Interview: Sal Valentine and The Babyshakes

Auckland rhythm and blues group Sal Valentine & The Babyshakes kick started the year with the first single from their forthcoming debut album which will finally be unveiled tomorrow. The ten piece ensemble have made quite an impression in the intervening months, building a solid following for their notoriously raucous live shows. Playing the UnDeadbeat Prom tonight in Auckland and Saturday's Deadbeat Prom in Wellington, we got in touch with band leader Ivan Luketina-Johnston, aka Sal Valentine, to find out more about the development of the project and his stage persona, translating their live energy onto record and the future of the band...

Click here to read our interview with Sal Valentine.

See gig listings below for info the Deadbeat Proms this week...