WORD

New season at the microphone

Winter is on the retreat, they say. Gathering her white skirts about her and heading across the lake to some other shore. There is blossom on the plum tree and as Buffy Sainte-Marie sings, ‘… the seasons they go round and round…and we are captive on the carousel of time…’. It is now the turn of spring to court us with some sort of rebirth, to lavish us with a new song as we emerge from the cold places where we have sojourned for a while.

And we are looking forward to a great season of new songs and poems, and stories and provocations as we gather round the microphone with our hearts and voices intact. We welcome back the Dangerous Kitchen crew from their well-deserved winter break and look forward to cranking up the Dangerous Microphone once again on Wednesday 30 August. Acid on the Microphone is looking great for September and so too Moonshine on the Microphone. Monday night singalong at The Mussel Inn is taking a break until 7 October while Craig tends to some overseas gigs.

It will be great to meet up at one of our fabulous open microphone evenings in September. Join us on the carousel of time, give thanks and praise for the new season and let’s sing a new song as best we can.

Love and peace
Mark Raffills
Golden Bay Live Poets Society

Two Seasons

Winter,
she is gathering up her white skirts
with a crisp swish and sway,
she gives me a wink
as she makes her way
down the cold valley,
dares me to follow
but I choose to stay.

Spring
she just sits in the wild plum tree
and sings to me a song,
scent of something new,
a tune so strong
I fall for the fragrance
tangled up in her
skirts hanging long.

Mark Raffills

Jules Riding – Gospel concert

Personal music for personal times

Jules Riding is a much-travelled singer/songwriter who has been traversing the length and breadth of New Zealand from the late seventies right up to the present day. He lives in Waikanae and spends three or four months of each year performing across Europe, where he is based in Estonia.

Riding sings and writes in the gospel-folk tradition that has seen three of his 10 albums earn gold status. He has twice won ‘Gospel Album of the Year’ at the NZ Music Awards. He will be bringing his engaging performance to the Anglican Church on Commercial Street in Takaka, Sunday evening 3 September at 7.00pm.

His recent album, ‘Cataclysm’, is a close examination of the way we handle personal struggles and changes as we live our lives in modern times within a society governed by a range of different views and expectations.  His new album, Scars, is due pre-Christmas this year.

Jules lists his musical influences as the folk greats from the 60’s including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Keith Green, John Michael Talbot and Michael W Smith.

Kahurangi Christian Church and the Anglican Church will host Jules on his visit to Golden Bay. The concert kicks off at 7.00pm, koha entry and a desert supper to follow.

JULES RIDING
Anglican Church
Commercial Street
Takaka
Sunday 3 September, 7.00pm
Koha

IAN KENNETH BROWN

Fairy Tales in the shadow of A.I.

Beyond the edges there is a place that we can meet . There be the Wyrd sisters , there be the Cave of wonders , and yes alright I concede , ‘There be Dragons’ . The place I refer to is ,of course, the world of Story.

So runs the introduction to Ian Kenneth Brown, in his own words. I.K.B. will tell his stories as the featured guest at Golden Bay Live Poets Society on Thursday 21 September, 2023. But wait, there is more.

Metaphors , Analogy , Fable and maybe some Legends swim , swirl and swish in a cosmic soup . Don’t believe all that you a hear here , but do believe some  , as Story has the spirit to transform , inspire and upend.

And there is no better place to curl up and listen to stories than in front of the fire at the Mussel Inn. And why is it important that you come and let these stories lodge in your heart? Well, says Ian, because….

Real Stories are getting thin on the ground these days , we storytellers ( you and me ) are a dying breed . Let’s raise the revolutionary flag of inventiveness once more , crack the eggshell of imagination and wade into places , and times , that have never been here again and will possibly always not yet have been there.

That sounds like the best reason ever. He is a colourful character, is Ian Kenneth Brown. Carries the flag of revolutionary inventiveness high and humbly low.

Ian has found himself in Onekaka quite regularly recently, is a trained Clown , a Teacher in remission , and Ordained Druid , a weaver of fantabulous , nebulaic , far fetched ephemera ( A Storyteller ) , a Poet , A trainee Daddy and is deeply in love with the nature of Aotearoa .

Half the evening at the Mussel inn will revolve around the very fabulous and famously longest-running open mic night in the Bay. And the other half will be devoted to Ian and the fairy tales in the shadow of A.I.

Come and Fill your Story Bucket !

That’s it folks. Fairy tales in the shadow of A.I. Don’t miss them.

ACID ON THE MICROPHONE
featuring IAN KENNETH BROWN
Thursday 21 September
7.30 pm. $5
Mussel Inn

MAPUA LITERARY FESTIVAL

Mapua Literary Festival

PROGRAMME MAPUA LITERARY FESTIVAL

Mapua Programme

LITTLE NEWS

NEW MUSIC

Two local musicians have new singles out. Find them on Spotify and Bandcamp. Keep an ear out for their next gigs and be sure to get to hear them.

Nick Feint’s new song is on Bandcamp. Coming up Roses is the name of the track. A beautiful song that sees Nick right on his game. Powerful production by Levity Beet and stylish BVs from Malaika Hollis.
https://nickfeint.bandcamp.com/track/coming-up-roses

Ella Keita and Buster Caitcheon have a new song too. You will find it on Spotify, called Winds Are Changing. A great track with a whole lot of appeal and a top notch arrangement that showcases the meshing of two stunning talents.

SING-A-LONG TAKES A BREAK

Mussel Inn Sing Along with Craig Denham has been a massive community hit over the winter. Every Monday night singers of every elk have gathered to give voice to the song! Craig has a few gigs coming up out of town – Hawaii and the Far North – and so the Monday nights are on hold until he returns on Monday 2 October. Mark it on your calendar

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