Wellington multi-instrumentalist folk muso Graeme James has come a long way since his early performing days, busking in freezing cold Queenstown winters. He’s heading back to his old hunting ground tomorrow, to help celebrate the opening of The Cargo Collective, a new function and events space, including a brew hall, behind Gantley’s Tavern, established by Cargo’s Meron and Malcolm Blakey. At 7 he began playing violin, “then I kept adding instruments’’. For the brew hall show, he’ll be accompanied by Taranaki-based drummer Ben Dixon. ‘‘I’m doing the melodic things, and Ben the drummer is hitting the drums as hard as he can.’’Cargo Brew Hall grand opening, behind Gantley’s Tavern, Saturday, from 4pm; Graeme James ‘Luminous Times Tour’, 8pm.

Source: Stuff June 27, 2024 16:37 UTC