The Late Night Plays by Whirimako Black and Te More by Whirimako Black and Richard Nunns review

Two utterly different albums are each a demonstration of Whirimako Black’s daring.

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7th January, 2012

Review

Is there a singer in this country more fearless than Whirimako Black? The dozen years since her first release – Hinepukohurangi: Children of the Mist, a collection of traditional waiata – have heard her singular voice in the company of Zimbabwean protest singers and uilleann pipers, funk bands and electronic collagists, swing trios and symphony orchestras. And these wide-ranging collaborations never ...

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