Gareth Edwards: Nowhere To Go Nothing To Do (garethedwards.co.nz)

 |   |  <1 min read

Gareth Edwards: Sitting in the Sun
Gareth Edwards: Nowhere To Go Nothing To Do (garethedwards.co.nz)

Although few -- actually none -- would hail UK-born singer-songwriter Edwards as an exciting new voice in New Zeaand music, his unpretentious and often rather simple take on country-rock and pop has some charm for the ordinariness of his worldview which takes straight shots at just hanging around, relationships and a laid-back existence.

On the singalong Friends he sings; "Where would we be without our friends . . . friends will always stick around, friends will never let you down. That's not true, they'll let you down, but they'll always stick around . . . even when they let you down."

Truer words were never spoken. 

The bucolic rural Down on the Farm ("doin' no one harm") where the cows go moo and the chickens go cluck has an amusing twist: there's maybe an alternative universe where the chickens go moo . . .

This isn't an album I could imagine many -- or indeed any -- Elsewhere listeners would race towards.

But if Edwards was playing in a local bar or an outdoor festival you'd probably enjoy his take on life, love, happiness and . . . .

I can't hear the comparisons with "Jack Johnson, Brain Wilson (sic) and Randy Newman"  which his website claims.

More an ordinary bloke singing ordinary songs about ordinary stuff, in a way.

You probably haven't heard anything like that in a while.

For more on Gareth Edwards and to buy his album, check out his website here.

Share It

Your Comments

post a comment

More from this section   Music at Elsewhere articles index

Whirimako Black: Soul Sessions (Mai)

Whirimako Black: Soul Sessions (Mai)

Black's two previous te reo album - Tangihanu (2004) and Te Kura Huna (2005) - were compellingly beautiful and weaved between soul balladry and slightly esoteric jazz, but never lost sight of the... > Read more

Silk Cut: Our Place in the Stars (digital outlets)

Silk Cut: Our Place in the Stars (digital outlets)

  In the jargon of classic British police dramas, Auckland singer/songwriter and guitarist Andrew Thorne of Silk Cut has “considerable prior form”.... > Read more

Elsewhere at Elsewhere

CANONS: COMPLETE LYRICS 2015-2020 by NADIA REID

CANONS: COMPLETE LYRICS 2015-2020 by NADIA REID

In the Time Before Covid, Nadia Reid launched her exceptional Out of My Province album at a small event in the elegant Pah Homestead in Auckland. She performed a brief but very pointed... > Read more

The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat (1969)

The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat (1969)

While it is entirely possible to live a happy and fulfilled life without hearing any music by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, there really is no need to be so deprived given the... > Read more