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Mike Garner

About Me

Mike Garner is a musician living and working in Aotearoa - New Zealand. He grew up listening to and playing blues in England and moved to New Zealand in 1988. He lives in Rotorua - tourist capital of NZ and a wonderland of geysers, mountain lakes and volcanic activity.

Mike has played in New Zealand, England, Australia, Italy and Germany, as well as the Pacific Islands of New Caledonia and Rarotonga. His 5th CD was released in January 2007 and has received good reviews.

Cad's Alley (2007)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/07/2007
Band Website: www.mikegarner.co.nz
Band Members: The Mike Garner Trio - features Dave Robinson, acoustic bass guitar and Warren Houston, percussion
Record Label: Southbound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

National Jazz Festival - Easter - New Zealand

It's Easter this weekend and in New Zealand it's late Autumn. It will be beautiful autumn weather - cool nights and warm afternoons, lots of sunshine - "fingers crossed", anyway!I'm performing Sunday ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:15:00 GMT

Touring NZ with Doc Span

I've just finished a four week tour of New Zealand with Australian/American harmonica virtuoso, Doc Span. We had a ball and some great shows. Amongst other things we appeared as a duo on NZ TV - the ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:58:00 GMT

"BluesFeast" 25 January 2009, Rotorua

We've just had our annual one-day mid-summer blues festival here in Rotorua. "BluesFeast" brings together lots of local musos, beer, wine and food. This year we had my son, Paul Garner, over from Lond...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:37:00 GMT

CD Review of "Cad's Alley" from Rootstime

Thanks to the two people who helped me translate the review from Dutch into English - much appreciated! Here is the review:................Review of Cads Alley from Rootstime; October 2008http://www...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:38:00 GMT

On Tour with Doc Span, February in New Zealand

Kia Ora everyoneI am touring New Zealand with Australia's harmonica maestro, Doc Span in February. We will play mostly as a duo, but we finish the tour with a couple of big events where we will also...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:47:00 GMT

Belgian Review - Rootstime - Cad's Alley

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Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

International Song Competition - 3rd place for

The ISC (International Song Competition) in Nashville has just published the final results of the 2007 song competition. My song "Louisiana Hurricane" was a finalist in the Americana category and I'm...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:57:00 GMT

Jazz and Blues in the South Pacific

I had the privilege of opening for visiting European acoustic blues player, Hans Theessink in both Tauranga and Rotorua last week, along with good friends Derek Jacombs on guitar and mandolin, and Nig...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:19:00 GMT

USA Airplay - House of Blues Hour

It was cool to see that a track from "Cad's Alley" was was featured on the February 2, 2008 edition of the House of Blues Hour, hosted by 'Elwood Blues' (Dan Aykroyd) and syndicated throughout the US...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:10:00 GMT

"Louisiana Hurricane" - finalist in International Song Competition

Hi EveryoneLast year I entered a song from my new CD - "Cad's Alley" into an International Song Competition. The song I entered was "Louisiana Hurricane" - which is about Hurricane Katrina and its dev...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:24:00 GMT