Anna's Masterton debut

Raglan-based singer-songwriter Anna Coddington is to stage her Masterton debut at King Street Live as part of her Make You Mine nationwide tour.

Coddington will be joined onstage by Mike Hall and will present a freshly-minted live show featuring electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drum machines and vocal harmonies, she said.

Her nationwide tour takes in 11 dates across New Zealand and will be an opportunity "for fans to hear tracks not yet released alongside new versions of some old favourites" from her first two albums - The Lake from 2008 and Cat & Bird from 2011.

The 30-year-old performer first began playing drums as an 11-year-old and took up guitar aged 14.

Within two years she was fronting and writing for her first band, Handsome Geoffery, who won the SmokefreeRockquest in 1998.

Coddington, a 2nd dan black belt in kyokushin karate, went on to write, sing and play guitar for the band Duchess, which released a six-track EP in 2005.

She also has performed and toured with the likes of Fly My Pretties and Eru Dangerspiel, and has played tour support as well for Tom Jones.

She cites her time in Duchess and Handsome Geoffrey as musical influences and her latest single release alongside Auckland-based musician Sean 'SJD' Donnell, Make You Mine, comes after the duo dropped their first single together, Bird in Hand, in May.

Coddington called on the directorial talents of Aidee Walker for the accompanying video for Make You Mine after "the great reception and reviews" of the Bird In Hand video, which was their first collaboration.

Anna Coddington plays King Street Live in Masterton on October 5. Tickets cost $15 each and are available online at underthereader.co.nz.