‘Aurere’ has been chosen as the Editor’s pick on CD Baby (like an Amazon.com but more indie, old school and heartfelt.
CD Baby said ……We love your “THE CAITLIN SMITH GROUP: Aurere” CD so much that we’re
featuring it in our Editor’s Picks section from now on.
We’re *really* picky about what we feature. We get about [...]
Brass Publication, written by Helen Ravlich
If there’s one woman you’d like to see draped over a grand piano whispering sweet nothings into a microphone whilst you swig the last of your martini, it’s jazz diva Caitlin Smith. Partially blind, with a voice to rival the love child of Mariah Carey and Ricky Martin, and [...]
Music, The Fondue Set blends standards, styles and techniques in its jazz recipe by Brenda Ward
The Fondue Set is no as cheesy as it sounds. It’s the name of an Auckland-based jazz trio that has just put out a similarly whimsically named CD, Stick a Fork In It.
Vocalist for the trio is Caitlin Smith, [...]
CAITLIN SMITH AND THE FONDUE SET, In Review by Lesley Staniland
CAITLIN SMITH’S stage presence is as enormous as the Empire State Building, her voice as smooth as Baileys.
This jazz singer, it seems, can handle anything with the greatest of ease, from Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most to Burt Baccarach’s swingier What the [...]
North and South, Family Ties, Four Corners by Nicola Shepheard
October 2005
Don Smith, 71, was a popular professor of English at the University of Auckland for 26 years. A top runner in his athletic prime, he represented New Zealand in the 800 metres on the track at the 1958 Empire and 1960 Olympic Games. Now retired, [...]