Left to Right: Shikhadin and her book, Impetuous Women.
‘An old neem tree extended its gnarled boughs over the roof which was pockmarked by last year’s hail. Hairline cracks on the roof allowed streaks of sunlight to pour into the hall below.’
Apart from the near ripe guava, there was something else that intrigued her. The tree’s peeling bark. Barks of guava trees peeled easily, but this was such a young tree. Besides it was not so much the peeling bark, the patterns it had made. The tree seemed to be full of faces. One in particular, low enough to be at eye level looked like an old man’s face. A smiling and kindly face and when the breeze made the tree sway the face seemed to nod at her and smile like the grandfather she still remembered and thought dimly.
Raw Collective Announce The Good Things LP Release Tour A.K. / Wednesday 16th December, 2020 12:25PM
Raw Collective have their second studio album
The Good Things peeping over the horizon, and it s only right that they ve cooked up a tasty run of country-wide release shows and festivities. Based in Te Whanganui-a-tara, the tight-knit dectet will hit the road one week after
The Good Things hits the shelves, armed with a multitude of multi-instrumentalists and silken voices. Album singles (so far) ‘Waiting for Sunrise’ and Just Desserts have been a sneak peak into the joy-sparking opus to come, a collection of floor-filling hip hop and rap that was recorded entirely live in studio, making the most of the band s deftly honed gigging skills. Lock in your spot ASAP, Raw Collective are providing Aotearoa end-of-summer parties.