4 days ago
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- Otago Daily Times
Duo on caravan tour
From left, Charles, Olive, 4, Emily and Teaumarino Looker, 1. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Award-winning husband-and-wife duo Aro rock into Glenorchy and Queenstown for concerts next week on a caravan tour of the country with their two young tamariki.
Aro comprises Charles Looker, whose first language is te reo Maori, and his wife Emily, who's learnt the language.
Having formed Aro in 2017, the couple have released two albums, two EPs and numerous singles, and last year won the Waiata Maori Music Award for Best Pop Album.
Their 'An Evening with Aro' gigs at Glenorchy's The Headwaters Eco Lodge next Thursday, at 6.30pm, and at Te Atamira next Friday, 7pm, promise to be "an intimate evening of original waiata blending jazz and folk", including their newest single, Te Karanga.
Emily: "It's going to be a musical experience of harmonies, storytelling and our bicultural lifestyle.
"Hopefully a whole lot of love and enjoyment can be had and felt by the listeners when they come along to the show."
The Lookers, who travel with Olive, 4, and one-year-old Teaumarino, decided to rent out their Pukekohe home after the latter arrived and take to the road.
Along with performing and writing songs inspired by Aotearoa's stories and nature, they take songwriting workshops.
They'll take one at Wakatipu High — about the 20th since they designed them specifically for schools last year — and a public one at Te Atamira next Friday at 1pm.
