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This month\s Acoustic Routes concert at the Ruby Lounge features five fabulous young musicians who are doing their acoustic thing out there in the folk scene.
JULIA MILLER\S tastes in music range from Dylan and Neil Young to Ryan Adams and she plays and sings styles from blues to jazz. Julia is currently studying Music Performance at Wellington High School and can be seen busking around Wellington either alone or with friends from her school. She will be playing with Brittany Blann on guitar and vocal harmonies for some of her set.
EMMA WOLLUM learned how to play \Heard It Through The Grapevine\ on the accordion and realised that she was free at last from the curse of the eternal polka. She arrived in Wellington in February to pursue a degree in International Relations and Linguistics at Victoria University, so her future plans include diplomacy work, teaching English as a second language and correcting misplaced apostrophes.
ANTON THOMAS is a homegrown musician steeped in folk and blues music, with a jazz, R\n\B, and funk flavour. At only 20, he is a singer/songwriter with a passionate touch on the guitar and performs mostly original music. His influences include Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Bob Dylan. Playing with him on the night: Alec Jolliffe on guitar, and Pat Stewart on the double bass.
LILLIAN FOUGERE finely crafts her compelling songs from momentary interactions and snippets of conversation. Growing uplistening her parents\ records, Lillian learnt to sing and play guitar (amongst other instruments). From the sun, the moon, the dentist and a stranger talking about dinosaurs, Lillian promises to keep you engaged in her stories (and share a few secrets!).
MEGHAN GLUE is a 17-year-old singer/songwriter from Wellington. She has been writing her own songs since she was young and has been strongly influenced by folk music. Meghan recently won a song writing contest sponsored by the School of Rock and the Women\s Musicianship Award at the Wellington Rockquest semi final. Meghan also performed at Te Papa for Music Month and appears regularly at Zeal.
