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Alt-Country Newcomer Stretch Hits the Road for Summer Tour
Alt-Country Newcomer Stretch Hits the Road for
Summer Tour
Alt-country singer songwriter Stretch is packing up his guitar, harmonicas and kick-drum and getting ready to ramble his way through New Zealand towns for a summer tour of intimate, exhilarating shows. His repertoire of material spans from dark-hearted ballads to roof-raising choruses; set to a boot stomping backbeat while Stretch’s soulful voice cuts through it all.
2015 saw Stretch light up venues from coast to coast across two national tours, earning the kind of rave reviews only the most passionate live performance justifies. The Rogue Stage described him as ‘a pure hearted performer, giving life to great old country songs and making his own sound like long time classics’.
With a recorded live EP already under his belt and a music feature in the TV show This Town, Stretch is currently finishing off his debut album, to be released later in 2016.
Playing shows in such small-town character venues as the Raumati Social Club, Te Puka Tavern and Gisborne’s historic seaside Dome, you won’t want to miss out on this up-and-coming alt-country star. With a voice rich in emotion and a desire to connect to audiences everywhere, Stretch is making fans the old fashioned way, one music lover at a time.
See below for the dates Stretch’s summer 2016 tour.
"A hard working
troubadour, a bit alt-country, a bit Springsteen and even a
little bit Tom Waits. Wit and sweat and heartfelt
songs."
- The Sitting Room Sessions
STRETCH / Summer Tour
Friday 5 February - Nivara Lounge,
Hamilton
Saturday 6 February - MT Social Club, Mt.
Maunganui
Friday 12 February - Raumati Social Club,
Raumati,
Friday 13 February - house show address TBA,
Palmerston North
Friday 19 February - Eastend,
Wairoa
Saturday 20 February - Dome, Gisborne
Sunday 21
February – Te Puka Tavern, Tokomaru
Friday 26 February
- Roots Bar, Takaka
Saturday 27 February - East St Vege
Cafe, Nelson
Friday 4 March - Musician’s Club,
Whanganui
Saturday 5 March - house show address TBA, New
Plymouth
www.stretchsongs.com
www.facebook.com/Stretchsongs
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