By: Christie Eliezer
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More major festivals are returning Down Under. WOMAD NZ (New Zealand) returns March 18 to 20, 2022 to New Plymouth s Brooklands Park. It made its announcement 24 hours after a NZ$1.9 million ($1.37 million) underwrite from New Plymouth District Council and a five year partnership to stay in the district.
It pulls 11,000 visitors a year and delivers A$6 million ($4.35 million) to the local economy.
The 2021 edition was cancelled after the Taranaki Arts Festival Trust (Taft), which presented the event since 2003, withdrew its support four months ahead citing financial loss concerns in case of a COVID outbreak.
Being in your 20s is, as Karydas explains in this song, to be in a state of constant flux. Karydas finds herself pining for the simplistic emotional responses of her youth, when things made sense to her. She still succumbs to childish worries, like acne and the dentist. A grazed knee sends her spinning back to when she was seven, when pain had an obvious physical cause and a definite treatment. âWhen did I get so fearful?â she asks. As the world whirs around her, she focuses on the freckles on her loverâs face, a constant in a shifting sea. This is an infectious and spritely pop song, with shades of Spiritus by Lisa Mitchell, and a yearning simplicity of spirit. As the narrator of her own emotions, Karydas takes a long view even while surrounded by the mess of everyday life; she longs to hit pause on the world while knowing this isnât possible â or even preferable.
Simply stunning.
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But today’s might just pip them all at the post. Naarm/Melbourne artist Alice Skye dropped by the triple j studios this week for her run at the famous segment, choosing to cover Cub Sport’s pop heartbreaker ‘Come On Mess Me Up’. She doesn’t mess with the original arrangement too much, and her vocals are more than capable of holding Tim Nelson’s sweeping melody. It’s completely goosebump-inducing.
“These lyrics are so devastating and beautiful,” Skye said in the accompanying interview. “I feel like it just tells a story. ‘
The line-up for the 2021 National Indigenous Music Awards has been revealed. Baker Boy, Miiesha, Electric Fields, King Stingray, Dallas Woods and Kee’Ahn and Alice Skye with more acts to be announced soon.
Welcome to Seven in Seven, where each week we would typically take a look at concerts coming to the region. With most shows on hold due to the pandemic, here’s