Cornerstone Roots on stage at Sammy's. Photo supplied.
From humble beginnings in Raglan to the well respected
band of today, Cornerstone Roots has a lengthy list of
achievements, and has played with some of the biggest names in
the reggae world.
The band was formed in 2001 as a three-piece, after a session
at the Raglan Musicians Club, and quickly developed a local
following.
Many of their early shows were filmed and recorded by fans,
prompting the band to record their first EP One Fine
Day, then tour provincial New Zealand, where the cafés
were crammed and live shows intense.
In 2004 they released the Forward Movement EP, which
was nominated for best roots release the following year.
In 2007 the band released its second album Free
Yourself, which quickly found its way into the top 10
independent releases, and was in the top 10 indie album sales
for that year.
Cornerstone Roots have supported such heavyweight reggae acts
as Burning Spear, Toots and the Maytals, Sly 'n Robbie with
Michael Rose, Jimmy Cliff, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Mad
Professor, and recently supported The Original Wailers (of
Bob Marley and The Wailers fame).
A band spokesman says early rushes of the band's
soon-to-be-released album are sounding great.
Cornerstone Roots returns to Dunedin on March 25 after slowly
working their way down south.
• See them
Cornerstone Roots play at Sammys on Thursday, March 25 with
support from Native Sons.
Napier's Edwin Derricutt comes from a musical family, with
his mother being a Salvation Army musician who once formed a
harmonica band in the UK.
Derricutt is part musician and part qualified architect, but
it is for his music that he is in Dunedin today.
He's touring his second full-length album, Three Hours
South, and plays Circadian Rhythm.
• See him
Edwin Derricutt plays Circadian Rhythm today. The gig is
free.
Folk-rockers the Troubadours of Mercury have reformed after
10 years to play tonight and Thursday as part of the Fringe
Festival, from 8.30pm at the Cellars Bar, Provincial Hotel.
They are playing original material focusing on the themes of
love, madness and interplanetary travel, among other things.
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