rhode Works: a picking phenomenon</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[RhodeWorks (New Zealand) RhodeWorks are an award-winning bluegrass folk band who play fast paced, high energy folk music, presenting a set of traditional and well-loved bluegrass alongside their original material. That’s the official blurb. To Kiwi audiences they are the prodigy brothers whose fiery playing just seems to get better – and faster – in … <a href="/rhodeworks-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rhode Works: a picking phenomenon</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>RhodeWorks (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>RhodeWorks are an award-winning bluegrass folk band who play fast paced, high energy folk music, presenting a set of traditional and well-loved bluegrass alongside their original material.</p>
<p>That’s the official blurb.</p>
<p>To Kiwi audiences they are the prodigy brothers whose fiery playing just seems to get better – and faster – in the short few years since they began.</p>
<p>Laurence (18), Sam (16) and Nate (13) are largely self-taught multi-instrumentalists, and they have wowed audiences throughout New Zealand and Australia. They are supported on bass by mother Tracy (obscured in the photo above). As well as their dedication to creating unique roots-conscious music they love nothing more than heading to the workshop to craft their own instruments. <a href="/raffle/">Check out Laurence’s donated Kiwigrass raffle prize</a>.</p>
<p>Okay, it’s our job to spruik bands on this site. So as proof that we are not making this up, watch the phone video below. It captures one of those Kiwigrass magic moments when professional Berklee degree holders Lonely Heart Strong Band meet on stage with Laurance and Sam Rhodes for a jam.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[  Bluegrass & Beyond (New Zealand) When Bluegrass and Beyond go to play bluegrass, there can be a little mission creep out past the historically accurate Munroe genre. The authentic bluegrass is there alright, it’s just that other stuff somehow sneaks in, like bluegrassifcation of 60s songs, or genuine Cameron Bennett originals which have flair … <a href="/bluegrass-beyond-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bluegrass & Beyond: listen for the classics, listen for the originals</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>Bluegrass & Beyond (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>When Bluegrass and Beyond go to play bluegrass, there can be a little mission creep out past the historically accurate Munroe genre.</p>
<p>The authentic bluegrass is there alright, it’s just that other stuff somehow sneaks in, like bluegrassifcation of 60s songs, or genuine Cameron Bennett originals which have flair for capturing stories in a way that is both genuine Americana bluegrass and somehow could only be Kiwi.</p>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5em;">John Olding – guitar, lead vocal<br />
Colin Speir – guitar, banjo, BV’s<br />
Cameron Bennett – dobro, vocals and BV’s<br />
Pete Parnham – bass fiddle, BV’s.</div>
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<title>Kaimai Express Bluegrass Band: big driving wheels</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kaimai Express has been performing for around fifteen years now, mainly around Bay of Plenty. The band is made up of: Russ Heyes, banjo, mandolin, dobro and vocal. Steve McCurly, guitar, lead vocal. Colin Allison, fiddle, mandolin. Averil Javol, mandolin, harmonica, washboard, vocal Dave Williams, double bass.]]></description>
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<p>Kaimai Express has been performing for around fifteen years now, mainly around Bay of Plenty. <span id="more-3831"></span></p>
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<div style="margin-left: 1.5em;"><strong>Russ Heyes</strong>, banjo, mandolin, dobro and vocal.<br />
<strong>Steve McCurly</strong>, guitar, lead vocal.<br />
<strong>Colin Allison</strong>, fiddle, mandolin.<br />
<strong>Averil Javol</strong>, mandolin, harmonica, washboard, vocal<br />
<strong>Dave Williams</strong>, double bass.</div>
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<title>Wires & Wood: 23 strings, 4 voices, lots of sitka spruce deliver bluegrass</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wires & Wood (New Zealand) Tui Award winning Wires & Wood is a four piece band inspired by the sounds of traditional and modern bluegrass music. This versatile band plays a hard driving punchy style of bluegrass right through to heart melting slow waltzes. As well as striving for instrumental excellence the songs are infused … <a href="/wires-wood-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wires & Wood: 23 strings, 4 voices, lots of sitka spruce deliver bluegrass</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>Wires & Wood (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>Tui Award winning Wires & Wood is a four piece band inspired by the sounds of traditional and modern bluegrass music. This versatile band plays a hard driving punchy style of bluegrass right through to heart melting slow waltzes. As well as striving for instrumental excellence the songs are infused with multipart harmony singing.</p>
<p>Banjo picker extraordinaire <strong>Bryan Christianson will be one of the few musicians at Kiwigrass was at the original 1970 Banjo Picker’s Convention at Claudelands, Hamilton</strong> and that’s where he says he fell in love with the 5-string banjo.</p>
<p>Bryan’s been involved in the music since then, playing in various bands with just about all the well-known names of the NZ Bluegrass scene, Peter Brocklehurst, Read Hudson, Graham Lovejoy, to name just a few. After a break of about 10 years (on and off) Bryan met up with Dave Warren and they began to pick a few tunes. At the Waharau Folk Festival in June 2003 they decided that having a band again might be fun.</p>
<p>Micheal Young became obsessed with the guitar at the age of 18, inspired by the likes of James Taylor, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Joe Walsh, Chet Atkins and the Beatles. His father used to drag him along to bluegrass festivals in the hills of the Missouri Ozarks and he gained an appreciation for the instrumental skills of the local pickers. While Micheal was never that moved by the old time bluegrass style, he was blown away by the (then) contemporary rock/jazz/blues/bluegrass fusion music coming from the likes of New Grass Revival, The Tony Rice Unit and The David Grisman Quartet. This simmered for years until moving to Auckland where he finally met a few other musicians who were both capable and willing to play in those styles. He has even started to gain an appreciation for the old time traditional bluegrass that the other band members love. They started jamming just for the joy of it, ended up doing a few gigs, and Wires & Wood was born. Micheal provides mandolin and lead vocals for Wires & Wood.</p>
<p>Dave Warren was introduced to Bluegrass music at about age six, when his father (Tom Warren) heard “Dueling Banjos” on the radio, and decided that was the music for him! ! He had a guitar put in his hands by the time he was seven or so and remembers well the National Banjo pickers Conventions, Mike Seeger, Bill Clifton, HCBB, etc etc. Dave’s interest in Bluegrass at a playing level was rekindled around 1998 and on his move to Auckland in 2000 he met and played with many wonderful musicians and eventually became a part of the coalescence called “Wires & Wood”. Plays guitar & occasionally mandolin.</p>
<p>Garry Trotman plays bass in Wires & Wood and is the newest member of the band. He has always been partial to trad country music, blues, folk and sub-genres, such as bluegrass, Cajun and western swing. Garry was previously in ‘The Terraplanes’ and ‘Southern Cross’ bluegrass groups with Bryan, and also played in a South Australian bluegrass band called ‘Highly Strung’.</p>
<p>To help relieve some of the winter blues of 2003 a few Auckland based musicians began having a Friday night bluegrass oriented jam session. Word leaked out, someone asked us to perform at a charity event and a band was born. Since then we have performed at events and venues all over New Zealand, including the Auckland Folk Festival, the Wellington Folk Festival, the Whare Flat Music Festival in Dunedin, Canterbury Folk Festival, Wellington Bluegrass Society, Fight for Life, TV commercials, Music Mountain Matakana and local music clubs and events around the country. We are still refining the Wires & Wood sound and expanding our repertoire of what we call bluegrass music. Wires & Wood released their debut album “Over The Moon” in 2010. “Over The Moon” is the recipient of the RIANZ Tui Award for Best Folk Album 2010/11.</p>
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<title>Melling Station Boys: Coming down the line</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Melling Station Boys (New Zealand) The Melling Station Boys are always being told by people they like the band a lot and that they’re very entertaining. Alastair McCarthy – guitar Ian Smith – mandolin and fiddle Todd Foster – banjo Andrew Bicknell – bad ass bass Giacomo Giorli – resonator guitar]]></description>
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<h3>Melling Station Boys (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>The Melling Station Boys are always being told by people they like the band a lot and that they’re very entertaining.</p>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Alastair McCarthy – guitar<br />
Ian Smith – mandolin and fiddle<br />
Todd Foster – banjo<br />
Andrew Bicknell – bad ass bass<br />
Giacomo Giorli – resonator guitar</div>
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<p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Hot-Diggity-Promo-Photo-2017-1mb.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-3880 size-large" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7319-1024x575.jpg" alt="Alex and BB " width="660" height="371" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7319-1024x575.jpg 1024w, /wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7319-300x169.jpg 300w, /wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7319-768x431.jpg 768w, /wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7319-1536x863.jpg 1536w, /wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7319-2048x1150.jpg 2048w, /wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7319-350x197.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px"></a></p>
<h3>BB Bowness and Alex Rubin (New Zealand/USA)</h3>
<p>Born in the small town of Marton, New Zealand, Catherine “BB” Bowness spent her early years working and living in her family’s Fish-and-Chip shop. Although an unlikely origin for a bluegrass banjo player, New Zealand would offer BB her first introduction to the instrument, sparking a lifelong love and fascination. A world away from the heart of bluegrass, BB spent much of her childhood teaching herself the instrument, and through dedication and tenacity became New Zealand School of Music’s first banjo student. Inspired by her New Zealand predecessors, The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, BB was always drawn to the five-piece full band, and after heading to America in 2012 she co-founded her current group, Mile Twelve. Immersing herself in the traditions of bluegrass and having studied jazz performance at university, BB’s banjo playing is an exciting synthesis of new and old ideas. “She demonstrates a command of the instrument, and plays with great rhythmic clarity both in the traditional and progressive realms. J.D. Crowe co-mingles with the future,” says Tony Trischka. Her euphoric energy and love of the genre are readily apparent in any of her live performances.</p>
<p>Currently, BB lives in Cambridge, MA. Mile Twelve has won numerous IBMA awards, including 2020 New Artists of the Year and 2017 Momentum Band of the Year. BB won the 2015 Freshgrass Banjo contest and was a winner of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2020.</p>
<p>A member of the April Verch Band from 2016-2020, Alex has toured extensively both at home and internationally, including performances in 49 states and a number of countries including Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Australia and New Zealand. Alex’s musical interests as a youth were, shall we say, eclectic but he ultimately developed a love for acoustic and traditional music while attending Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Graduating with a degree in Neurobiology in 2011, Alex returned to the vibrant Boston music scene, studying privately with Berklee School of Music’s ineffable John McGann</p>
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<h3>Hot Diggity Bluegrass Band (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>When it come to band photos the blokey bands try, but Hot Diggity are way more photogenic. Could it be that they smile and laugh and generally give the air of real live fun?</p>
<p>Hot Diggity is the only all female bluegrass band in New Zealand, but that is not why you should go see them at Kiwigrass. You should listen to them because they are one of the best bluegrass bands in New Zealand and as the photos imply, their shows are lots warm-hearted fun.</p>
<p>They play original songs by Heather Carrigan (mandolin, guitar and vocals) and Deborah Mackenzie (guitar and vocals) along with plenty of bluegrass favourites. If you were not told who wrote these songs you would probably go home and Google them to see where they came from because they totally sound the part.</p>
<p>Kiwigrass identity Jenine Abarbanel supplies bass and vocals, with Sue Drake on banjo and vocals and Krissy Jackson fiddle and vocals, combining to make a powerful five piece with a lively sound, hot chops, and tight harmonies.</p>
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“Skilfully played and sung Americana, from a virtuoso ensemble that could hold its head up proudly in the company of such well-known artists of the genre as Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski.” Ron Barbers, The Hook.
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New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass supergroup, You, Me, Everybody, are coming to Kiwigrass as part of their nationwide tour to release their first full length album “Southern Sky”.
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On the back of their 2020 self titled debut EP which saw them named as finalists for Best NZ Folk Artist, 2021, You, Me, Everybody have gained national recognition for pushing boundaries to create their own form of New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass. Southern Sky is self produced and features 11 songs and instrumentals all written and arranged by the band. Recorded with Bevan Galbraith at Bagnall Hill Recording Studios in the Waikato in October 2020, with mixing by Grammy Award winning Bluegrass master, Bil VornDick (USA). Southern Sky challenges the usual rhythms and chord patterns of traditional bluegrass to create songs that feature more complex and nuanced emotional subjects such as alienation and isolation, in addition to the staples of whiskey, love and loss.
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“Progressive bluegrass isn’t typically an accessible genre for people unfamiliar to acoustic music but this record is. It’s comfortable, relatable and full of musical charisma. The combination of musicians here headed by the formidable force of Sam and Laurence Frangos-Rhodes is fantastic and fits together beautifully. You, Me, Everybody’s sometimes rollicking album will transport you to New Zealand’s hills through an Americana lens and it’s delightful! Be sure to see them on tour too as their live show stacks up just as well.” Albi – Albi and the Wolves.
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Originally formed by brothers Laurence and Sam Frangos-Rhodes, (best known for their contributions to family band, RhodeWorks) You, Me, Everybody pushes the boundaries of what New Zealand knows of a genre that was formed on tradition and rules to create progressive bluegrass. While upbeat bangers are part of their repertoire, this is no pub band, but rather a collection of the best of New Zealand’s acoustic instrumentalists that are searching for a new, dynamic sound that showcases the best of Americana in Aotearoa.
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Referred to as New Zealand’s first Bluegrass Supergroup, the excitement around their inception saw them play their first live gig as openers for The Felice Brothers as part of the Americana fest at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. They recorded their EP a week later and in February 2020, You, Me, Everybody released their self-titled debut EP, which reached number 13 in the New Zealand album charts.
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Laurence not only plays but builds beautiful guitars and his songwriting crosses boundaries of effortless yet mature in the same breath. Sam oozes musicality; he’ll pick up a mandolin, a fiddle or the double bass in a nonchalant manner but his talent quietly shatters the illusion of his youth. In 2020, Sam and Laurence were chosen as two of 16 musicians aged under 22 to participate in the Savannah Music Festival’s Acoustic Music Seminar in Georgia, USA. The Festival was postponed due to covid and they hope to join in the seminar sometime in the future.
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Nat Torkington is the resident banjo player for the Pipi Pickers. He is constantly pushing his own and his banjo’s boundaries while also encouraging other musicians to explore and challenge the bluegrass form. James Geluk is a graduate of the NZ School of Music and most recently won a Tui for the Best NZ folk album for his work with the Frank Burkitt Band. A bass player who brings his jazz education to bluegrass, an audience member once declared James’ fingers to be like spiders as they travelled their way around his bass. Kim Bonnington has a heart of pure country. She’s as comfortable at the centre of stage as she is as a backing vocalist and is known for her work as a solo singer, one half of Kim and Dusty, and for providing harmonies for a range of NZ acts.
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Devil in a Bottle of Whiskey video: <a href="https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A">https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A</a>
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<p>The Hamilton County Bluegrass are quite simply the foundation on which New Zealand Bluegrass is built.</p>
<div class="page-bio-intro">Hamilton County became overnight stars in New Zealand as the resident band on the NZBC’s The Country Touch in the late 1960s. That show’s host Tex Morton lured them to Australia where they toured for two years with the massively popular Slim Dusty.</div>
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<description><![CDATA[This Americana group is comprised of some heavyweight NZ Music Talent – all are from other groups and songwriting careers. They recently came together for a Creative New Zealand Project. The Barnyard Bangers are Gavin Dowling on Banjo; Krissy Jackson on fiddle; Cat Tunks – songwriter/Vocalist; multi-instrumentalist/guitarist and percussion player Mike Barker from ‘Swamp Thing’; … <a href="/the-barnyard-bangers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Barnyard Bangers</span></a>]]></description>
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<p><p>This Americana group is comprised of some heavyweight NZ Music Talent – all are from other groups and songwriting careers. They recently came together for a Creative New Zealand Project. The Barnyard Bangers are Gavin Dowling on Banjo; Krissy Jackson on fiddle; Cat Tunks – songwriter/Vocalist; multi-instrumentalist/guitarist and percussion player Mike Barker from ‘Swamp Thing’; and NZ’s iconic Kara Gordon on cigar box guitar.</p> The Bangers play songs written by Cat and arranged in a fun Country-Bluegrass style. See some of their work here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.tunks.3/videos/10158170212436888">https://www.facebook.com/cat.tunks.3/videos/1015817021243688</a> and you can learn more about Cat Tunks at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.catherinetunks.com/" target="_blank">www.catherinetunks.com</a>.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 03:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<h3>Shindig Trio (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>Kiwigrass expands to include Old Time String music with the magnificent band Shindig Trio. Inspired by the unvarnished authenticity of early American folk and blues heroes such as Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb and Leadbelly and led by the driving clawhammer banjo and vocals of David Ward (Wheel Of Experience), vital fiddle and mandolin of Dave Khan (Marlon Williams, Reb Fountain), and solid foundation of Bassist Eamon Edmundson Wells (Ruckus), Shindig Trio present stonking takes on old-time folk, blues and country tunes from the American pantheon.</p>
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<p>DAVID WARD is a diversely creative guitarist and banjo player who composes for theatre and original projects. He has performed in numerous musical settings, touring extensively in NZ, Singapore, Australia, India, Germany and the U.S.A. He is perhaps best known for his long time collaboration with Indian Ink Theatre Company for which he has twice won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for “Most Outstanding Composer.” David writes and performs in his original Jazz ensembles such as Onomatopoeia and Ruckus, Old-Time, Folk and Blues projects such as Wheel of Experience and Shindig, as well as numerous roles performing as collaborator and sideman with many of New Zealand’s most talented artists. In 2018 and 2019 David performed as a guest Banjoist with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.</p>
<p>DAVE KHAN is a multi instrumentalist (Violin, Viola, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Synths) who over the past 20 years has garnered a firm reputation as a supremely creative collaborator, sideman and arranger for some of NZ’s most respected artists including Marlon Wililams, Reb Fountain, Don McGlashan, Dave Dobbyn, Tim Finn, Gin Wigmore and The Topp Twins</p>
<p>EAMON EDMUNDSON-WELLS is a double bass player who has performed with some of New Zealand’s most successful musicians and international touring artists. Most known for his work in the Jazz end of the musical spectrum, Eamon explores many different genres and approaches to music, some drenched in improvisation and freedom, others in stylistic integrity and faithful reproduction. Regardless of the approach, he is a player that focuses on what’s fundamental to the music: sound, texture, rhythm, harmony, connectivity between humans, and finding peace in the process of creating. He has recently worked with Leda’s Dream, Troglodytes, Jon Pal Inderberg, Hayden Chisholm, Jeff Henderson, and Tom Cunliffe.</p>
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<p>Learn more about David Ward here: <a href="https://www.davidwardmusician.com/">https://www.davidwardmusician.com/. </a></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[BB Bowness and Alex Rubin (New Zealand/USA) Born in the small town of Marton, New Zealand, Catherine “BB” Bowness spent her early years working and living in her family’s Fish-and-Chip shop. Although an unlikely origin for a bluegrass banjo player, New Zealand would offer BB her first introduction to the instrument, sparking a lifelong love … <a href="/alex-and-bb-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">BB and Alex – Our International Guests!</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>BB Bowness and Alex Rubin (New Zealand/USA)</h3>
<p>Born in the small town of Marton, New Zealand, Catherine “BB” Bowness spent her early years working and living in her family’s Fish-and-Chip shop. Although an unlikely origin for a bluegrass banjo player, New Zealand would offer BB her first introduction to the instrument, sparking a lifelong love and fascination. A world away from the heart of bluegrass, BB spent much of her childhood teaching herself the instrument, and through dedication and tenacity became New Zealand School of Music’s first banjo student. Inspired by her New Zealand predecessors, The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, BB was always drawn to the five-piece full band, and after heading to America in 2012 she co-founded her current group, Mile Twelve. Immersing herself in the traditions of bluegrass and having studied jazz performance at university, BB’s banjo playing is an exciting synthesis of new and old ideas. “She demonstrates a command of the instrument, and plays with great rhythmic clarity both in the traditional and progressive realms. J.D. Crowe co-mingles with the future,” says Tony Trischka. Her euphoric energy and love of the genre are readily apparent in any of her live performances.</p>
<p>Currently, BB lives in Cambridge, MA. Mile Twelve has won numerous IBMA awards, including 2020 New Artists of the Year and 2017 Momentum Band of the Year. BB won the 2015 Freshgrass Banjo contest and was a winner of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2020.</p>
<p>A member of the April Verch Band from 2016-2020, Alex has toured extensively both at home and internationally, including performances in 49 states and a number of countries including Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Australia and New Zealand. Alex’s musical interests as a youth were, shall we say, eclectic but he ultimately developed a love for acoustic and traditional music while attending Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Graduating with a degree in Neurobiology in 2011, Alex returned to the vibrant Boston music scene, studying privately with Berklee School of Music’s ineffable John McGann</p>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 05:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hot Diggity Bluegrass Band (New Zealand) When it come to band photos the blokey bands try, but Hot Diggity are way more photogenic. Could it be that they smile and laugh and generally give the air of real live fun? Hot Diggity is the only all female bluegrass band in New Zealand, but that is … <a href="/hot-diggity-bluegrass-band-2021-copy-copy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hot Diggity: there’s something special about this band</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>Hot Diggity Bluegrass Band (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>When it come to band photos the blokey bands try, but Hot Diggity are way more photogenic. Could it be that they smile and laugh and generally give the air of real live fun?</p>
<p>Hot Diggity is the only all female bluegrass band in New Zealand, but that is not why you should go see them at Kiwigrass. You should listen to them because they are one of the best bluegrass bands in New Zealand and as the photos imply, their shows are lots warm-hearted fun.</p>
<p>They play original songs by Heather Carrigan (mandolin, guitar and vocals) and Deborah Mackenzie (guitar and vocals) along with plenty of bluegrass favourites. If you were not told who wrote these songs you would probably go home and Google them to see where they came from because they totally sound the part.</p>
<p>Kiwigrass identity Jenine Abarbanel supplies bass and vocals, with Sue Drake on banjo and vocals and Krissy Jackson fiddle and vocals, combining to make a powerful five piece with a lively sound, hot chops, and tight harmonies.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[“Skilfully played and sung Americana, from a virtuoso ensemble that could hold its head up proudly in the company of such well-known artists of the genre as Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski.” Ron Barbers, The Hook. New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass supergroup, You, Me, Everybody, are coming to Kiwigrass as part of their nationwide tour to … <a href="/you-me-everybody-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">You, Me, Everybody: Tui Award Finalists!</span></a>]]></description>
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“Skilfully played and sung Americana, from a virtuoso ensemble that could hold its head up proudly in the company of such well-known artists of the genre as Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski.” Ron Barbers, The Hook.
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New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass supergroup, You, Me, Everybody, are coming to Kiwigrass as part of their nationwide tour to release their first full length album “Southern Sky”.
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On the back of their 2020 self titled debut EP which saw them named as finalists for Best NZ Folk Artist, 2021, You, Me, Everybody have gained national recognition for pushing boundaries to create their own form of New Zealand’s progressive bluegrass. Southern Sky is self produced and features 11 songs and instrumentals all written and arranged by the band. Recorded with Bevan Galbraith at Bagnall Hill Recording Studios in the Waikato in October 2020, with mixing by Grammy Award winning Bluegrass master, Bil VornDick (USA). Southern Sky challenges the usual rhythms and chord patterns of traditional bluegrass to create songs that feature more complex and nuanced emotional subjects such as alienation and isolation, in addition to the staples of whiskey, love and loss.
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“Progressive bluegrass isn’t typically an accessible genre for people unfamiliar to acoustic music but this record is. It’s comfortable, relatable and full of musical charisma. The combination of musicians here headed by the formidable force of Sam and Laurence Frangos-Rhodes is fantastic and fits together beautifully. You, Me, Everybody’s sometimes rollicking album will transport you to New Zealand’s hills through an Americana lens and it’s delightful! Be sure to see them on tour too as their live show stacks up just as well.” Albi – Albi and the Wolves.
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Originally formed by brothers Laurence and Sam Frangos-Rhodes, (best known for their contributions to family band, RhodeWorks) You, Me, Everybody pushes the boundaries of what New Zealand knows of a genre that was formed on tradition and rules to create progressive bluegrass. While upbeat bangers are part of their repertoire, this is no pub band, but rather a collection of the best of New Zealand’s acoustic instrumentalists that are searching for a new, dynamic sound that showcases the best of Americana in Aotearoa.
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Referred to as New Zealand’s first Bluegrass Supergroup, the excitement around their inception saw them play their first live gig as openers for The Felice Brothers as part of the Americana fest at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. They recorded their EP a week later and in February 2020, You, Me, Everybody released their self-titled debut EP, which reached number 13 in the New Zealand album charts.
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Laurence not only plays but builds beautiful guitars and his songwriting crosses boundaries of effortless yet mature in the same breath. Sam oozes musicality; he’ll pick up a mandolin, a fiddle or the double bass in a nonchalant manner but his talent quietly shatters the illusion of his youth. In 2020, Sam and Laurence were chosen as two of 16 musicians aged under 22 to participate in the Savannah Music Festival’s Acoustic Music Seminar in Georgia, USA. The Festival was postponed due to covid and they hope to join in the seminar sometime in the future.
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Nat Torkington is the resident banjo player for the Pipi Pickers. He is constantly pushing his own and his banjo’s boundaries while also encouraging other musicians to explore and challenge the bluegrass form. James Geluk is a graduate of the NZ School of Music and most recently won a Tui for the Best NZ folk album for his work with the Frank Burkitt Band. A bass player who brings his jazz education to bluegrass, an audience member once declared James’ fingers to be like spiders as they travelled their way around his bass. Kim Bonnington has a heart of pure country. She’s as comfortable at the centre of stage as she is as a backing vocalist and is known for her work as a solo singer, one half of Kim and Dusty, and for providing harmonies for a range of NZ acts.
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Devil in a Bottle of Whiskey video: <a href="https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A">https://youtu.be/8ErVWZRwv_A</a>
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Website: <a href="http://www.yme.nz/">www.yme.nz</a>
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<title>Downunderdogs: at the bottom of the map and on top of the world</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Downunderdogs are Luthier pup Jack MacKenzie (left in photo), tall pup Peter Dyer, and smiley pup Cathy Dyer. Of course they don’t really bark and they certainly don’t bite. They are always a great big smiley treat, so you won’t want to miss. Downunderdogs is cross picking harmonising yodelling strumming swinging originalising earwigging Americana … <a href="/downunderdogs-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Downunderdogs: at the bottom of the map and on top of the world</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>The Downunderdogs are Luthier pup Jack MacKenzie (left in photo), tall pup Peter Dyer, and smiley pup Cathy Dyer.</p>
<p>Of course they don’t really bark and they certainly don’t bite. They are always a great big smiley treat, so you won’t want to miss.</p>
<p>Downunderdogs is cross picking harmonising yodelling strumming swinging originalising earwigging Americana heaven.</p>
<p>Best song [<em>ed’s personal bias</em>] “My baby loves me because I’m clean Inside,” a Peter Dyer original.</p>
<p>Their music has a charming and genuine flavour you won’t hear anywhere else.</p>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 05:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cotton Daisy Backstep have opened a portal deep into the lost roots of Americana. Playing the old ‘hillbilly’ music of the Appalachian Mountains, their high energy homestead music evokes that old 78 bacon-frying sound no book-learning can give you. With Helena Faust on banjo/vocals, Philip Muollo on guitar, and Eddy Abraham on fiddle, they sing … <a href="/cottondaisybackstep-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Cotton Daisy Backstep – Old Timey Goodness!</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Cotton Daisy Backstep have opened a portal deep into the lost roots of Americana. Playing the old ‘hillbilly’ music of the Appalachian Mountains, their high energy homestead music evokes that old 78 bacon-frying sound no book-learning can give you. With Helena Faust on banjo/vocals, Philip Muollo on guitar, and Eddy Abraham on fiddle, they sing the songs of the pioneers, shotgun totin’ moonshiners and tub-thumping dance tunes.</p>
<p>Helena’s enduring commitment to the Old-time music developed during her 10 years in West Virginia steeped in the local traditions and performing with the award winning band ‘The Raincrows.’ She carried a wealth of traditional material with her when she moved back to NZ in 2003. The group began to form in 2014 when Helena assembled support acts for a touring fiddler from the US. The band chose the name Cotton Daisy Backstep and have been playing concerts at local and regional venues around Wellington for the past five years, including cafes, folk clubs, festivals and fairs.</p>
<p>This band goes beyond just being influenced by the old music; they have largely ignored modern tastes and reached back in time to create an old-world aesthetic. With Helena’s mountainy vocals heading the band, they bust out with wailing harmonies, driving old-timey rhythms, sparkling clawhammer banjo and scratchy old-time fiddle.</p>
<p>Tub-thumping dance tunes, haunting ballads of the pioneers, tales of moonshiners and old gospels, Carter Family and Doc Watson songs are the staples of their repertoire. With their 1930s appearance and style audiences can expect a unique experience.</p>
<p>“Cotton Daisy Backstep are the quintessential Old-Timey band not to be missed!” says Ebony Lamb (Eb and Sparrow)’, “Its the best of Appalachia with all the heart and soul of New Zealand, a real treat to the ears, so good you can’t sit down.” And Kim Bonnington (You Me Everybody) commented “Authenticity is at the heart of Cotton Daisy Backstep; not only will the music take you back in time but they create an entire experience of what it is to live, breathe and dance the old timey way.”</p>
<p>This is the mountain roots of Americana and Bluegrass.</p>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 03:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Hamilton County Bluegrass are quite simply the foundation on which New Zealand Bluegrass is built. Hamilton County became overnight stars in New Zealand as the resident band on the NZBC’s The Country Touch in the late 1960s. That show’s host Tex Morton lured them to Australia where they toured for two years with the … <a href="/2021-hamilton-county-bluegrass-band/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hamilton County Bluegrass Band</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>The Hamilton County Bluegrass are quite simply the foundation on which New Zealand Bluegrass is built.</p>
<div class="page-bio-intro">Hamilton County became overnight stars in New Zealand as the resident band on the NZBC’s The Country Touch in the late 1960s. That show’s host Tex Morton lured them to Australia where they toured for two years with the massively popular Slim Dusty.</div>
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<p>In the middle of their stay across the Tasman they travelled to Nashville and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, and on their return to Sydney recorded the <i>Kersbrook Cottage</i> LP, still a touchstone of Australian bluegrass music.<br />
<a href="https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/the-hamilton-county-bluegrass-band" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>– Read more on Audio Culture</em></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">Hamilton Country Bluegrass Band Discography</span></p>
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<p>LP<br />
Hamilton County Bluegrass Band (Festival)1966<br />
Live at the Poles Apart (KiwiPacific) 1968<br />
Country Touch (KiwiPacific) 1968<br />
Yesterday’s Gone (KiwiPacific) 1969<br />
Fifth Season (EMI) 1970<br />
Live at the Wynyard Tavern (EMI) 1970<br />
For You (EMI) 1971<br />
Kersbrook Cottage (EMI) 1972<br />
Country Road (EMI) 1973<br />
Hamilton County Bluegrass Band (EMI) 1976</p>
<p>CD<br />
Legends Alive (Festival) 1992 (four tunes)<br />
Hamilton County 1968-1973 (KiwiPacific) 1993<br />
Encore (KiwiPacific) 1996<br />
The Very Best Of the HCBB (EMI) 2002<br />
Highway of Legends (Rajon) 2005 (four tunes)<br />
The Tavern Revisited (EMI) 2006<br />
Highway of Legends 11 (Rajon) 2006 (four tunes)<br />
Anthology (EMI/Universal) 2014</p>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Pipi Pickers (New Zealand) “The best newgrass band in New Zealand … They always have an interesting and high quality show – doing songs no one else in the bluegrass world does. Never get bored at a Pipi Pickers show.” – Mike Kear, Music from Foggy Hollow The Pipis Pickers, know affectionately as the … <a href="/pipipickers-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Pipi Pickers: picking up the pace</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>The Pipi Pickers (New Zealand)</h3>
<p><em>“The best newgrass band in New Zealand … They always have an interesting and high quality show – doing songs no one else in the bluegrass world does. Never get bored at a Pipi Pickers show.” –</em><br />
<em>Mike Kear, Music from Foggy Hollow </em></p>
<p>The Pipis Pickers, know affectionately as the Pipis, don’t take prisoners, they get out there with contemporary and traditional hard-driving bluegrass that puts a smile on everyone’s face and infuses even the most dreadful murder ballads with a sense of joy and energy.</p>
<p>The Pipis bring a love of the genre and a desire to share that love with as many people as possible. Out front is Jenine Abarbanel on bass and vocals while husband Nat Torkington is a standout New Zealand 5-string Scruggs-style banjo player, who is ably supported by his father Barry on guitar, and Garry Bigwood on mandolin.</p>
<p>The Pipis have become favourites at New Zealand and Australian music festivals through their vibrant performances, open and inclusive jam sessions, and slow jam workshops. You’ll also recognise Jenine Abarbanel, Nat Torkington, and Barry Torkington as the folks we need to thank for starting the Kiwigrass festival.</p>
<p><em>Pipis are a delicious edible shellfish gathered when the tide is out in around Whangateau and Leigh, the Pipi Pickers’ home town.</em></p>
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<title>Rhode Works: a picking phenomenon</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Parnham]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[RhodeWorks (New Zealand) RhodeWorks are an award-winning bluegrass folk band who play fast paced, high energy folk music, presenting a set of traditional and well-loved bluegrass alongside their original material. That’s the official blurb. To Kiwi audiences they are the prodigy brothers whose fiery playing just seems to get better – and faster – in … <a href="/rhodeworks-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rhode Works: a picking phenomenon</span></a>]]></description>
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<h3>RhodeWorks (New Zealand)</h3>
<p>RhodeWorks are an award-winning bluegrass folk band who play fast paced, high energy folk music, presenting a set of traditional and well-loved bluegrass alongside their original material.</p>
<p>That’s the official blurb.</p>
<p>To Kiwi audiences they are the prodigy brothers whose fiery playing just seems to get better – and faster – in the short few years since they began.</p>
<p>Laurence (18), Sam (16) and Nate (13) are largely self-taught multi-instrumentalists, and they have wowed audiences throughout New Zealand and Australia. They are supported on bass by mother Tracy (obscured in the photo above). As well as their dedication to creating unique roots-conscious music they love nothing more than heading to the workshop to craft their own instruments. <a href="/raffle/">Check out Laurence’s donated Kiwigrass raffle prize</a>.</p>
<p>Okay, it’s our job to spruik bands on this site. So as proof that we are not making this up, watch the phone video below. It captures one of those Kiwigrass magic moments when professional Berklee degree holders Lonely Heart Strong Band meet on stage with Laurance and Sam Rhodes for a jam.</p>
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<p>This Americana group is comprised of some heavyweight NZ Music Talent – all are from other groups and songwriting careers. They recently came together for a Creative New Zealand Project. The Barnyard Bangers are Gavin Dowling on Banjo; Krissy Jackson on fiddle; Cat Tunks – songwriter/Vocalist; multi-instrumentalist/guitarist and percussion player Mike Barker from ‘Swamp Thing’; and NZ’s iconic Kara Gordon on cigar box guitar.</p> The Bangers play songs written by Cat and arranged in a fun Country-Bluegrass style. See some of their work here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cat.tunks.3/videos/10158170212436888">https://www.facebook.com/cat.tunks.3/videos/1015817021243688</a> and you can learn more about Cat Tunks at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.catherinetunks.com/" target="_blank">www.catherinetunks.com</a>.
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<p>Kiwigrass expands to include Old Time String music with the magnificent band Shindig Trio. Inspired by the unvarnished authenticity of early American folk and blues heroes such as Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb and Leadbelly and led by the driving clawhammer banjo and vocals of David Ward (Wheel Of Experience), vital fiddle and mandolin of Dave Khan (Marlon Williams, Reb Fountain), and solid foundation of Bassist Eamon Edmundson Wells (Ruckus), Shindig Trio present stonking takes on old-time folk, blues and country tunes from the American pantheon.</p>
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<p>DAVID WARD is a diversely creative guitarist and banjo player who composes for theatre and original projects. He has performed in numerous musical settings, touring extensively in NZ, Singapore, Australia, India, Germany and the U.S.A. He is perhaps best known for his long time collaboration with Indian Ink Theatre Company for which he has twice won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for “Most Outstanding Composer.” David writes and performs in his original Jazz ensembles such as Onomatopoeia and Ruckus, Old-Time, Folk and Blues projects such as Wheel of Experience and Shindig, as well as numerous roles performing as collaborator and sideman with many of New Zealand’s most talented artists. In 2018 and 2019 David performed as a guest Banjoist with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.</p>
<p>DAVE KHAN is a multi instrumentalist (Violin, Viola, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Synths) who over the past 20 years has garnered a firm reputation as a supremely creative collaborator, sideman and arranger for some of NZ’s most respected artists including Marlon Wililams, Reb Fountain, Don McGlashan, Dave Dobbyn, Tim Finn, Gin Wigmore and The Topp Twins</p>
<p>EAMON EDMUNDSON-WELLS is a double bass player who has performed with some of New Zealand’s most successful musicians and international touring artists. Most known for his work in the Jazz end of the musical spectrum, Eamon explores many different genres and approaches to music, some drenched in improvisation and freedom, others in stylistic integrity and faithful reproduction. Regardless of the approach, he is a player that focuses on what’s fundamental to the music: sound, texture, rhythm, harmony, connectivity between humans, and finding peace in the process of creating. He has recently worked with Leda’s Dream, Troglodytes, Jon Pal Inderberg, Hayden Chisholm, Jeff Henderson, and Tom Cunliffe.</p>
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<p>Born in the small town of Marton, New Zealand, Catherine “BB” Bowness spent her early years working and living in her family’s Fish-and-Chip shop. Although an unlikely origin for a bluegrass banjo player, New Zealand would offer BB her first introduction to the instrument, sparking a lifelong love and fascination. A world away from the heart of bluegrass, BB spent much of her childhood teaching herself the instrument, and through dedication and tenacity became New Zealand School of Music’s first banjo student. Inspired by her New Zealand predecessors, The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, BB was always drawn to the five-piece full band, and after heading to America in 2012 she co-founded her current group, Mile Twelve. Immersing herself in the traditions of bluegrass and having studied jazz performance at university, BB’s banjo playing is an exciting synthesis of new and old ideas. “She demonstrates a command of the instrument, and plays with great rhythmic clarity both in the traditional and progressive realms. J.D. Crowe co-mingles with the future,” says Tony Trischka. Her euphoric energy and love of the genre are readily apparent in any of her live performances.</p>
<p>Currently, BB lives in Cambridge, MA. Mile Twelve has won numerous IBMA awards, including 2020 New Artists of the Year and 2017 Momentum Band of the Year. BB won the 2015 Freshgrass Banjo contest and was a winner of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2020.</p>
<p>A member of the April Verch Band from 2016-2020, Alex has toured extensively both at home and internationally, including performances in 49 states and a number of countries including Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Australia and New Zealand. Alex’s musical interests as a youth were, shall we say, eclectic but he ultimately developed a love for acoustic and traditional music while attending Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Graduating with a degree in Neurobiology in 2011, Alex returned to the vibrant Boston music scene, studying privately with Berklee School of Music’s ineffable John McGann</p>
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<p>When it come to band photos the blokey bands try, but Hot Diggity are way more photogenic. Could it be that they smile and laugh and generally give the air of real live fun?</p>
<p>Hot Diggity is the only all female bluegrass band in New Zealand, but that is not why you should go see them at Kiwigrass. You should listen to them because they are one of the best bluegrass bands in New Zealand and as the photos imply, their shows are lots warm-hearted fun.</p>
<p>They play original songs by Heather Carrigan (mandolin, guitar and vocals) and Deborah Mackenzie (guitar and vocals) along with plenty of bluegrass favourites. If you were not told who wrote these songs you would probably go home and Google them to see where they came from because they totally sound the part.</p>
<p>Kiwigrass identity Jenine Abarbanel supplies bass and vocals, with Sue Drake on banjo and vocals and Krissy Jackson fiddle and vocals, combining to make a powerful five piece with a lively sound, hot chops, and tight harmonies.</p>
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<p>Kiwigrass expands to include Old Time String music with the magnificent band Shindig Trio. Inspired by the unvarnished authenticity of early American folk and blues heroes such as Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb and Leadbelly and led by the driving clawhammer banjo and vocals of David Ward (Wheel Of Experience), vital fiddle and mandolin of Dave Khan (Marlon Williams, Reb Fountain), and solid foundation of Bassist Eamon Edmundson Wells (Ruckus), Shindig Trio present stonking takes on old-time folk, blues and country tunes from the American pantheon.</p>
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<p>DAVE KHAN is a multi instrumentalist (Violin, Viola, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Synths) who over the past 20 years has garnered a firm reputation as a supremely creative collaborator, sideman and arranger for some of NZ’s most respected artists including Marlon Wililams, Reb Fountain, Don McGlashan, Dave Dobbyn, Tim Finn, Gin Wigmore and The Topp Twins</p>
<p>EAMON EDMUNDSON-WELLS is a double bass player who has performed with some of New Zealand’s most successful musicians and international touring artists. Most known for his work in the Jazz end of the musical spectrum, Eamon explores many different genres and approaches to music, some drenched in improvisation and freedom, others in stylistic integrity and faithful reproduction. Regardless of the approach, he is a player that focuses on what’s fundamental to the music: sound, texture, rhythm, harmony, connectivity between humans, and finding peace in the process of creating. He has recently worked with Leda’s Dream, Troglodytes, Jon Pal Inderberg, Hayden Chisholm, Jeff Henderson, and Tom Cunliffe.</p>
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<p>Cotton Daisy Backstep have opened a portal deep into the lost roots of Americana. Playing the old ‘hillbilly’ music of the Appalachian Mountains, their high energy homestead music evokes that old 78 bacon-frying sound no book-learning can give you. With Helena Faust on banjo/vocals, Philip Muollo on guitar, and Eddy Abraham on fiddle, they sing the songs of the pioneers, shotgun totin’ moonshiners and tub-thumping dance tunes.</p>
<p>Helena’s enduring commitment to the Old-time music developed during her 10 years in West Virginia steeped in the local traditions and performing with the award winning band ‘The Raincrows.’ She carried a wealth of traditional material with her when she moved back to NZ in 2003. The group began to form in 2014 when Helena assembled support acts for a touring fiddler from the US. The band chose the name Cotton Daisy Backstep and have been playing concerts at local and regional venues around Wellington for the past five years, including cafes, folk clubs, festivals and fairs.</p>
<p>This band goes beyond just being influenced by the old music; they have largely ignored modern tastes and reached back in time to create an old-world aesthetic. With Helena’s mountainy vocals heading the band, they bust out with wailing harmonies, driving old-timey rhythms, sparkling clawhammer banjo and scratchy old-time fiddle.</p>
<p>Tub-thumping dance tunes, haunting ballads of the pioneers, tales of moonshiners and old gospels, Carter Family and Doc Watson songs are the staples of their repertoire. With their 1930s appearance and style audiences can expect a unique experience.</p>
<p>“Cotton Daisy Backstep are the quintessential Old-Timey band not to be missed!” says Ebony Lamb (Eb and Sparrow)’, “Its the best of Appalachia with all the heart and soul of New Zealand, a real treat to the ears, so good you can’t sit down.” And Kim Bonnington (You Me Everybody) commented “Authenticity is at the heart of Cotton Daisy Backstep; not only will the music take you back in time but they create an entire experience of what it is to live, breathe and dance the old timey way.”</p>
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<p>Kiwigrass expands to include Old Time String music with the magnificent band Shindig Trio. Inspired by the unvarnished authenticity of early American folk and blues heroes such as Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb and Leadbelly and led by the driving clawhammer banjo and vocals of David Ward (Wheel Of Experience), vital fiddle and mandolin of Dave Khan (Marlon Williams, Reb Fountain), and solid foundation of Bassist Eamon Edmundson Wells (Ruckus), Shindig Trio present stonking takes on old-time folk, blues and country tunes from the American pantheon.</p>
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<p>DAVID WARD is a diversely creative guitarist and banjo player who composes for theatre and original projects. He has performed in numerous musical settings, touring extensively in NZ, Singapore, Australia, India, Germany and the U.S.A. He is perhaps best known for his long time collaboration with Indian Ink Theatre Company for which he has twice won the Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for “Most Outstanding Composer.” David writes and performs in his original Jazz ensembles such as Onomatopoeia and Ruckus, Old-Time, Folk and Blues projects such as Wheel of Experience and Shindig, as well as numerous roles performing as collaborator and sideman with many of New Zealand’s most talented artists. In 2018 and 2019 David performed as a guest Banjoist with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.</p>
<p>DAVE KHAN is a multi instrumentalist (Violin, Viola, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Synths) who over the past 20 years has garnered a firm reputation as a supremely creative collaborator, sideman and arranger for some of NZ’s most respected artists including Marlon Wililams, Reb Fountain, Don McGlashan, Dave Dobbyn, Tim Finn, Gin Wigmore and The Topp Twins</p>
<p>EAMON EDMUNDSON-WELLS is a double bass player who has performed with some of New Zealand’s most successful musicians and international touring artists. Most known for his work in the Jazz end of the musical spectrum, Eamon explores many different genres and approaches to music, some drenched in improvisation and freedom, others in stylistic integrity and faithful reproduction. Regardless of the approach, he is a player that focuses on what’s fundamental to the music: sound, texture, rhythm, harmony, connectivity between humans, and finding peace in the process of creating. He has recently worked with Leda’s Dream, Troglodytes, Jon Pal Inderberg, Hayden Chisholm, Jeff Henderson, and Tom Cunliffe.</p>
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<p>Learn more about David Ward here: <a href="https://www.davidwardmusician.com/">https://www.davidwardmusician.com/. </a></p>
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<p>Cotton Daisy Backstep have opened a portal deep into the lost roots of Americana. Playing the old ‘hillbilly’ music of the Appalachian Mountains, their high energy homestead music evokes that old 78 bacon-frying sound no book-learning can give you. With Helena Faust on banjo/vocals, Philip Muollo on guitar, and Eddy Abraham on fiddle, they sing the songs of the pioneers, shotgun totin’ moonshiners and tub-thumping dance tunes.</p>
<p>Helena’s enduring commitment to the Old-time music developed during her 10 years in West Virginia steeped in the local traditions and performing with the award winning band ‘The Raincrows.’ She carried a wealth of traditional material with her when she moved back to NZ in 2003. The group began to form in 2014 when Helena assembled support acts for a touring fiddler from the US. The band chose the name Cotton Daisy Backstep and have been playing concerts at local and regional venues around Wellington for the past five years, including cafes, folk clubs, festivals and fairs.</p>
<p>This band goes beyond just being influenced by the old music; they have largely ignored modern tastes and reached back in time to create an old-world aesthetic. With Helena’s mountainy vocals heading the band, they bust out with wailing harmonies, driving old-timey rhythms, sparkling clawhammer banjo and scratchy old-time fiddle.</p>
<p>Tub-thumping dance tunes, haunting ballads of the pioneers, tales of moonshiners and old gospels, Carter Family and Doc Watson songs are the staples of their repertoire. With their 1930s appearance and style audiences can expect a unique experience.</p>
<p>“Cotton Daisy Backstep are the quintessential Old-Timey band not to be missed!” says Ebony Lamb (Eb and Sparrow)’, “Its the best of Appalachia with all the heart and soul of New Zealand, a real treat to the ears, so good you can’t sit down.” And Kim Bonnington (You Me Everybody) commented “Authenticity is at the heart of Cotton Daisy Backstep; not only will the music take you back in time but they create an entire experience of what it is to live, breathe and dance the old timey way.”</p>
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