Mike Harding is a New Zealand folk musician born on 16 July 1952,[1] now living in New Plymouth, Taranaki.[2]
Biography edit
Musician edit
Growing up in Eketāhuna, Harding practised his music in "the streets, markets and clubs of Auckland in the early 1980s", before he describes himself as having spent a "Time on the Road" decade all over New Zealand and parts of Australia and Britain.[3] In 1998 he created his tenth recording, "Past to the Present", described by Radio New Zealand as a "20 track exploration of NZ from north to south, its people and places, past and present."[2] and his first record available on CD. In 2008, he followed it by "Here We Have a Land", with a selection of New Zealand folk songs and his own original creations.[3]
Mike Harding has played at the Auckland Folk Festival several times, especially in the 1990s,[4] was a top performer at the Marlborough Folk Society's concerts in Blenheim,[5] as well as playing at other music festivals like New Plymouth's "TSB Bank Festival of Lights".[6] Since about 1995, Mike Harding also plays on and off as guitarist of the Gumboot Tango band, appearing regularly at events like the Taranaki International Arts Festival.[7]
Music historian edit
In 1992 he also wrote "When the Pakeha Sings of Home", a source guide to the folk and popular songs of European New Zealanders, described as important in raising the profile of a little-studied part of New Zealand popular music history.[8][9]
References edit
- ^ "Mike Harding". Puke Ariki, media database. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Music - Seasonal Catalogue". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Biography". from the official Mike Harding website. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "History". Auckland Folk Festival. Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "Swan song for folk society". Marlborough Express. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mike Harding". Festival of Lights website, New Plymouth District Council. 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ "Gumboot Tango's Kiwi sound". Taranaki Daily News. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Les Cleveland (1998). Les Cleveland: six decades : message from the exterior. p. 20. ISBN 9780958355490. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "In Search of Native Song - Traditional Folksong Collecting in New Zealand (Article MT133 of Musical Traditions Internet Magazine)". Retrieved 14 October 2009.
External links edit
- Mike Harding (official website)