Refugee will use guitar talents in new country
NINETEEN-year-old Kim Pa played a starring role in his language class graduation in Wellington – just two months after he escaped the turmoil in Burma. Kim sought refugee status and is excited about...
View ArticleStudents earn bigger bucks busking
Wellington buskers Kaisa Beech and Jeremy Moskovitz at the city's main train station. A PAIR of Wellington high school students has found busking a more promising way of earning money over the school...
View ArticleOutsiders size up big gig outside
WELLINGTON punk-rock band The Outsiders are set to take on Europe at the end of this month with a four-week tour of Germany, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland. The band is looking forward to broadening...
View ArticleWellington – busking capital of New Zealand
BEST VIEWED FULL-SCREEN TAKE a walk through Wellington city on any given day and you will see and hear a buffet of buskers sharing their music for a few coins. Wellington buskers are often travellers...
View ArticleWhole Lotta Led want to rock the world
READY TO ROCK: Whole Lotta Led, from left, lead guitarist Mark Graham, Charlie Stone on keyboards at rear, vocalist Matt Pike, drummer Jason Hotton and bass guitarist Liam Dollimore. Wellington is...
View ArticleSinger-guitarist ‘stoked’ to get festival gig
TOAST Martinborough will be singing a different tune this Sunday when first-time performer Conway Jeune takes the stage. The 19-year-old (left) was approached by an event organiser, who had bought his...
View ArticlePerformers jump from Paris to Porirua
TRIPLE TREAT: From left, Lee Hodson, Mary-Jane Duffy and Jim Perkins. Photo: Liz Wylie WHAT do Whitireia Polytech arts faculty members do on their days off? They perform poetry and music at the...
View ArticleWellington singer-songwriter flying at WOMAD 2013
AMIRIA GRENELL will take to the stage at WOMAD this year as one of the voices that make up Wellington-based super-group Fly My Pretties. But this Wellington singer-songwriter has much more on her...
View ArticleOliver attracts crowds with his Weissenborn lap guitar
A CROWD packed a Wellington music store on Friday evening to hear Thomas Oliver perform on his unusual Weissenborn guitar. Oliver was launching his new album, which is the world’s first full-length,...
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