The Dancing & Drinking Society (or DADS for short), is New Zealand’s premier exponent of authentic 1920s Blues & Jass. Their repertoire includes many of the Rags, Rambles, Shuffles, Drags, and Blues that our great-grandparents would have shimmied to in the juke joints, speakeasies, woolsheds and Memorial Halls of 1920s New Zealand. Although this combo … Continue reading "The Dancing & Drinking Society plus support, William Jackman"

Introspective songwriting, moving grooves, carefully placed melodies, lush harmonies, and the occasional splash of sass; Jess’s sound can only be described as cross-genre, beautifully weaving poetic lyrics through music influenced by jazz, folk, soul, blues, and classic rock. She is accompanied by Cam Steel on drums and percussion, beautifully adding texture and colour to tunes, … Continue reading "Jess and Cam"

Aleister ‘Fizzwizard’ Campbell returns from Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland) to his hometown to inflict all manner of psychedelic-blues-joy upon the good people of Te-Upoko-o-te-Ika (Wellington).   Trained in a jazz conservatory then corrupted in dive bars and on the streets, Aleister James Campbell, with his evergreen love of Charlie Parker & Jimi Hendrix, is known for … Continue reading "FIZZWIZARD – The Return!!!"