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1st Ladies of Jazz

As The First Ladies of Jazz we had tremendous fun, musically and socially, on stage and back-stage. More

French Toast

French Toast will transport listeners to a little café on the banks of the Seine, a piazza on a warm Roman night, a Berlin cabaret. More

Happy Talk

Happy Talk was a show-band formed to show-case Linn Lorkin's songs, especially those on her 1990 recording, Sidelong Glances, but the act swiftly developed a broader repertoire with some new... More

Hershal

Hershal is totally eccentric in his playing and his ad-lib comments, inspiring his audience to clap, sing, laugh and call out as he rocks the piano with wild chords and... More

Linn Lorkin

This unique singer/songwriter/chanteuse/raconteuse is equally at home singing in English or in French but has a truly "kiwi" background as a dairy-farmer's daughter from the South Waikato. More

The Jews Brothers Band

The Jews Brothers Band delight audiences with their unique blend of Klezmer sensibilities, humour, and exuberant performance. More

Releases

Bali Hai

This collection is taken from live recordings at Ponsonby's famous Gluepot and Java Jive, 1991-92. Recorded by Paul Crowther on 4-track cassette and Anonymous on rough 2-track, they were recently... More

Girl Talk

A new CD of previously unreleased recordings in loving memory of beloved NZ singer Beaver (28/12/50 - 23/05/10). More

In A French Cafe

Here are 19 of the most loved French songs of all time sung and played from the heart and with the flair and panache that have made this duo, chanteuse... More

In The Land Of Music

This is a digital remastering of the analog vinyl album released in 1986 in which Lorkin was accompanied by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with a rhythm section comprising NZ... More

Kiwiana

Linn Lorkin's fifth solo album, is a delightful marriage of pure kiwiana lyrics with varied, eclectic musical styles from around the world. More

Linn In Grey Lynn

Echoes of world travels abound in this exotic exposé of ballads from Linn Lorkin. More

Live At Chez Nous

This album was recorded in response to an overwhelming demand for a follow up to In A French Cafe. It contains another 15 French chansons sung in English and French... More

Live At Gerhard's Cafe

It's wild hick ethnic roots music, it's a hand-clapping foot-stomping, frenzied Yiddish groove session. It's a hoe-down in a Romanian village square. Klezmer as it might have sounded 500 years... More

My Yiddish Swing

In this, their second album, The Brothers musical wildness and sense of humour are still there in abundance, but with a contemporary edge that gives their musical virtuosity shape and... More

Shoot The Piano Player

There has never ever been an album quite like this! The perfect accompaniment to any bachelor pad, it combines mayhem, murder and masterful piano-playing. More

Sidelong Glances

This, the second album of Linn Lorkin's original songs, was recorded in 1990 and is a pop-oriented collection with full guitar-based arrangements by the one and only Hershal. More

The Girl From Tokoroa

This is the off off off off off off-Broadway original cast recording of a mini musical comedy containing 16 songs reflecting the adventures of The Girl From Tokoroa. More

Too Much Talent

With their third album, The Jews Brothers stretch out way beyond their original klezmer job description. More

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