This show is part of the Southern Fork Americana Fest. Discounts are available when purchasing tickets to more than one show, for more information please visit www.southernfork.co.nz
*This is a White show. If you buy tickets to it, you'll be able to buy tickets to Blue shows at 25% off.
NIKKI LANE
Described as a modern-era Wanda Jackson Nashville's Nikki Lane brings the tunes from her sophomore album to Southern Fork. All Or Nothin’ was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys after an encounter at Lane's vintage clothing store High Class Hillbilly. He told me that he loved my video for “Gone Gone Gone” and I asked him to produce my record”. All Or Nothin’ features songs that crucify ex-boyfriends and celebrate one-night stands. “My songs always paint a pretty clear picture of what’s been going on in my life, so this is one moody record,” she says. “There’s lots of talk of misbehaving and moving on.” The album also features collaborations with a host of songwriters including Spiritualized frontman J.Spaceman.
THE DELINES
Richmond Fontaine’s singer-songwriter Willy Vlautin assembled The Delines in large part because, having heard Amy Boone’s vocal, he felt compelled to furnish it with words and stories. This is a voice that has lived, a voice that speaks of hard-won wisdoms, alternately fragile and strong, bruised and tender. And Vlautin too has more than lived up to his brief, his songs an ideal showcase for its incredible emotional range. The debut album from The Delines, Colfax, is a stunning collection of songs with the intimacy of a midnight confessional. Like a beat-up Dusty Springfield, Colfax has the skid row heart of Tom Waits, the street-tough weariness of early Rickie Lee Jones, and the dreaminess of Mazzy Star. Pre-release reviews in the UK have been stellar, Uncut gave it 9/10 stars and praised its “widescreen romanticism”, calling it “the richest collection of songs Vlautin has written”.
