Rhythm Club - Blues in the Night ft. Elizabeth Wise (USA)
132 Grange Road, Balmoral, Auckland
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We’re so excited to be able to host a dear friend, and fantastic blues musician Elizabeth Wise, all the way from Virginia!
Elizabeth Wise has travelled the world and truly lived in it; from the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and on up the James River to Richmondtown, from the juke joints of Memphis and folk clubs in Manhattan to the wilds of New Zealand and the plains of Oklahoma, all the time being inspired by, and spreading her respect for, the blues.
From her formative years playing piano and singing church music, to her coming of age as a fully formed folk artist steeped in traditions that trace their roots back to Appalachian hills, Kentucky bluegrass, and, of course, the blues of the Delta. As the Memphis Blues Society noted, Wise is “authentic yet refreshingly original,” and “a blueswoman at the dawn of a superb career.”
That career now spans just shy of 20 years of performing professionally in bars, clubs, and living rooms, and on festival stages up and down the US's East Coast and Midwest, and New Zealand's North Island. Wise continues listening to, learning from, and living with the music that inspires her.
Her songbook has grown to include her tenacious yet nuanced takes on timeless blues tunes popularize by artists like Elmore James, Memphis Minnie, and Sippie Wallace, swing-era classics by the great Duke Ellington, and songbook standards by Irving Berlin. She also continues to channel her experiences into original material.
For more info about Elizabeth, visit https://elizabethwisemusic.wixsite.com/elizabeth-wise/about
If that wasn’t enough, we’ll be starting the evening with a blues dance taster class run by Auckland Blues Dance, so come along and give it a go if you’ve never danced the blues before, then put your moves into action to live music!
“‘Blues dance’ is a new name encompassing a family of social and popular dance practices of everyday people within African American communities in the US. It was and is done to blues music from gospel, to jazz, acoustic Delta blues, electric Chicago Blues and more.” - https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/exhibits/profiles/blues-dancing.html
Photo on cover image ©Wade Hysell Photography.
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