Taranaki Singer Songwriters Sound Bite Sessions - Samuel Fawkner-Egli

Supported by Centre City

Enjoy a side of tasty tunes and great sounds with your lunch at Centre City on the first Friday of every month.

Sound Bite Sessions is a new live music partnership between Centre City and Taranaki Singer-Songwriters. Each 60-minute performance will celebrate shared stories and the unique essence that pulses through Taranaki from the voices and words of local singer-songwriters.

Sound Bite Sessions will offer an unparalleled opportunity to feast on both the soul and the senses, bringing the community together and building opportunities for original music in the local arts and entertainment scene.

The Sound Bite Sessions season will feature 13 local artists over seven scheduled performances from May to November. Each session will run for 60 minutes from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Entertainment Space, Level 2, above the Food court, Centre City.

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Samuel Fawkner-Egli

Samuel Fawkner-Egli is a local singer songwriter inspired by the songs and culture of this land. A poet and skilled guitarist, his thoughtful and charismatic folk-rock songs are reminiscent of many great songwriters of the 60’s and 70’s, leaving audiences spellbound and feeling as if they’ve been transported back in time to Woodstock 66’.

“I’m always looking for songs that touch the heart, those are the ones I sing”. Samuel has performed throughout New Zealand since he was a teenager and now plays and records with local band Greenbathing.