7PM DOORS
7.30 ADAM MCGRATH
8.30 EB & SPARROW
“This is the sound of your new favourite band” Simon Sweetman
After eight beautiful years the supreme sweethearts of New Zealand alt-country will play you all the hits & rock you in the bosom of their self carved niche as a new chapter turns the clock. Come celebrate THE LAST GIGS OF ALL TIME with your mates for a night never to be repeated at the legendary SAN FRAN CUBA STREET WELLINGTON!
VERY SPECIAL GUEST ADAM MCGRATH (The Eastern) will open with his best mates. Described by Radio New Zealand and the NZ herald as a “National Treasure” DON'T MISS THIS LEGEND.
“cements Ebony Lamb’s standing as one of the country’s coolest, most sultry voices The Listener
Eb & Sparrow, formed around the vocals and songwriting of frontperson Ebony Lamb, continues to strike on with their distinctive self carved niche, creating a soundscape that is at once spacious and lush, nuanced alt-country with a wallop of retro soul. It’s as if someone discovered a secret portal into the worlds of Lucinda Williams and Catpower and the best way to get there was to let Ry Cooder drive.
There’s a spaciousness in the grooves that sit behind Lamb’s voice. Wide open space, harbouring the land and delivering it back again.
Flanked by Bryn Heveldt (lapsteel, electric guitar), Jason Johnson, (electric guitar, bass, backing vocals), Chris Winter (trumpet, melaphone, electric guitar, bass, backing vocals) and newly instated drummer Justin Barr provide the strong textures around Lamb’s guitar and voice. Her songs are the ship, the instrumentation and arrangements lap at the sides, surging everything forward, onward.
Think Cowboy Junkies, Gillian Welch, Jesca Hoop, tunes that stir deep in your soul. Listen to the lines, there’s something deeper, sometimes a little darker, but it is always good. Having wooed audiences the country over, earning an enviable reputation amongst their contemporaries, critics and music fans alike, Eb & Sparrow’s latest is their greatest and that’s really saying something when you remember the response to their last record.
5 STARS DOMPOST / 4.5 STARS NZ HERALD / 4 STARS LISTENER
Finalists for NZ Country Music Album 2016 & NZ Country Music Song 2016
“Not often do I come across a Kiwi band that with a single album moves from one to watch, to leaving every other contender in its wake. This is it.” DOMPOST
“an extraordinary showcase of originality and musicality, which stands out in the current New Zealand landscape Barry Saunders, Warratahs
“a depth and power that, in places, is equal to any current big name, from Gillian Welch to Cat Power”
Tom Cardy, DOMPOST
“whole-hearted, deep-hued, visceral tales in the Americana-country-folk-blues vein, with such beautiful warmth and fragility you're hooked from the first glide of lap steel to the last soaring vocal phrase”
Lydia Jenkin, NZ Herald
Ebony Lamb is blessed with more than just a poetic name. She has the voice of woodsmoke and honey”
Nick Bollinger - NZ Listener
cinematic Western themes, rustic folk and dreamy Americana on its debut album, weaving a many-hued tapestry that is held together by the songwriting and vocal strength of frontwoman Ebony Lamb
Shane Gilchrist - Otago Daily Times
“taken somewhere else, maybe somewhere close to Twin Peaks but via a small Parisian bar
Jamie McPhail - Sitting Room Sessions
