What's on The Andrew London Duo
We have a range of events on our calendar...
Sunday Club Night: a feature concert every week (apart from some holiday weekends) 7.30 pm. Floorspot performers often invited from local musicians in the first half. Cafe and bar open. See notes on each night for featured performers or events.
Thursday Open Mic Night: a warm welcome to all, 7.30 pm. Gold coin entry. Cafe open.
Special Concerts - may be scheduled on other nights
Our venue for club events is the Opoho Bowling Club rooms, 80 Lovelock Avenue, North Dunedin
In the current covid climate, some may wish to wear a mask when up and moving around.
The Andrew London Duo
Andrew London’s quirky satirical songs have been the backbone of swing trio Hot Club Sandwich, Tui-nominated country-rockers the Cattlestops, and his self-named trio for more than a quarter of a century.
I Hugged My Mate, Let’s Talk About Me and My Daughter’s Got a Boyfriend have had audiences in stitches for decades, but the songwriting is multi-faceted. Songs like ‘Emily Bay’, about the 1846 convict uprising on Norfolk island, ‘Forty Winters’, a discussion with a bricklayer from Newcastle-on-Tyne, and ‘You Just Count it Off’, his reminiscence of collaborations with Taranaki muso Keith Cramer, all evoke degrees of pathos and poignancy that belie his reputation as a writer of comedic songs.
Delivery is wrapped in an eclectic mix of styles with Andrew’s swing-era guitar style accompanying, while partner Kirsten underpins solidly on bass and backing vocals. The duo regularly play jazz, blues, country and folk festivals and clubs, with no loyalty to, or preference for any of those particular stylistic umbrellas.
Andrew’s songs and recordings have gained 4-star reviews in Downbeat magazine (the World’s longest-running and most widely read jazz magazine), provided soundtracks to movies (Second-Hand Wedding, No Ordinary Sheila, No Petrol, No Diesel), been nominated for Tui awards and contributed to National Radio’s Greatest Song Ever Written and a Correspondence School English Syllabus. Along with Wayne Mason and Rob Joass, he is a founder member of the Too Many Chiefs quartet, and In 2019 he performed a selection of his own original songs, specifically arranged for, and with, the Rodger Fox Big Band.
The duo’s current show sees them tighter than ever, the songs more concise, with the accent on acerbic satire, tongue-twisting wordsmithery, and lovingly-crafted vocal harmonies.
‘I’ve never seen anyone sing so many words, so fast, without swallowing his own tongue. You guys are like Flight of The Conchords for Rest Homes’ said a Radio NZ caretaker.
Note: the Andrew London Duo will play the full show. No floorspots.
