The Woolshed Sessions
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:52 pm

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The Woolshed Sessions - the band that grew from a jam in a former shearing shed in Takaka - is heading to Auckland and Hawke’s Bay for a series of stringing me along shows.

Expect lashings of lap-steel guitar, lush vocal harmony sing-a-longs and banjo punctuations when The Woolshed Sessions perform in April at Leigh Sawmill, Monte Cristo Room at Toto, Auckland and for two exclusive shows in The Underground Cellar at Black Barn Vineyards, Hawke’s Bay.

It will be the first time The Woolshed Sessions crew of Age Pryor, Jess Chambers, Justin 'Firefly' Clarke, Andy Hummel, Peter Hill, Brett Skinner, Al Fraser and Dr Lee Prebble have gathered together beyond the Paekakariki turn off.

With musical connections to Fly My Pretties, The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, The Black Seeds, Rosy Teacaddy, Tahu, Rio Hemopo and Rhombus, the collective originated from a week of jamming in a Takaka woolshed then owned by film-maker Gaylene Preston.

The low-fi recordings captured the ambient resonance of the space the music was created and recorded in – a converted woolshed with bare timber floors, lined with plywood and clad in corrugated iron – and the rest is history.

In late 2008 a limited edition Woolshed Sessions album - featuring photographs by Andy Morley-Hall and design by Creature – was released and quickly sold out.

The first public Woolshed Sessions shows started with a rush for tickets in hometown Wellington and the buzz spread to the Nelson Arts Festival - close to the inspirational roots of Takaka Valley and Captain Cooker beer. More recently they've played beneath the night sky, to thousands drawn like moths to the Botanic Gardens Soundshell and at Neudorf Winery.

Discover for yourself, the phenomenon that is The Woolshed Sessions.

www.myspace.com/woolshedsessions

THE WOOLSHED SESSIONS LIVE

Leigh Sawmill, Leigh
Saturday 18th April 2009

Monte Cristo Room, Toto, Auckland
Sunday 19th April 2009

Leigh & Auckland Tickets available online at Under The Radar and
Amplifier, and in person at Real Groovy, Queen St

The Underground Wine Cellar, Black Barn Vineyards
Hawke’s Bay Exclusive
Friday 24 April 2009
Sunday 26 April 2009 (Matinee)

Tickets Available www.blackbarn.co.nz

"They have captured this place (Golden Bay), holding it spinning in their senses and allowing it to burst forth as music." The Nelson Mail

“From the awesome guitar rifts to the instantly catchy lyrics this haunting and melodic album gets better every time I listen to it.” Simon Pearse, Central Hawkes Bay Mail

“Typical of the New Zealand psyche of course, there is never simply a sunny day without some darkness creeping in, so too some of the songs have lyrics which belie their surface sprightliness.'” Graham Reid, www.elsewhere.co.nz

“Chambers has the most immediate pop gifts. Hey You and Stringing Me Along have irresistible choruses that belie the heartache lurking in the lyrics. Hummel brings whimsy with Easily Distracted and I’ll Not Bother You Anymore, a contender for the most apologetic pick-up song ever, and Pryor gives the project weight with his more complex material. Violence on the Quiet and Acceptance match dark ruminations to the album’s least predictable song structures." Nick Bollinger, NZ Listener

Number one choice, ‘The Best Albums Of 2008 TV3 News’ John Campbell - Campbell Live

RE: The Woolshed Sessions
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:14 pm

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RE: The Woolshed Sessions
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:22 am

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In late 2007 a bunch of Wellington musicians got together in an old woolshed in Takaka Valley, New Zealand, to record some songs. From this summertime gathering at the top of the South Island, The Woolshed Sessions project was born: a critically acclaimed limited edition album and a live show that sold out by word of mouth alone.

The Woolshed Sessions is a fresh approach for New Zealand songwriting and performance, reflective of the woolshed’s idyllic Golden Bay surroundings, and distinguished by lashings of lap-steel guitar, lush vocal harmony sing-a-longs, taonga puoro – traditional Maori instruments – and banjo punctuations. This concert promises to be unforgettable

“They have captured this place, holding it spinning in their senses and
allowing it to burst forth as music” – Barbara Stowe, The Nelson Mail

“Typical of the New Zealand psyche of course, there is never simply a sunny day without some darkness creeping in, so too some of the songs have lyrics which belie their surface sprightliness” – Graham Reid, www.elsewhere.co.nz

www.myspace.com/woolshedsessions

Saturday 16 May
7-10pm, Raumati Sth Memorial Hall.
Tickets $18 pre-sale, $20 on the door. Limited door sales.
Available from Lembas Cafe Raumati Sth, Kingdom Music on Kapiti rd,
Lush Gallery in Raumati and the Paekakariki Fruit Supply

Raumati Sth Memorial Hall. 7 Tennis Court Rd Raumati Sth. Heading
North/South on SH1 take Raumati South turnoff (Poplar Av.). Second left
onto Tennis court Rd.

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