The Dunedin-based band are promoting the release of their 15-track album Last Bus to Brockville; a quirky collection of John Dodd and Mike Moroney originals with a few western swing covers to keep them grounded.
Occupying a musical niche they call "cowboy lounge" music, Skin & Bone members are not new to the road and most of them have toured together in other lineups, both here and overseas.
Clarinettist Emily Sterk, of the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, finds herself in the band with her former Logan Park school teacher Dodd, such is the diversity of ages.
"All of us have been connected to each other in some way or other over the years; Mike and John have been playing together for three decades," fiddle player Anna Bowen said.
Since the band’s formation in 2021, they have been darlings of the swing dance scene in Dunedin, attracting keen lindy-hoppers to their gigs.
All five are vocalists and tight harmonies and complex arrangements are a big feature of their sound.
Skin & Bone are: Steve Hudson, drums; Mike Moroney, guitar; John Dodd, bass; Anna Bowen, fiddle and mandolin; and Emily Sterk, clarinet.
Skin & Bone play at Invercargill Musicians' Club, on Wednesday, July 10.
