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
The Chicks 28th October 2023 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Charlotte Lightbody, with photography by Doug Peters. Global country superstars, The Chicks performed to a roaring crowd in Auckland as part of their global world tour. The biggest-sellingContinue 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
Theia X Te Kaahu – Girl In A Savage World 22nd October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Like a superhero, Em Walker leads something of a professional double life. Except both ofContinue Reading
Machine Wreckers, An Introduction to the Native Birds of Aotearoa 20th October 2023 St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Adrian Thornton is an ideas man. Anyone who has had the pleasure ofContinue Reading
Gráda 18th October 2023 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Traditional Irish group Gráda have reunited with a 9-date tour across the Motu, beginning with last night’s gig in Pōneke. Gráda were headliners on theContinue Reading