Poetry Live
from 8pm, Tuesday October 16th, 2007
at The Classic Studio, 321 Queen Street
(upstairs, next door to The Classic Comedy Club - just up from the Town Hall)
Door charge: KOHA
Open Mic (5 minute max)
MC: Renee Liang
featuring Guest Musician Fiona McEwen at 8 pm
with Steve Terry on guitar
Singer/songwriter and rhythm guitarist, Fiona McEwen’s unique, melodic style can be
described as “contemporary folk/pop/rock with a touch of flamenco”.
Fiona McEwen has been writing songs and playing music most of her life. Having studied recorder,
percussion, piano and viola while at school, in 1986 she sang backup in a band “Pacific Roadshow” which toured
around the South Island, and started learning the guitar and writing her own songs. After bringing up
three children, Fiona launched on the Auckland open mic scene in 2004 and has since performed at open mic nights
including Suede Bar, Diablo, Grand Central, Forde’s Front Bench, PR Bar, Snatch and ‘Speakeasy’ at the
Classic Comedy Bar, and at city markets, folk clubs, festivals, including Prana New Year Festival and Titirangi Festival
of Music, and various venues including Corban Estate Arts Centre, The Wine Cellar, Sky City, The Patriot,
The Occidental, Elevation Cafe and The Dogs Bollix. Fiona was also the featured singer/songwriter on
“The Verona Sessions” which screened live on Alt TV in August 2007.
Guest Poet: Charis Boos
“understated and clever, has an air of sophistication, she plays with words like a pro,
carrying listeners away with her imagery and styley metaphors”