Jo Little And Jared Smith

About Jo Little: Jo Little has been writing and performing her own songs since the age of 12. As well as performing solo she has fronted a variety of bands, the most well known of these being 'Bellebird & The Handsome Gypsies' and 'Midnight Kitchen' with both bands releasing an EP and touring the length of New Zealand. Midnight kitchen also played The Catlin's River Festival and Luminate Music Festivals. In 2010 Little released her second solo EP Mixtape. More recently completing a South Island Tour as the opening act for 'Ash & The Matador's in November. With influences like Gillian Welch, Eddie Vedder and Janis Joplin Jo Little's music has an alternative country-soul flavour.

About Jared Smith: Jared Smith is a singer/songwriter who has been playing guitar for the past 16 years. Smith is the frontman of well known Dunedin band ‘Soulseller’ which in 2008 released a 5 track EP opening for such International acts as ‘Brant Bjork and the Bros’, ‘The Melvins’ and ‘High on Fire’. Smith also plays lead guitar for another popular Dunedin band ‘Ash & The Matadors’ who released a 6 track EP Mansion Tapes in 2010, and opened for Kiwi legends Jordan Luck Band. In 2011 the band released their first album An Evening Echo and completed a South Island Tour. More recently armed with an acoustic guitar Jared Smith is set to focus on his song writing, with such influences as John Martyn, Townes Van Zandt and Neil Young.

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