EASY are doing a show tonight down at what I'd call a temporary bar - they are calling it an "al fresco arts and music garden". First set at 5pm, second set at 7:30pm, free entry.

Then I triple booked myself somehow and got 2 gigs in one day, plus I'm gonna try checkout soul legend Sharon Jones in between the two gigs. Lets talk about Sharon for a bit. She is one of the wickest black soul singers of the past 20 years. They rocked it super hard down at WOMAD back in 2009, and its a pity this pic doesn't quite have a shot of the drummer, but checkout the bassplayer he looks classic. Sharon too is looking mean as. Anyhow, looking forward to seeing that.

I've popped some good upcoming shows into the gig list: Mos Def and Aloe Blacc in Jan, Splore City, and then in April: The Funky Meters (yes some of the founding members of The Meters are coming to do a show).

Sharon Jones and the Dapkings

EASY are heading up to Leigh this Friday night to play support for the almighty Olmecha Supreme! These guys are pretty psychedelic and worth checking out. Then the next night, we're off to Mangawhai tavern to play our own headline show with TDK.

Win tickets: Just write back with the which gig you'd go to (Leigh or Mangawhai) and I'll give one double pass for each show.

Then on November 13, Dam Native are hitting hard with a headlining show at Juice Bar supported by Hangman, and a one man outfit called Infinite Rensta. Should be cool. After that is the official "Aotearoa... Nobody Does It Better" album release party at Rakinos.