Roots Music Aotearoa

Kia Ora

Welcome to the official site of Roots Music Aotearoa - dedicated to bringing you the world's best blues and roots from New Zealand.

Roots Music Aotearoa was born in 2006 from the growing success of the Darcy Perry Band and a desire to get New Zealand music heard overseas. With the help of Ode Records and Amplifier, Roots Music Aotearoa has released five albums so far and has a growing list of international connections.

The most ambitious effort to date has been the release of Harmonica Masters of New Zealand. The first album to feature artists outside of the band, it is a who's-who of harmonica players and was recorded at Montage Studios in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

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Outrageous Fortune

The music of the Darcy Perry Band features throughout one of New Zealand's most successful television series, Outrageous Fortune, now available as a 24 disc set on DVD.

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New Zealand's finest harmonica players and their own songs on one album. Such a compilation has never been attempted before.

Eleven of the songs were recorded live during a three day session at Montage Recording Studios in Grey Lynn, Auckland. This created an opportunity for old friends to reunite, new friends to swap tales from the road and for some, to get their music recorded for the first time.

From the country to the city, these are the roots of New Zealand music and the Masters of the Harmonica.

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Blues On Broadbeach 2011

Darcy Perry returned to the iconic Gold Coast music festival in 2011 to wake up and shake up the people.

Darcy Perry (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Glen Muirhead (keyboards); Beau Bennett (guitar); Calvin Welsh (drums) and Dr. Harry Brus (bass).

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Gave You What You Wanted - The Flaming Mudcats

A band that is well versed on what it takes to please a crowd. More

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Phoenix - Darcy Perry Band

Phoenix is the The Darcy Perry Band's most adventurous effort to date with four of the band members sharing lead vocal duties. More

Harmonica Masters Of New Zealand

New Zealand's finest harmonica players and their own songs on one album. More

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	Darcy Perry & Craig Bracken Alone and acoustic with Darcy Perry and Craig Bracken. A back to basics blues recording. More
Featured on Blues Revue Sampler CD - April/May 2008. www.bluesrevue.com

Heavy Rain - Darcy Perry Band

The ground breaking album from this renowned blues quintet, sees mainman Darcy Perry and band put together twelve fresh tunes. More

Don't Hold Back - Darcy Perry Band

The Darcy Perry Band have established themselves on the underground blues scene as a force to be reckoned with. More

Production
ROOTS MUSIC AOTEAROA
Darcy Perry
darcy@rootsmusic.co.nz

Distribution
ODE RECORDS
Roger Marbeck
roger@oderecords.co.nz

Digital Distribution
AMPLIFIER
Stephen O'Hoy
stephen@amplifier.co.nz

BNT V8s Championship 2012

BNT V8s Championship
Saturday 2pm-6pm
21 January 2012
Timaru • NZ
www.nzv8.co.nz

Featuring 3 of New Zealand's top Blues bands; headlined by the Darcy Perry Blues Band from Auckland, Fraser Chirnside and the Giddy Robins Trio from Methven and King Leo and The Growling Dogs from Dunedin.

Parachute Festival 2012

Parachute Music Festival
Deluxe Stage
Saturday 2pm
28 January 2012
Hamilton • NZ
www.parachutemusic.com/festival

Darcy Perry All Stars performing with special guest gospel singer from Chicago, Sista Jacqui Baldwin.

Parachute Festival is the largest Christian music festival in the Southern Hemisphere.

The dates for Parachute 2012 are 27 - 30 Jan.
For more information on Festival click here.

DeBretts Sundown Soakfest 2012

Summer Sundown Soakfest
Taupo DeBretts Spa Resort
with Regan
Thursday 7:30pm-9pm
9 February 2012
Taupo • NZ
www.taupodebretts.co.nz

Brought to you by Taupo DeBretts Resort,
Great Lake Taupo and Classic Hits 96.8

Darcy Perry with special guest Regan, at the DeBretts Sundown SoakFest, the place to be for awesome summer entertainment. Jump in the pools at 7pm and get ready for the blues to fire up at 7.30pm. There will be a BBQ in the pool area and a range of soft drinks and snacks available.

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