Tiny Ruins Announces Some Were Meant For Sea 10th Anniversary Tour + Reissue Annabel Kean / Photo credit: Si Moore / Thursday 3rd June, 2021 2:00PM
Tiny Ruins head honcho
Hollie Fullbrook has been hit with the realisation that a whole decade has passed since she released her debut album
Some Were Meant For Sea and embarked on her first solo tour of Aotearoa. To mark the occasion,
Some Were Meant For Sea will be reissued on seafoam green translucent vinyl LP and Digipak CD with previously unreleased bonus track The Oldest Bar in Town , and this winter Fullbrook will be retracing the steps she took ten years ago, touring the same four cities she did back in 2011. Of course her fanbase and average crowd size has ballooned a fair bit since then, so the specific venues aren t exactly the same Wine Cellar has been swapped out for the larger capacity
Monday, 22 February 2021, 7:26 am
Prominent women of jazz feature at the launch of the
Dunedin Jazz Club (DJC) on Saturday 6 March, with legendary
trumpeter and vocalist Edwina Thorne from Auckland being
joined by Dunedin singer Molly McGee.
Edwina Thorne
has a long standing relationship with the musical scene in
Dunedin, having performed regularly with pianist and club
director Bill Martin in the past.
She has performed at
the Queenstown and Harbour Street Jazz Festivals with
players from the South Island and has always thrilled
audiences with her big trumpet sound, smooth flugelhorn
playing and husky vocals.
Thorne is a legend of the
Press Release – Dunedin Jazz Club
Prominent women of jazz feature at the launch of the Dunedin Jazz Club (DJC) on Saturday 6 March, with legendary trumpeter and vocalist Edwina Thorne from Auckland being joined by Dunedin singer Molly McGee.
Edwina Thorne has a long standing relationship with the musical scene in Dunedin, having performed regularly with pianist and club director Bill Martin in the past.
She has performed at the Queenstown and Harbour Street Jazz Festivals with players from the South Island and has always thrilled audiences with her big trumpet sound, smooth flugelhorn playing and husky vocals.
Thorne is a legend of the New Zealand jazz scene, having trained in New York at Berklee College and formed her own all female group called “The Thornebirds”, who performed at the New York Women’s Jazz Festival.
A book about a famous lament for the 18th century mid Cork hero Art Ó Laoghaire has scooped the An Post Irish Book of the Year award for its Cork-based author.
Poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa s A Ghost In The Throat is an investigation by the writer of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, who wrote Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire/Lament for Art O Leary, and it also gives a personal insight into Doireann s own circumstances and experiences as she follows in the footsteps of Eibhlín Dubh.
The book takes us on a tour of many sites around Macroom and the general mid Cork area.
Dunedin Arts Festival to Feature Debut Season of BalletCollective Aotearoa
The 2021 Dunedin Arts Festival will take place in April of next year, Otago Daily Times reports. The festival s director, Charlie Unwin, has announced the first shows that will take place, including the debut season of newly-formed New Zealand dance company BalletCollective Aotearoa.
The festival was postponed from its original October dates, due to the health crisis, which opened up new opportunities and allowed it to work closely with Auckland Arts Festival and the Festival of Colour in Wanaka.
The Dunedin Arts Festival will use many of the city s venues, from the Town Hall and Regent Theatre to Knox Church and Hanover Hall, depending on the size of the shows.