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THE
CHURCH TOUR 2015
Delaney Davidson,
Tami Neilson, Barry Saunders & Marlon Williams:
THE LOST HIGHWAY
7 magnificent
churches and cathedrals across New Zealand.
The Church Tour 2015
presents one of its most tantalizing artist line-ups in its already storied
seven year history, with four of New Zealand’s most lauded, singular and
extraordinary musical talents combining: Delaney Davidson, Tami Neilson, Barry Saunders and
Marlon Williams: The
Lost Highway.
Country, Alt-Country, Spaghetti Noir, Country Rock, Rockabilly, Western folk,
Americana, Honky Tonk…..The Church Tour 2015 will showcase the styles and
genres that scatter loosely under the flag of Country Music, converging at a
place where yarns, myths, tales, legends and fables come to life through
exceptional songwriting delivered via the incomparable voices of four
artists-in-arms.
Delaney Davidson is a singer,
songwriter, producer and travelling minstrel - ten years on the road, of no
fixed abode. He’s inspired by icons from Hank Williams and Howlin’ Wolf down
through Johnny Cash and back up to Buster Keaton. He is a three-time winner of
the APRA New Zealand Country Music Song of the Year, has a Country Album of the
Year Tui Award, has produced albums for tour mate Tami Neilson and had hisSwim Down Low album
trumpeted by the UK Independent as “a
rattling, twanging celebration” (5 stars).
Tami Neilson has a soulful voice
straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly music. A winner of
multiple Country Album of the Year Tuis and a prestigious APRA Silver Scroll
for Song of the Year (2014) amongst many other career highlights, Tami has been
described as a “red-hot
honky-tonker, somewhere between Patsy Cline and Wanda Jackson with perhaps just
a little bit of Peggy Lee sophistication.” (Nick Bollinger, NZ
National Radio). Her last album Dynamite received
a 5/5 star review in the NZ Herald, which praised “This world-class album is a major statement from an
artist at the top of her lyrical and vocal game”.
Barry Saunders adventured far and wide
as a young gigging musician, playing in bands in New Zealand, Australia and the
UK. When Barry pitched back up in Wellington some misty years ago, living on a
diet of Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Jimmy Rogers, early Elvis and Chuck Berry, he
formed The Warratahs and gave us songs that have become part of the national
lexicon – from 'Maureen' and 'Hands of My Heart' to the 'Interislander Song'
and 'Rescue Me'. The Warratahs continue to roam (having just released a
brilliant new album Runaway
Days), alongside and in tandem with Barry’s solo work, which has
included the glorious Magnetic
South (winner of the Country Album of the Year Tui) and Red Morning. Barry
Saunders is an icon.
Marlon Williams has been described as
the impossible love child of Elvis, Roy Orbison and Townes van Zandt. At the age
of 17 he exploded onto the NZ music scene, fronting acclaimed alt-country
band The Unfaithful Ways, then gathered a Country Album of the Year Tui with
his tour mate Delaney Davidson and has just released his phenomenal self-titled
debut album. Music industry bible Billboard Magazine has already tipped: “Expect to see and hear a lot
more from this man with the voice of an angel”.
THE
CHURCH TOUR 2015
1st October - 10th
October
All shows all ages
Civic Events
pre-sale
Wed 1st July
12:00pm- Thurs 2nd July 5:00pm
General on sale
Monday 6th July
12:00pm
Ticketmaster
0800 111 999
Thursday 1 October
Napier
St John’s Cathedral
Friday 2 October
Tauranga
Holy Trinity Tauranga
Saturday 3 October
Auckland
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Monday 5 October
Wellington
Old St Paul’s
Tuesday 6 October
Wellington
Old St Paul’s
Thursday 8 October
Christchurch
St Michael & All
Angels
Friday 9 October
Christchurch
The Cardboard Cathedral
Saturday 10 October
Dunedin
Knox Church
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