Pacific Curls
….. Pacifi Celta – New Zealand.
The Pacific Curls: ….. an eclectic and progressive mix of world roots music with Mâori, Pacific and Celtic influences.
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, Lunenburg Folk Festival and Toronto’s HarbourFront “Planet Indigenous” generated so much audience response that planning for their return to Canada for the 2010 Festival Season is already underway!
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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.
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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