An evening of alt / Americana country music featuring Tony Daunt & The Dauntless with support from Louis Jarlov & The Lonesome

If you say "Country Music" to many Kiwis it often evokes just two words: 'achy' and 'breaky'. Like the current wave of stellar country music artists in Aotearoa, Tony Daunt & The Dauntless' are more 'Man in Black' than 'Rednecks in Uncomfortably Tight Blue Jeans'. Daunt heads the five-piece ensemble: a haunting pedal-steel, the warmth of upright bass, the juxtaposition of timeless acoustic guitar against smooth Telecaster guitar tones all underpinned by drums and punctuated with Daunt’s gritty, emotional singing. The hard-hitting, ball-breaking, punk-infused-rock outfit he fronts Swampland, have been around for nine years but there were always songs that didn't quite find a home with Swampland. So, Tony Daunt & The Dauntless was born and their songs are Swampland's wayward, moody orphans with dirty fingers and heavy heartsless