Events
The Boathouse is THE Friday night venue for Live Music in Nelson. The cafe serves food until the music starts at around 8pm. Bar open all evening. Door charges vary. Past gigs include: Wayne Mason, Anika Moa, Julia Deans, Anna Coddington, Jacky Tar, Richard Gilewitz, The Eastern, Cornerstone Roots, Nairobi Trio, Laura Collins, Hobnail Boots, Mojo Mamas, Chris Gudu, Newtown Rocksteady, Uni & her Ukele, Jack Derwin, Parcel of Rogues, Roseneath Ragtime Band, The Ranchsliders, Nui se lah, La Vida Quartet, Mel Parsons, Beyondsemble, Wellington Ukele Orchestra, Tami Nielson, Flip Grater........
For information on performing at The Boathouse contact the Manager.
Uni & her Ukulele
Friday 24th February, 8 pm
Door $15
San Franciscan ukelele sensation, Uni and Her Ukelele Uni is back to play for her Nelson fans with her fun brand of feel good pop anthems.
That blonde Venus hair, those frilly outfits, that sweet, sweet voice: It could only be Uni & Her Ukulele. The uke's pink, usually, and the girl's obsessed with unicorns
Supported by the Nelson Ukulele Orchestra, some of Nelsons most talented musicians and singers.
The Sou'westers - 3 Southern Songwriters
Friday 2nd March, 8 pm
Door $10
The Sou’westers are Liam Ryan (The Narcs), Aly Cook and Dean Heatherington (The Coalrangers).
Ryan made his name as a songwriter playing keyboards with gold record and TUI award winners The Narcs with whom he wrote a number of singles which charted in the 1980s: “You Took Me Heart and Soul’, “Diamonds on China” and “Missing In Action”. He has also had success writing singles for other artists including Midge Marsden (“One Wheel In The Sand”). He has since had a long career as a producer with two solo albums and has been a sideman playing alongside international artists such as US guitarist Robben Ford and UK bluesman Long John Baldry. In the early 1990s he worked regularly in Hollywood and was signed to Criterion Publishing who also had in their stable Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Lyle Lovett.
Aly Cook is about to record her second album after a critically acclaimed first album “Brand New Day” which was released in May 2011. A previous nominee for APRA New Zealand Country Song of the Year with “I Wonder”
Cook has toured extensively performing in NZ, Australia, UK, France and Norfork Island. Aly was one of 25 finalists nominated for NEXT magazine NZ woman of the year. She is one busy Nelsonian. January 2012 she has released her second single “Midnight Sun” and many Nelsonians would have seen her perform with The Coalrangers at the Woollaston Jazz & Blues Festival.
Ryan and Cook will be joined by songwriter & multi instrumentalist and CoalRanger Dean Heatherington.....
Dean is a member of South Island band the CoalRangers previous winners of the Tui for New Zealand Country Album of the year. Dean is one of the songwriters with the Coalrangers having also peformed at the 2012 Woollaston Jazz & Blues Festival in Nelson in January. He is a session musician & arranger with some 25 years of experience as a working musician both in NZ and abroad.
Ryan and Cook have been working together off and on for over 20 years making connections when they were both working deep in the Auckland music scene. Both are now resident in Tasman.
“We always look forward to working together and adding Dean’s incredible musicianship to the mix”, says Ryan. “The song is the basic unit of work for musicians – this is a chance for us to celebrate our own songs and the songs of some of great songwriters that have inspired us”.
The Sou’westers play The Boathouse Nelson - Friday 2nd March at 8.00pm
For more information please contact: Liam Ryan: 021 0421 322, liamryan@xtra.co.nz Aly Cook: 021 861 868 alyC@xtra.co.nz
One Vibe - High Energy Roots Rock Reggae
Friday 9th March, 8 pm
Door $15
Formed in 2004, One Vibe is a five piece, Nelson based, original "high energy" roots rock reggae band. Since it's formation, the band has extensively toured the South Island and some parts of the North Island.
The line up for One Vibe band includes: Aubrey Toko (bass), Gearge Mill (drums and vocals), Dane Nicholson (Lead guitar and vocal), Ras Judah Seomeng( Lead Vocals and rhythm guitar, and Hector Chirinos(Percussions)
One Vibe band is currently in the studio, putting finishing touches to their first album which is due for release before the end of this summer.
The One Vibe concert at The Boat House(Nelson) on March 9th, is part of a series of concerts the band is holding this summer to raise funds for their up coming tour of Botswana (Southern Africa) in November/December this year.