Jenny Mitchell & The Mitchell Twins 29th October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. For the fifth year in a row, it falls to me to chronicle the closing act in the two-weekContinue Reading
Jenny Don’t & The Spurs 28th October 2023 Meeanee Memorial Hall, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. With a level of volume and speed rarely encountered in the context of the Small Hall Sessions, JennyContinue Reading
Gráda 27th October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. From India to Ireland, via Aotearoa, such are the adventures possible on Pitsch’s Magic Carpet Ride! After the previous night of the Hawkes BayContinue Reading
Shades of Shakti 26th October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Rudyard Kipling once famously wrote “East is East and West is west, and never the twain shall meet”. Clearly that memo didn’tContinue Reading
When Poetry and Song Collide 22nd October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. After the climatic trauma inflicted on the Hawkes Bay region by the (name omitted in sympathy with those who seekContinue Reading
Arahi: Te Tokotoru 13th October 2023 Te Awanga Hall, Te Matau-a-Māui, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Power trios. Clapton did it, with Cream. Hendrix did it, with the Experience and the Band of Gypsys. MotorheadContinue Reading
Paul McLaney 12th October 2023 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Paul McLaney would safely be described as anything but a household name, a fact which, simultaneously, is both a great shame andContinue Reading
KITA 7th October 2023 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand Review by Rob Harbers, historical file photograph by Tim Gruar. Poneke’s KITA last night visited the hallowed ground of Napier’s coolest little music venue™, Paisley Stage. They offered those gathered thereinContinue Reading
Don McGlashan 16th September 2023 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Don McGlashan is currently in the throes of his “Take it to the Bridge” tour, and on the night it touched downContinue Reading