WHERE
TVNZ Crystal Palace
ADMISSION
$10 advance sales GA ($8 TECT)
Booking Fees Apply
$5 on the door
(subject to availability)
Booking Fees Apply
$5 on the door
(subject to availability)
DURATION
60 mins (no interval)
Event Sponsor
Reviews
What a great to way to wind down the week and drive into a busy arts festival weekend! An hour with singer songwriter... more...
Paul McLaney
Bruce Fraser
What a great to way to wind down the week and drive into a busy arts festival weekend! An hour with singer songwriter Paul McLaney switching songs between two albums ‘Edin” and ‘Diamond Side’ was a gem of an early evening concert.
Mclaney’s sweet melodic voice was underpinned by the driving rhythms of his acoustic guitar interspersed with some very beautifully crafted instrumental riffs.
Off the back of a warm rapport with the audience, McLaney’s lyrics took us through the gamut of near country (“as close to country as I ever got”) to love ballads. His ‘Let me count the ways’ features on a self-drawn cartoon that is well worth checking on line to see the breadth of skills of this talented musician. Others to stand out were ‘Love song to Cupid’ and his New Years Eve tribute to Auld Land Syne “Many more days of happiness to come.’
Mclaney tells us that the world can’t have too many love songs and on the strength of what he delivered in the TVNZ Crystal Palace it would be hard to disagree. ‘Subtle threads’ proved a fitting finale to the concert showing McLaney at his very best on acoustic guitar.
A satisfied audience left well pleased with their working week wind down.
Mclaney’s sweet melodic voice was underpinned by the driving rhythms of his acoustic guitar interspersed with some very beautifully crafted instrumental riffs.
Off the back of a warm rapport with the audience, McLaney’s lyrics took us through the gamut of near country (“as close to country as I ever got”) to love ballads. His ‘Let me count the ways’ features on a self-drawn cartoon that is well worth checking on line to see the breadth of skills of this talented musician. Others to stand out were ‘Love song to Cupid’ and his New Years Eve tribute to Auld Land Syne “Many more days of happiness to come.’
Mclaney tells us that the world can’t have too many love songs and on the strength of what he delivered in the TVNZ Crystal Palace it would be hard to disagree. ‘Subtle threads’ proved a fitting finale to the concert showing McLaney at his very best on acoustic guitar.
A satisfied audience left well pleased with their working week wind down.
Paul McLaney has been making an impact with his critically acclaimed solo debut Edin, which garnered him a nomination for Best Male Performer at the 2007 NZ Music Awards alongside Tim Finn and Greg Johnson.
He followed that up quickly with the Diamond Side album. In his spare time Paul plays in the SJD band and alongside the likes of Joss Stone.
Paul says ”lyrics collide with music, they float in music, they pull meaning out of melodies.” Hear the human voice and the acoustic guitar, the essential purity of one musician creating a vivid musical canvas.
“Paul McLaney returns with an intimate solo offering in which he muses on love over a sparse and warm palette of acoustic guitar."
Waikato Times