MUSICIAN GUESTS: VANESSA KELLY with NIGEL GAVIN & STEVE COURNANE
BRING STORIES, POEMS etc -Inside Out Open mic for Writers is spoken word with great musician guests each time. Bring flash fiction, short story, haiku, novel excerpts, travel writing, music reviews, performance poetry etc - if you want to share (your own work or pieces you love) or come as audience. Writing comes alive when its read aloud. Catch up with other writers and music lovers in the community.
NEW VENUE: The Nix, the modern space on the corner of Nixon and Chapman Sts, and just two minutes' walk from the Karangahape Rd, Ponsonby Rd, Newton Rd and Great North Rd Intersection. Just walk in straight off the street. Look for the yellow OC sign. It's a generous space with alcoves, sofas, kitchen etc. Street parking close by after 6pm is easy to find and free.
VANESSA KELLY is a singer, writer, teacher and producer. A member of Universal Records’ group Deep Obsession, which achieved three number-one hits, she has performed with Robbie Williams, Macy Gray and Boney M, and is a 2022 Ockham Collective Resident. Vanessa continues to perform and create projects as a vocalist, writer/producer in Jazz/Blues and original composition. She teaches and mentors many new and up-coming artists under her teaching and production business Vocal Mechanics, developing new and existing artists as they forge their careers in the performing arts, developing healthy practices to last a lifetime.
STEVE COURNANE is an experienced and talented percussionist, song writer and composer fluent in jazz, Afro, pop, Peru, bebop, experimental, funk & trad. music, who is very interested in improvisation in all its myriad forms. Born and bred in Southland, New Zealand, Steve has lived for long term periods in Rimu, Gore, Dunedin, Wellington, Lima, Kakanui and now Auckland. http://stevecournane.bandcamp.com/
NIGEL GAVIN (originally from New York) is a guitarist, composer and a highly regarded solo artist and session musician with a vast musical vocabulary.
Nigel has long been a featured player in New Zealand’s eclectic music scene, particularly in Auckland, playing guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, glissentar – indeed, almost anything with strings – with the Nairobi Trio, the Fondue Set, the Jews Brothers, Lorina Harding, Wayne Gillespie, Whirimako Black, Richard Adams, Caitlin Smith, the Blue Bottom Stompers, Below the Bassline, Jonathan Besser’s Bravura and his own Snorkel, to name just a few. An active and keen mentor to young artists, Nigel is the founder and director of the Gitbox Rebellion ensemble.
www.nigelgavin.com
“As a child, our home was filled with music from many genres: Classical, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Pop, Musical Theatre, Gospel, Classic Rock... Music had a way of emotionally connecting me through the journey of life, of making me feel things that I often found difficult to articulate with words. It became the landscape of my childhood and my refuge. The joy of singing was contagious to me and would transport me to places that made all things possible. I remember, as young as 3, listening to vocalists singing with such passion and emotion and being so moved. From that moment, I wanted my life to resonate in the same way. Music is a great motivator, healer and endless giver of inspiration.” - Vanessa.
www.vkbproductions.com
Free cheese boards etc & some drinks - BYO food & wine/drinks too.
Free books, choc bars, fliers & more.
Inside.Out is very grateful to the fine people at NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa Auckland Branch, for their generous support. https://authors.org.nz/.
Nga mihi nui to Ockham Collective for ongoing tangible support of arts and life-long education in the community. https://ockhamcollective.org.nz/.
