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Home / Whanganui Chronicle / Lifestyle

Friday to see girls come out to play

Laurel Stowell
Whanganui Chronicle·
28 Feb, 2012 05:32 PMQuick Read

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It's women's night at the Whanganui Musicians' Club on Friday.

The theme for this month is "femme musicale" and two mainly-female bands have been booked to play, co-president John Keating said.

The first is Henpicked , three women and a man from the Kapiti Coast. They play a mix of light country tunes, with smidgins of folk/pop and reggae influence.

They've played at festivals in Parihaka, Levin and Nelson, have a debut album called Astroturf and can perform 40 original songs.

The second guest act is a young Wellington band called The Dreamers. Three of the five members are women and all are former students of the New Zealand School of Music. There's Conor McCabe on vocals, Jean Pompey on drums, Jacqui Nyman on guitar and Wanganui's Te Atawhai Ponga on bass.

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He described their sound as soul, spockalypto beats and bugaloo.

"The Dreamers will come at you with a mix of funky, soulful originals and covers with a bit of a twist," he said.

Other women musicians are booked to play before the two bands, and Mr Keating said there was room for more.

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He hopes to start at 7pm.

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