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Eb & Sparrow is a genre-defying, five-piece folk band that has been gaining attention across the country from city bars to folk clubs, festivals to house concerts. They have played with Rodriguez, Pokey LaFarge, Beth Orton, Wagons, Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams, The Warratahs, Anika Moa, Tami Neilson, and Aldous Harding.
Hailing from the hills surrounding the beautiful Whangaroa Harbour, 1814 started out in 2004 and have been bringing their own take on Kiwi flavoured reggae ever since.
The Eastern are a string band that roars like a punk band, that swings like a gospel band, that drinks like a country band, that works like a bar band, that hopes like folk singers, and sings love songs like union songs, and writes union songs like love songs, and wants to slow dance and stand on tables, all at the same time.
Emily Edrosa, aka Emily Littler, well-known front of Street Chant, also makes solo music.
8 Foot Sativa, named for the cannabis sativa plant, is a New Zealand-based heavy metal band formed in 1998. The band has toured and released albums internationally, and have played alongside artists such as Fear Factory, Soulfly, Korn, Slipknot, System of a Down, Children of Bodom, Disturbed, Motörhead, Pungent Stench, Shihad and Corrosion of Conformity.
She’s been compared to the likes of Erykah Badu and Kimbra, but Wellington-based singer, songwriter and beat-maker Estere Dalton is proving to be a one-of-a-kind performer.
Born in 2010, Ekko Park are best described as “a ship captained by an Irishman and crewed by 3 kiwis” – singer Joe, a born and bred Belfast boy, travelled the globe playing music before settling in NZ, where he teamed up with 3 kiwi fellas. A collaboration of diverse backgrounds forming a unique and explosive offering in the NZ music landscape.
The Eversons is an indie pop band from Wellington, New Zealand. Self-dubbed ‘a guitar group’, vocals are handled by all members and harmony is an integral part of their sound.
With their debut self-titled album Electric Wire Hustle achieved cult status.