Music News - Talented Folk Across The Country
11 December 2014 - 0 Comments
Two established and world-wise New Zealand singer-songwriters and an Auckland-based six-piece band are the finalists for the 2015 Best Folk Album.
After winning the Folk Tui in 2013, sextet Great North is back in the line-up announced today by Recorded Music NZ. Also in line for the 2015 Tui are singer-songwriters Flip Grater (pictured) from Christchurch and Palmerston North’s Rachel Dawick.
Great North’s third album Up in Smoke reinvents the band’s sound, experimenting with classic country but adding choir and swirling guitars. It explores themes such as growing old and moving from certainty to uncertainty.
Flip Grater wrote and recorded Pigalle in Paris where she is now based. The album pays homage to her inspirations and influences from both France and New Zealand. It departs from Grater’s first three acoustic albums and shows her grittier side featuring electric guitars, trumpets and piano.
Rachel Dawick’s fourth album The Boundary Riders is a collection of musical tales of New Zealand’s pioneer women. It moves across different genres incorporating blues, country, folk, swing, cabaret and music theatre – each character depicted through a different musical voice.
Recorded Music NZ Chief Executive Officer Damian Vaughan says there is an outstanding artist line-up for the 2015 Folk Tui.
“The finalists are all very different but they share the resounding quality that comes with all great folk albums. Congratulations to all the finalists.”
The Tui for the Best Folk Album 2015 is being presented at the 42nd annual Auckland Folk Festival in Kumeu (West Auckland) following the ‘Tui Finalists Concert’ on the evening of Sunday 25 January.
Online ticket sales for the 2015 festival are open now. For more information visit the Auckland Folk Festival website: http://www.aucklandfolkfestival.co.nz/
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