Auckland New Zealand
Bob McNeill is one of New Zealand’s top folk singer-songwriters for his work solo and with Ben the Hoose. He has three New Zealand Music Awards, all for Best Folk Album. His songs have been covered by artists in New Zealand, Scotland, Australia and the USA. An expatriate Scot, he now divides his time between New Zealand and Scotland.
McNeill’s musical and songwriting style is a hybrid of the Celtic music of his native Scotland and the American New Folk style, and is strongly influenced by writers like Richard Shindell, John Gorka, Mark Knopfler, Dar Williams and Jeffrey Foucault. The Dominion Post, NZ’s premier arts newspaper, compared him to Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Luka Bloom and Dougie MacLean.
McNeill recently completed his fourth album Me and Mary Ann, a retrospective which features new versions of his best known songs. Me and Mary Ann was recorded in Nashville, USA; Wellington, New Zealand; and Galway, Ireland, and features some of the country capital’s top session musicians as well as guest appearances by many of the New Zealand musicians McNeill has worked with over the last 10 years. For this project he was also joined by Galway singer Marie Dolan, with whom he regularly works.
Don't miss this evening from one of New Zealand's finest.
Unaccompanied Doom & Gloom from the formerly industrial North West of England.
Featuring songs written mainly by singers from the 2nd British Folk Revival of the 1960s & 70s, but also some from 'trad' & 'anon' too.
Also some songs from the European settlers in New Zealand.
And possibly, maybe, even some humour.
Photo Gerard Hudson
Top of PageAn informal ‘Singaround’ - ‘Open Mic’ without a Mic - A smaller group of people meet to share their songs and music.
Last Update: 2014-08-20
The Club was conceived in 1965 when the Clancy Brothers didn't come and someone had the astounding idea of having a sing-a-round thus transforming an audience into a folk group. Formally established in 1966 we're still going strong.