Frazey Ford 14th October 2022 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. File photograph by Doug Peters. As the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival commences it’s annual run, for this eighth iteration Canadian chanteuse Frazey Ford was chosen to openContinue Reading

Ish

Ish 7th October 2022 Spaceship, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Jessie Broad. In the same vein as the Common Room having an upstart sibling the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival has a scrappy and pugnacious cousin, in the formContinue Reading

Mel Parsons

Mel Parsons 7th October 2022 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Setting out on a nationwide sojourn in support of her new album “Slow Burn”, Lyttelton’s Mel Parsons initiated proceedings in fine style, with a gig atContinue Reading

Jakob

Jakob 1st October 2022 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Mark Derricutt. Noise. Perhaps the purest means of expression in musical endeavour. For how better does the human spirit express itself, than in the utterance ofContinue Reading