Kelly Joe Phelps and Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms - NZ Tour
Gerry Paul & Warren Maxwell present
An Evening of Americana with Kelly Joe Phelps and Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
New Zealand Tour 2013
Gerry Paul & Warren Maxwell are delighted to present An Evening of Americana with Kelly Joe Phelps and Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms who are taking blues, folk, old-time country and bluegrass across New Zealand in November.
"Kelly Joe Phelps is a great example
of what the modern blues is all about. His music has all the
authority of the great blues without any hint of re-hash or
re-tread."
The Edge,
U2Exploring the heart and soul of American
music, Kelly Joe Phelps has been recording
and playing around the world for close to 20 years. A
virtuoso slide guitar player and accomplished
singer-songwriter, he has toured alongside B.B.
King, Lucinda Williams and
Madeline Peyroux, recorded with
Townes Van Zandt, jazz musician
Bill Frisell and been signed to
Rick Rubin’s American
Recordings.
Phelps’ timeless approach lies at the crossroads of great American music: blues, folk, country and gospel. Hailing from Washington State, Phelps started out in the world of jazz as a bass player, but then embraced roots music and developed his own distinctive sound: “It’s a reflection of all the music I loved and steeped myself in. There’s a space and openness in rural music that makes sense to me.”
It is Kelly Joe’s first time playing in New Zealand, though this year has seen him tour the United States, Canada, UK and Australia. With his slide guitar on his lap, Kelly Joe combines an extraordinary ability to improvise, while playing a set of both his own songs and Delta blues classics. On his most recent album, Brother Sinner & the Whale, he explores elements of gospel.
Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms explore another side of Americana with their harmonious take on early country and bluegrass songs, from the Carter Family to the Louvin Brothers. Also making their New Zealand debut, the pair have been performing together since 2008 and have played at the Newport Folk Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival amongst others, plus they teach at traditional music camps across North America.
Caleb Klauder plays mandolin and guitar and the evening will feature a selection of mandolin and fiddle tunes from regional traditions across the United States, from Appalachian to Cajun. Both Caleb and Reeb also perform in the internationally acclaimed Foghorn Stringband, a group that has helped propel the current old-time revival, alongside the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show.
Singer and guitarist Reeb Willms hails from a tradition of music that dates back to her great grandparents who were German wheat farmers on the high plateau of central Washington State. Reeb’s voice blends beautifully with Caleb’s for harmonies that create an authentic American roots experience.
"Caleb and Reeb deliver a pure and
classic sound that makes you want to cry out in joy and
tears both at the same time."
Marc
Savoy, The Savoy Family Band
“Kelly
Joe Phelps plays, sings, and writes the blues. HOLD UP
before you lock that in - forget about songs in a twelve bar
three chord progression with a two line repeat and answer
rhyme structure - though he can certainly do that when he
wants to. I'm talking about a feeling, a smoky, lonesome,
painful - yet somehow comforting groove that lets you know
that you are not alone - even when you're blue. Play on
brother.”
Steve
Earle
“Kelly Joe Phelps knows how to
create that elusive quality best described as
‘magic’.”
Blues
Review
“If you have ever seen
blues-folk troubadour Kelly Joe Phelps play live, you will
know how mesmerising his guitar playing can be. Those
mercurial fingers conjure the mystifying illusion of two or
three sidemen.”
The Sunday Times,
UK
An Evening of Americana
with
Kelly Joe Phelps and Caleb Klauder
& Reeb Willms
New Zealand Tour
2013
AUCKLAND – Wednesday
20 November – The Kings
Arms
Tickets: www.eventfinder.co.nz / 0800 289
849
TAURANGA – Thursday 21
November – Tauranga Art
Gallery
Tickets: www.eventfinder.co.nz / 0800
289 849
NEW PLYMOUTH – Friday 22 November –
4th Wall Theatre
Tickets:
www.4thwalltheatre.co.nz / 0800 484 925
MASTERTON
– Saturday 23 November – King Street
Live
Tickets: www.eventfinder.co.nz / 0800 289
849
WELLINGTON – Sunday 24 November – San
Francisco Bath House
Tickets:
www.eventfinder.co.nz / 0800 289 849
NELSON –
Thursday 28 November – Nelson School of
Music
Tickets: www.nsom.ac.nz / 03 548
9477
CHRISTCHURCH – Friday 29 November – Naval
Point Yacht Club, Lyttelton
Tickets:
www.eventfinder.co.nz / 0800 289 849
DUNEDIN
– Saturday 30 November – North East Valley Baptist
Church
(*Kelly Joe Phelps Solo*)
Tickets:
www.nefc.org.nz
WANAKA – Sunday 1 December –
Rippon Hall
(**Kelly Joe Phelps with
Warren Maxwell & Gerry Paul**)
Tickets:
www.eventfinder.co.nz / 0800 289
849
www.kellyjoephelps.net
www.calebklauder.com
LINKS
Kelly
Joe Phelps
Go
There
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmut5WhT3cI
Later with Jools Holland (BBC) – Guitar
Heroes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLDZZO6ejtY&feature=youtu.be&t=14m39s
I’d Be A Rich
Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ddTXpDUek
Goodnight
Irene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHd2h4eXw1k
Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
You’ll
Get No More of
Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcNtHJ3u4pY
Innocent
Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ln6SN4OPEk
ENDS