Mel Parsons (born in Westport on 21 October 1981) is an indie folk and alternative country singer/songwriter from New Zealand. She won Best Folk Artist at the 2020 New Zealand Music Awards. Parsons started out playing piano, and also picked up the guitar at about 14, finally getting serious in seventh form (about age 17) when applying for the Nelson School of Mu…
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The 13th Floor (New Zealand)
September 15, 2024
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Mel Parsons brought her Regional Sabotage tour to Waiheke Island.
Mel Parsons closed out her Sabotage Album Release Tour with a sold out concert at Auckland’s Q Theatre, a venue that seems to be growing in stature in a city that needs more quality places to play.
Mel Parsons opened up her Tiny Days Tour in Auckland in front of a seated audience at Galatos with a show dedicated to parents and their children. I’ve been to a few shows at Galatos over the years and I seem to remember most of those shows as rather raucous events…
After recently reviewing Mel Parsons' new album, ‘Slow Burn' I was super keen to see her on stage again. How would these songs work live? For me, it's been a few years since I've seen her on a big stage. But through various channels, I've always kept up with her work.
Setting out on a nationwide sojourn in support of her new album “Slow Burn”, Lyttelton's Mel Parsons initiated proceedings in fine style, with a gig at Napier's Paisley Stage, to what it must be said was a select audience.
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