Introducing the unique southern swing unit that is SKIN & BONE

From deepest Dunedin to Te Ika-a-Māui comes the quirky quintet known as Skin & Bone. Five superb musicians, with a pedigree as long as your arm, bring you a solid Western Swing repertoire with a decidedly Kiwi bent. Based on the country-jazz sounds of the 30’s and 40’s, this most danceable band will have you foot-tapping, laughing and immersing yourselves in the tight harmonies and musicianship of ol’ time Americana and Kiwi originals in equal measure.

Formed in early 2019 from two of Dunedin's longest-running contemporary folk and jazz units Catgut & Steel and The Chaps, Skin & Bone are:

John Dodd (bass, vocal),

Stephen “Wee Huddy” Hudson (drums, vocal)

Mike Moroney (guitar, vocal)

Anna Bowen (fiddle, mandolin, vocal)

Emily Sterk (clarinet, saxophone, vocal)

In their self-styled genre of Cowboy Lounge, they have no peer. Drawing heavily on the legacy of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, The Mills Brothers, Leon Redbone and others of their ilk, Skin & Bone bring their swing styles to the Great American Songbook and add plenty of their own quirky original songs to every performance. With five diverse singers, their arrangements are predictably vocal-forward and well harmonised; with fiddle, mandolin and clarinet lines at once both authentic in style and unique.