Rachel Dawick At Titirangi Folk Music Club

Rachel Dawick is a New Zealand folk artist whose previous album, ‘The Boundary Riders’, was finalist for the NZ Tui Award Folk Album 2015.

She returns after living in London for the last four
years with her new folk album and book ‘London Labour, London Poor’, based on Henry Mayhew’s work from the mid 1800s when he took to the streets to interview east Londoners releasing these
interviews as part of a series of articles in the Chronicle Paper and later as a four volume book.

The songs focus on the voices of the people themselves – ranging from Jack Black, the Queen’s Rat
Catcher, the teenage Mudlark, the Punch & Judy Man to recreate a snapshot of life on the streets. This socio political work by Mayhew is a fitting album for today’s times as the same issues arise, voices that seem to echo the past. This album will be released in New Zealand over March-May 2024 before being released in the UK.

Dawick’s previous album & book ‘The Boundary Riders" explored the ‘hidden voices’ of the working class women who left the UK to NZ in the 1800s.

Floor singers first half. Tea and coffee available. Admission $15, members $10, under 18 free.