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Following the release and tour of critically acclaimed fourth album How We Got To Now in 2015, The Broken Heartbreakers retreated to the wings, the core songwriting duo of John Guy Howell and Rachel Bailey stepping out only occasionally over the past few years.
The Broken Heartbreakers are excited to be heading back to play their old haunt, the Wine Cellar for two shows in January with a five-piece line-up that sees singer/guitarists Howell and Bailey joined by Craig Monk (violin, guitar), Angus McBryde (bass) and Paul McLennan-Kissel (drums) for a journey through the band’s full catalogue and new material.
Gig Information
Following the release and tour of critically acclaimed fourth album How We Got To Now in 2015, The Broken Heartbreakers retreated to the wings, the core songwriting duo of John Guy Howell and Rachel Bailey stepping out only occasionally over the past few years.
The Broken Heartbreakers are excited to be heading back to play their old haunt, the Wine Cellar for two shows in January with a five-piece line-up that sees singer/guitarists Howell and Bailey joined by Craig Monk (violin, guitar), Angus McBryde (bass) and Paul McLennan-Kissel (drums) for a journey through the band’s full catalogue and new material.
The Broken Heartbreakers To Play Tāmaki s The Wine Cellar w/ Rosy Parlane Annabel Kean / Photo credit: Petra Paignton / Monday 18th January, 2021 10:55AM
Ōtepoti via Europe via Tāmaki Makaurau folk-pop duo
The Broken Heartbreakers return to the city of sails this weekend for two magical nights. Songwriters
Rachel Bailey and
John Guy Howell haven t stepped out in Auckland with a full band for more than five years, busy with other projects Asta Rangu, Die Musikband and The Everly Sisters. Gentle strums and feather soft vocals will fill Wine Cellar as The Broken Heartbreakers mix the bleak with the beautiful , alongside bonus bandmates Craig Monk, Angus McBryde, and Paul McLennan-Kissel on violin, bass and drums respectively. Join in on a cosy evening or two for new songs and old from their four lauded collections, along with special guest Rosy Parlane.
Rodney Hide suggested in the Herald this morning that if James Shaw was leader of the Greens there would be a greater chance they could go into coalition with National. James Shaw does not think so. Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:44 am, February 15th, 2015 - 69 comments
The John Key led National Government is showing signs of third termitis. Symptoms are a confusion of the national interest with National Party political interests, a willingness to sell state houses and pay the proceeds to large corporates when even your best friends are saying don’t, a staleness and inability to handle issues properly and being completely bereft of new ideas to improve the country. The condition is almost inevitably terminal.
Tips for the budding writer with author Michael Botur
18 Jan, 2021 03:01 PM
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Michael Botur, author and inspiration. Photo / Supplied
Wanganui Midweek
Author Michael Botur has some advice for the writer who really should get around to it.
Picture this: you re on the beach with a bevvy, a book and some Bluetooth. You re impressed by the words or the lyrics on the speaker. You re thinking over the film you saw last night or that poem someone posted.
All these pieces of writing that give you so much inspiration and envy? They undoubtedly began with words that went through many drafts. Some of those drafts would have been done during a hot, sunburned summer. Behind what you imagine to be a cushy, privileged author life is a weary writer suffering on a sticky chair in a dark room while it s sunny outside. For example, last night my sweaty armpits stank up the studio as I recorded Hell of a Thing for Audible. But that s what it takes. Several drafts of your novel, st