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Barry Charles at Lukes Kitchen Kuoutunu

Culture Vulture — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:57:07 +0000

One of several gigs that Barry did in New Zealand, this and a local house concert were the standouts! Great music in the early evening in stunning surroundings with great food, atmosphere and staff – what more can we (or the musician) ask for. Magic interaction and connection with audience and artist. Plus a didgeridoo [...]

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Kokomo at Tauranga Jazz Festival 2012 review

Culture Vulture — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:51:26 +0000

Glad to be performing again after a couple of disjointed years, this famous local band delivered a good mix of new songs from their latest CD, and classic Kokomo crowd pleasers like Plastic Jesus. As always great musical skills and tight arrangements from Derek, Mike, Nigel, Phil, Sonya and Grant. Great to see you again [...]

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The B side Band at Tauranga Jazz Festival 2012

Culture Vulture — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:27:04 +0000

Long standing Tauranga Band with a great mix of blues and the usual great harmonica. Great solid blues!

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Brilleaux with Diana Harris Tauranga Jazz Festival 2012

Culture Vulture — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:25:19 +0000

As always the skills of Brilleaux kept the audience jumping. But the addition of Diana Harris with her great soulful Tina Turner like voice added another huge dimension and was greatly enjoyed by the audience. Brilleaux!!

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Hammond Gamble Auckland April 2011 review

Culture Vulture — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:22:40 +0000

Opening for BB King along with Ruthie Foster, Hammond gave a great performance by the “local boy”. One of NZ’s stayers in the music scene, often overlooked as “just another local act” Hammond is well worth seeing and is extremely talented, both as a musician but also a songwriter with great depth and skills in [...]

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BB King Auckland April 2011 review

Culture Vulture — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:19:26 +0000

I have waited 40 years to finally see ole BB again after first seeing him in Golden Gate Park an Francisco in 1973. I guess I maybe didn’t appreciate the fact that being 84 years old and having just done 4 days at the Byron Bay Blues festival must take something out of you. Sadly, [...]

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