Pacific Curls
….. Pacifi Celta – New Zealand.
The Pacific Curls: ….. an eclectic and progressive mix of world roots music with Mâori, Pacific and Celtic influences.
Three artists from different backgrounds find common cause in crafting a musical fusion that comes together like it was waiting to be revealed. Pacific Curls’ members come from Scotland, New Zealand’s Maori people and from a volcanic island 465 clicks north of Fiji called Rotuma. Singing in Maori, Rotuman and English, the Pacific Curls play the fiddle, ukulele, traditional Maori and other instruments. Their sound incorporates the Celtic and the South Pacific in a beautiful and spirited whole.
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Ora Barlow (Te Whanau-a-Apanui) is an exciting musician, songwriter and artist featuring ukulele, percussion, guitar and vocals. As one of the original members of the acclaimed pasifik women’s trio ‘Manuhiri’ Ora has toured Europe, Australia, New Caledonia and Aotearoa and performed in major festivals such as WOMAD UK, Edinburgh Fringe, Folkest Italy and most of the festivals in Australia releasing two CD’s along the way.
Kim Halliday (Rotuma NZ) has studied and performed with some of the finest musicians in the world including Robert Fripp and Nigel Gavin. Kim plays guitar, slide, piano, ukulele, kalimba, percussion and vocals and has been involved in many recording projects and bands, both in NZ and overseas. Kim has toured extensively in Europe, UK, Australia, NZ, New Caledonia, South Korea, Canada and performed at Womad NZ.
Sarah Beattie (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) started playing the fiddle at the age of six. Since then she has performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow, as well as string quartet concerts and a regular gigging ceilidh band, the Jiggers.
Sarah has toured Australia with the Brave Hearts of Scotland show and toured internationally with various artists and orchestras throughout Europe. After a year in Australia in 2003, Sarah appeared at the Glastonbury Festival and toured Europe with Sydney based band Loonaloop.
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Pacific Curls’ 2008 & 2009 Canadian tour, which included festivals such as the Alianait Festival of the Arts, Iqaluit to BC’s Vancouver Island Music Fest, Discovery Coast Music Festival in Bella Coola to the Harrison Festival of the Arts, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Lunenburg Folk Festival, and Toronto’s HarbourFront “Planet Indigenous” generated so much audience response that they are confirmed to return to Canada for the 2010 Festival Season: Butchart Gardens, Victoria – Vancouver Island MusicFest – Harrison Festival of the Arts – Vancouver Folk Music Festival – Kamloops Music In the Park – Mission Folk Music Festival.
