It's the final weekend of January 2025 (god I'm old), which means it's time for a Tairāwhiti throwdown with wall-to-wall killers courtesy of Campbell! Press the button...
This episode of Freak the Sheep is a Southern Fork Americana Fest special & features performances by Reb Fountain, Tom Cunliffe, Dianne & Brett (The Bads), Eb (Eb & Sparrow) & Liam (The Miltones), and Rodney & Hayley from Dead Little Penny.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: We roll in hot from the 2021 Taite Music Awards with an awesome package with the nominees and winners from last night; Rob Bollix chats shape-shifting, classist ants in the Mind Trench; Tim Batt gives us a rundown on the Samoan election and big ol' funds for journalism in Aotearoa in Mediabatt; and Amelia D'Screte gives us a whole damn history lesson in Word Salad while chatting about conlangs! Whakarongo mai, and a big congrats to everyone involved with the Taites!
Hannah chats with Associate Professor Carol Brown of Dance Studies, who is an internationally established performance scholar and choreographer. The discuss her upcoming interdisciplinary project called Singular. Thanks to the University of Auckland.
Oliver Johnston is one third of the dance collective Inky Waves, he’s also one and half of the duo DJ Kush Boogie and has released music under the Hugo Jay moniker. Now he goes it alone again with a new project called Storage Media. He joins Zac to expand on his new project.
Dean Hewsion chats to us about his NZ Fringe award winning show, Jingles: The Musical. Ever get an ad jingle stuck in your head? Well, Dean and his team have got around 20 for you - all singing, all dancing, and all wrapped up in a neat narrative pie. Can you tell a Wella woman?