Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 RnB/Swing especially the grimy tale of

especially the grimy tale of urban desolation "Murder City Nights" and the noisy freak-out "Descent into the Maelstrom

Backed by bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath

Reference points might be Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan or On The Beach Neil Young but that risks reducing the work to pastiche

and cowboy swing drumbeats

Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 RnB/Swing especially the grimy tale ofThe anticipation is there in Elizabeth Stokes solo guitar riff under the opening lines of Im Not Getting Excited: a frenetic, driving force daring a packed Auckland Town Hall to do exactly the opposite of what the track title suggests. As the opener of The Beths Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 expands to include the full band, the crowd screeches and bellows. Its a collective exhalation, in one of the few countries where live music is still possible. The