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American folk singer Matthew Bean (aka Sneaky Bones) will return to Aotearoa for a national tour this month, which will include an eclectic show at the Whangateau Folk Club on Monday, January 23.
The acoustic line-up will feature not only Bones, but Albi & The Wolves, who are no strangers to Whangateau audiences, plus intimate songs and stories from Butter Wouldn’t Melt.
This is Bean’s fourth NZ tour and his first shows worldwide since the pandemic.
“In 2019, I finished up my last tour in NZ with plans to be back in the following summer to tour my new album. Then the pandemic struck and all live activity rapidly went on hold,” he says. “So it feels good to be picking up where I left off.”
Bean’s previous releases have been well supported by Kiwi fans.
“It will be fantastic to finally hear the music from 2020 album Little Words performed live,” he says.
“When I make records, usually the songs have been road-tested and then the arrangements get a blank studio treatment, meaning we try and build a new performance using the studio environment as an instrument.
“But, Little Words was born in the studio, where you get a chance to freeze time and use tools and techniques that are impossible to replicate live. It’s been a beautiful challenge to synthesise these songs onto the stage and I’m excited to see them evolve as they travel across the world.”
Touring with Sneaky Bones will be Marshall Wildman on drums and keys, and the tour will wrap up with a performance at the 50th Auckland Folk Festival at the end of the month.
The Whangateau show will be held at the Whangateau Hall starting at 7pm.
