Live Music

Adham Shaikh

Adham Shaikh is a Emmy and Juno Award-nominated music producer, composer, sound designer, and DJ who brings his uniquely powerful global sounds to the world stage and screen, not to mention many a crowded dance floor. As a music producer and composer, Shaikh skilfully weaves organic and electronic sounds into global music tapestries that take […]

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Ariathea

Ariathea is original tribal-funk-soul, led by multi-genre songstress, teacher of voice and sound healer Georgia Duder-Wood. Classical and jazz trained bassist Mat Fieldes anchors the groove, whilst a world music twist is added by percussion masters Doug Brush and Eric Renick,

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Ariathea

Ariathea is a singer and sound healer born of Aotearoa/New Zealand who offers original high-energy Neo-Soul with lyrics that speak to the wonders and challenges of the New Earth rising.

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Auspice

Auspice is an electronic music duo from Australia consisting of DJ Manifold (producer) and Dandelion Jackson (Saxophone and Vocals). Their sound combines ethereal down tempo and world influences with bass music, creating a unique, otherworldly experience.

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Balkany

Balkany play upbeat songs from the four corners of Europe, getting audiences moving gypsy-style with a mix of traditional and original music. Enjoy brass, percussion, strings, squeezebox, vocals and good times!

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Burdock

Elements of psychedelic rock, folk & electronica are infused with world music; creating a potent, unique fusion. A multi-instrumentalist, Burdock skillfuly layers percussion, guitar, synth & mandolin into songs that push the envelope of live looping techniques.

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Carlos Riegel

Multi-Instrumentalist Carlos Riegel weaves music as a tapestry of worldly sounds, taking the audience on a musical journey to remember. His unique style integrates his passion for Arabic/Flamenco/Classical Guitar, Middle Eastern Percussion, Didgeridoo, Tribal Rhythms. Carlos also carves and makes his own drums.   “Music has the power to transport us to another time and

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Club Manouche

Club Manouche play a lively set of gypsy swing classics mixed with an eclectic selection of odd sorts. They are not beyond taking a well-known tune down the wormhole of improvisational outbursts to see what’s there!

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Club Manouche

Club Manouche play a lively set of gypsy swing classics mixed with an eclectic selection of odd sorts. Best to bring your bohemian spirit and dancing shoes. These guys know how to party!!

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Club Manouche

Club Manouche play a lively set of gypsy swing classics mixed with an eclectic selection of odd sorts. Best to bring your bohemian spirit and dancing shoes. These guys know how to party!!

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Franko Heke

Drawing on ancient mantra in combination with his own cultural roots, Franko’s devotional sessions are bound to coax your own divine voice into the open with his distinct fresh sounds for today.

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Good Habits

Good Habits are a UK alt-folk duo. Composed of singer-cellist Bonnie Schwarz and accordionist Pete Shaw, Good Habits create folk-infused songs that test the limits of their traditional instruments. 

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Good Habits

One of the most exciting folk duos to come out of the UK, Good Habits’ award-winning, genre-fusing sound has received critical acclaim across Aotearoa and the UK. Composed of singer-cellist Bonnie Schwarz and accordionist Pete Shaw, Good Habits create folk-infused songs that test the limits of their traditional instruments. 

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Hila

Hila Koray is performing various music styles from Afro Brazilian grooves to electro-looping with earthy beats and sounds. In her set she combines music from around the world in a fresh mixture of instruments from Africa and beyond.

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Hila Koray

Hila Koray performs various music styles from Afro Brazilian grooves to electro-looping with earthy beats and sounds. In her set she combines music from around the world in a fresh mixture of instruments from Africa and beyond.

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In The Shallows

Diverse modern folk music with a silken and distinctive sound that weaves together soaring harmonies, mesmerising vocals and acoustic guitars with relatable lyrics about intricate tales of love, loss, connection, redemption and empowerment.

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Isabelle Wolff

Isabelle Wolff is a singer-songwriter, specialising in original gypsy jazz pop with German and English lyrics. She believes in the healing power of music and wants to make the world a better place with playing and singing her music.

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Jeremy Cloake

Jeremy Cloake is a specialist player and carver of taonga pūoro and a leading expert and player of the yidaki. He is also a player of n’goni and makes what are commonly regarded as the finest n’goni available.

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Jochen

Jochen is a pianist and keyboarder based in Takaka, Golden Bay. Being comfortable in various styles Jochen is looking forward to sharing his gentle piano/keyboard improvisations at Lunasa which invite the listener to relax, to meditate, to breath out and to let go.

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Klezmer Rebs

Klezmer Rebs play (mostly) klezmer music, an engaging style of world/folk music born out of the Yiddish/Jewish culture of eastern Europe in the 1800s. Expect big band and vocal arrangements of genuine old klezmer tunes, capturing the true klezmer spirit with songs of joy, sorrow and rebellion.

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Kohael

From a background in healing and education, I have found through music a way to support people’s emotional balance, with hand-pan, didgeridoo, shamanic drone flute, shamanic drum and Mongolian throat singing.

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Kohael

From a background in healing and education, I have found through music a way to support people’s emotional balance, with hand-pan, didgeridoo, shamanic drone flute, shamanic drum and Mongolian throat singing.

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Kon-tiki

With cool melodic grooves & soaring guitar solos, our songs feature insightful & inspiring lyrics, and weave together genres of blues, funk, rock, pop, roots/reggae & a touch of latin.

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Korimako

Korimako, Golden Bay’s lyrical & eclectic songbird, she sings in a dozen different tongues accompanied by guitar, ukulele, banjo & shruti box. Be taken on a journey across the world through time, with a kiwi twist..
Hera will also lead a special Kirtan session at Lunasa.

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La Clandestina

La Clandestina is a band of multi instrumentalists and vocalists from Tairawhiti – Gisborne, who play a range of original and traditional Brazilian, Mexican, and other World music that inspires dancing and lots of fun.

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Lemongrass

Lemongrass bring an exciting and eclectic blend of original rock infused blues, indie, reggae and funk sounds. Emotive, conscious lyrics and grooving tunes fired by tasteful electric guitar and slide, melodic vocals and solid funky bass and drums.

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Lemongrass

Lemongrass bring an exciting and eclectic blend of original rock infused blues, indie, reggae and funk sounds. Emotive, conscious lyrics and grooving tunes fired by tasteful electric guitar and slide, melodic vocals and solid funky bass and drums.

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Lemongrass

Lemongrass bring an exciting and eclectic blend of original rock infused blues, indie, reggae and funk sounds. Emotive, conscious lyrics and grooving tunes fired by tasteful electric guitar and slide, melodic vocals and solid funky bass and drums.

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Luke Becker

I take Jazz piano and merge it with the gentle touch of tranquil atmospheric music. Sometimes upbeat, sometimes soft, it creates a whole new solo piano experience of smooth and exotic harmonies and melodies.

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Mantravine

Mantravine is a world electronic music group of sonic sorcerers from Singapore that combines electronic and acoustic worlds with music. Their melodic harmonies and gravity defying grooves positively touch present beings across planetary pastures far and wide. Their sound is inspired by nature, universal sounds, stimulating frequencies & everyday connections. The band comprises of Singaporean

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Matiu Te Huki

Matiu’s soulful roots music has a strong Maori flavour, using haka, chants and traditional Maori instruments, backed by grabbing grooves, deep, beautifully crafted bass lines, funky rhythms and magical melodies.

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Matiu Te Huki

Matiu’s soulful roots music has a strong Maori flavour, using haka, chants and traditional Maori instruments, backed by grabbing grooves, deep, beautifully crafted bass lines, funky rhythms and magical melodies.

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Matiu Te Huki

Matiu’s soulful roots music has a strong Maori flavour, using haka, chants and traditional Maori instruments, backed by grabbing grooves, deep, beautifully crafted bass lines, funky rhythms and magical melodies.

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Matiu Te Huki with My Golden Soul

The soul stirring messages in Matiu’s music are positive, inspiring and unifying. Matiu’s soulful roots music has a strong Maori flavor, using haka, chants and traditional Maori instruments, backed by grabbing grooves, deep, beautifully crafted bass lines, funky rhythms and magical melodies that stay with you well after the show ends, all held up by

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Mishra

Mishra draw on their unique base of influences that encompasses folk music of the UK and America, Indian classical music and soul, to create a surprisingly accessible sound that audiences instantly connect to.

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Nigel Gavin

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.

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Nigel Gavin

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.

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Ora.Vida.Life

Ora.Vida.Life are a group of Sacred Theatre practitioners who channel a powerful set of original songs, chants and dance. Using the body, voice, frame drum, shruti and guitar, Mexican performance artist Xiuh along with Kāren Hunter and Brooke Ora offer medicine for blood, bone, breath and heart. Ora.Vida.Life are three wahine from different cultures, bringing sacred theatre, dance, ceremony and music to the community.

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Orca’s Wake

Orca’s Wake unite New Zealand, Ireland and England into a deep folk experience with drums, guitar, vocal harmony and violin.  Mesmerising songs of relating/growing and moving through this crazy world – honest, open hearted and charmed!

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Pluto

Pluto is a newly formed local teen duo who perform indie folk pop songs. Thought-provoking lyrics enhanced by exquisite harmonies and skilled guitar playing create catchy tunes that invite your attention.

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Qualia Sound

Qualia Sound is an acoustic tapestry, weaved & moulded using harmonics, rhythm & drones. Soundscapes are created using ancient style instruments – Didgeridoo, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Medicine Drum, Shruti Box, Okarina, Sansula, Chimes & more.

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Redwood Reider

Redwood Reider is a spoken word poet known for inspiring and uplifting live audiences. Performances range from intimate storytelling and mystical guidance to charged up eco-political rhyme (and often all at the same time). Redwood’s rhymes grow out of a deep connection to the earth, a love of community, a passion for justice, and deep

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Rough Town

Bridging the gap between Irish dancing, ceili dancing, and club dancing, Rough Town is a continuation of the modern Trad Disco movement, drawing inspiration from iconic bands from the traditional Irish and Celtic music scenes.

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sHa

I play soulful jazzy electronica; combining pre-recorded, looped & live elements (trumpet, swiss alphorn, lyrics, keys, beatbox). My style is melodious/conscious “from the heart” music with danceable beats.

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Sky Eater

Sky Eater is the sound born of femme musical warrior Chelsea Skyeater & her multi-instrumental artillery (Keys, Uke, Sax, Vocals, Clarinet, Melodica), a loop station, and a lifetime love of music with influences that range from Bob Marley to Bjork.

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Soma Sonic

A laboratory of live music and guided ecstatic dance: mixing music and dance as the medicine for the moment. With gifted multi-instrumentalists Craig Denham, Nathan Torvik and Steve Welch along with Open Floor Facilitator Jacqui Chan, we explore how collective movement and music can respond to the needs of the moment in a truly conscious and interactive way.

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Sonia & Nigel

Sonia and Nigel are a multi-cultural acoustic duo featuring French-American Parisienne Sonia Wilson on vocals and ukulele, and Kiwi- American renowned musician and composer Nigel Gavin on 7-string guitar.

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Sonia & Nigel

Sonia and Nigel are a multi-cultural acoustic duo featuring French-American Parisienne Sonia Wilson on vocals and ukulele, and Kiwi- American renowned musician and composer Nigel Gavin on 7-string guitar and 11-string fretless glissentar.

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Sonora Latina

Sonora Latina is an electrifying Latin band that hails from the vibrant city of Gisborne. Their unique sound blends traditional Latin American music with contemporary influences, resulting in an irresistible and dance-worthy groove.

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Teatree

Teatree are a local band of highly talented musicians from Motueka who will bring their celtic-indie-folk music mix to Lunasa. With reels and jigs, and also gypsy flavoured quirky songs, Teatree will inspire you to have an uplifting time on the dance floor.

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Teatree

Teatree are a local band of highly talented musicians from Motueka who will bring their celtic-indie-folk music mix to Lunasa. With reels and jigs, and also gypsy flavoured quirky songs, Teatree will inspire you to have an uplifting time on the dance floor.

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Teatree

Teatree are a local band of highly talented musicians from Motueka. They weave storytelling and musical magic in various flavoured styles from celtic, indie, folk, bossanova, tango, gypsy and more. Let them take you on a mystery musical and lyrical ride with their quirky acoustic tales. 

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Tui Mamaki

Haunting, spirited vocals over hypnotic odd-meter grooves. A meeting of delicacy and power. Original compositions inspired by TUi MAMAKi’s love affair with Bulgaria, spliced with traditional song, these are stories of love, harvest, death & transcendence. TUi MAMAKi is a vocal explorer, performer, composer/arranger, born in France, raised in Aotearoa/NZ and often found in Bulgaria.

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Tui Mamaki

Beguiling vocal melodies over hypnotic guitar grooves, a meeting of delicacy and power. Evocative and earthy vocals, eastern tainted melodies afloat on swathes of harp like electric-guitar, hypnotic odd-meter rhythms and lyrics with simplicity, enriched by her journey as a mother.

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Woven Talon

From a background in healing and education, I have found through music a way to support people’s emotional balance, with hand-pan, didgeridoo, shamanic drone flute, shamanic drum and Mongolian throat singing.

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