Sept 10th: Joass, Mason and Bonnington, The Bitter Brothers, Beneath A Different Sky
Rob Joass
“Rob Joass is one of the finest Aussie/Kiwi singer songwriters you’ll hear. Honest, clever, humorous and real.” - Phil Taylor, East FM
Vastly experienced & talented singer/songwriter/guitarist
Rob Joass will be joined by Kim Bonnington (You, Me, and Everyone) and Wayne Mason to celebrate the release of his 4th solo album, Faultlines
Rob is firmly established as a both a solo artist as well as with his bands Hobnail, and Too Many Chiefs. Rob has been a finalist at the NZ Music Awards 3 times (twice for best country song, once for best folk album) and has had songs covered by bands in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, the U.S. and Canada.
Faultlines was co-produced by Wayne Bell (Greg Johnson, Gin Wigmore, Jan Hellriegel, The Bads), it contains 8 new originals plus a stunning cover of The Go-Betweens Bye Bye Pride.
"...a songwriter's songwriter...beautifully done, understated, and allows the songs to breathe." 4/5 stars – music.net.nz
"Accomplished…powerfully beautiful…well focused songs…lived in voice"
- Graham Reid
-- Unfortunately, Rob was ill at the very last minute and his place was taken by the highly awesome The Muggintons
The Bitter Brothers
The Bitter Brothers are a family band comprised of half brothers and sisters, who share a common father, a no good dastardly rascal of a man who travelled the world on the run from the law and the consequences of his actions, leaving behind in his wake a long string of illegitimate children. Having never had a real sense of family of our own, we have finally found each other and have been reunited at last.
Coming from all ends of the earth, from the far off, most remote hills of American Wisconsin, to the sunny shores of Los Angeles California, and the frozen, Cantabrian wastelands of New Zealand's South Island, we are each from different backgrounds, yet we have come together and formed this family band, in order to come to terms with the sadness and resentment of our scandalous patrimony, while ever on the lookout for other brothers, and the occasional sister, to join us in song and help us vent the bitterness that often consumes us.
From Little Willy Bitter singing alongside his guitar and banjo, to Bobby Joe Bitter's driving drums, melodic voice, harmonica, and sultry musical saw, to Holly Jean Bitter's harmoniously dulcet vocal tones and her delightful accordion righteousness, the Bitter Brothers can be sometimes comic, sometimes deadly serious, yet always offering an entertaining show with a variety of original and traditional, old time, country, folk, and bluegrass hits; from good time Saturday night songs to Sunday morning repentance and gospel, we're on the spectrum.
Beneath A Different Sky
Vic Manuel and Vince Cabrera are well known in the Wellington acoustic scene. Vince as a solo bassist and guitarist in Planet, Vic as a solo artist and with various incarnations of his bands The Godwits and more recently The Manuelitos (with Beans Maries and Cindy Muggeridge). They perform atmospheric, evocative songs with a psychedelic touch.
