For the last two years Rachel Dawick has been researching and collecting stories of NZ women from the 1800′s and turning these into songs. These are the stories of our great great grandmothers – the goldminers, the prostitutes, the business women, the missionary wives, the housewives, the magicians, the washerwomen, and the factory workers. They are ‘The Boundary Riders’ with one foot bounded in Victorian social customs and values and the other exploring uncharted and ‘lawless’ territory in a new land far removed from all they had known.
“The Boundary Riders” Tour
Having spent much of 2012 working on her collection of stories and songs, Rachel is now back on the road again, touring New Zealand ahead of her album release in September.
A mainly folk sound with influences of cabaret, musical theatre, country, blues and jazz, Rachel will be sharing her musical tales of New Zealand pioneer women in Raglan on Saturday 1 June, alongside acclaimed musicians Jon Sanders and Dave Khan.
‘The Boundary Riders’
Saturday 1st June. Doors open 7pm
Raglan Old School Arts Centre, Stewart St, Raglan
Licensed bar and delicious homemade snacks also on sale. Door sales $15.