Delgirl Invercargill Festival Shows

Two free family oriented shows at the Southland museum by country folk Tui award winning group Delgirl .

First show 1pm-2.30 pm

Second Show 3pm-4.30 pm




Delgirl is an all-women three-piece musical group from Dunedin.
These Southern gals, Deirdre Newell, Erin Morton and Lynn Vare have been making
music together since 2000. Their debut album “Two, maybe three, days ride”
received great acclaim and was awarded the Tui NZ Folk Album of the Year for
2008.
This self-released debut album was awarded the Tui at the Auckland Folk Festival in
Kumeu. Their second recording “Porchlight” just released late 2009, has also
received rave reviews.
The acoustic group describes its sound as “skiffily, folky, country, jazzy, bluesy roots
music with a Pacific edge bordering a swamp”, and creates harmonies built around
the double bass, guitar, ukuleles, banjo, snare and percussion.
The trio released its debut album in November 2007. The track ‘Ride’ from the album
has been selected by NZ Trade & Enterprise to feature on a music placement export
disc entitled ‘New Zealand-New Music’ which is distributed to music supervisors in
TV and film worldwide.
The Performers:
Dunedin born and bred, Deirdre Newall is a talented double bass player who has
played in many bands over the years, including the T & D Bigger Band who were
finalists in the Folk section of the NZ Music awards 1997. Proud of her Scottish and
Irish ancestry and their folk traditions, her songwriting and vocals also shine a torch
for old time country, roots reggae and punk music. Her passion for the natural world
leads the audience from songs about livestock to plastic flotsam and jetsam and bored
dogs.
Having spent years on the road playing fiddle in the folk scenes of New Zealand and
in Australia, Erin Morton eventually switched to her true love- the guitar. This multi
talented musician, singer and songwriter also plays a fine ukulele and can literally
claim to blow her own trumpet. Her early folk roots are evident in the strong story
telling tradition her songs invoke and her delight of everyday things. A NZ Music
Award finalist as a member of the T & D Bigger Band (with Newall), she has played
in many bands over the years.
Singer, songwriter and musician Lynn Vare’s arsenal of instruments is as eclectic as
her Ngā Puhi, English, Irish and French ancestry. Leaving behind the piano and flute
of her youth, she picked up the ukulele, banjo, snare drum and triangle when she
formed Delgirl with Newall and Morton in 2000. Writing songs about love, life and
death, with the odd murder thrown in for good measure, her songs are rooted in the
old time music and singalong traditions of her upbringing.