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16/07/2024

On Foreign Soil: Vera Ellen At SXSW 2024

2024 had already been a big year for Vera Ellen, even before she was invited last minute to perform at the Austin, Texas, ...

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29/05/2024

On Foreign Soil: Brother Sister In Japan

Celebrating the release of their third EP, 'On A Roll' in September 2023, Tāmaki Makaurau sibling synth trio Brother Sister, ...

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08/04/2024

On Foreign Soil: Nathan Haines In China

China has always held a great fascination for me. My grandfather Yee Jeng Keng was born in Ghangzhou in 1915 and came to ...

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26/01/2024

On Foreign Soil: Mim Jensen

In June, when Mim Jensen found out she was going to be performing at the first ever SXSW Sydney, she was in Brisbane, visiting ...

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14/12/2023

On Foreign Soil: Major Minor Music Australia Awards

In October 2023 Australian children's music artists Benny Time, Angie Who and Tina and Mark Harris (Lah Lah) invited Chris ...

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19/06/2023

On Foreign Soil: Ashy at SXSW, March 13-19, 2023

The mid-February release of Ashy 's infectious new single LA Talk was neatly timed to share with her audience before she ...

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24/02/2023

On Foreign Soil: Huia Hamon – WOMEX 2022, Lisboa

It's not every day that I get that chance to travel to the opposite side of the Papatūānuku (earth) to discover a whole ...

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24/04/2020

On Foreign Soil: Swallow The Rat

When Auckland psychedelic post-punk foursome Swallow The Rat were announced to perform at SXSW in 2019 it was seemingly out ...

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16/12/2019

On Foreign Soil: Mild Orange – European Foreplay

Dunedin’s Mild Orange have had a busy year. They spent most of May 2019 on tour in Europe and the UK, only to head off ...

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