Meryl Cassie is set to entertain at, The Tribe creator, Raymond Thompson’s vineyard on November 20th 2011.
As part of Toast Martinborough, a wine, food and entertainment festival, Raymond Thompson will be hosting a party at his vineyard Tirohana Estate. Kudos to Raymond Thompson for booking Meryl to entertain the attendees. Also performing at the event are Livewire and Drew Neemia, who had a guest role in The Tribe as Fisheye.
Meryl Cassie and Drew Neemia have previously performed together in The Jono Project and Christmas In The Park 2008.
For more info on the Tirohana Toast party, click here.
Antonia Prebble is hosting the SmokeFreeRockQuest (SFRQ) shows on TV in New Zealand.
SFRQ aims to promote a healthy lifestyle and at the same time find a top new, unsigned, NZ band in the process. The evnt is aimed at youths.
Antonia aswell as hosting the TV series has appeared at live SFRQ events. The TV show began on Saturday, October 15th, at 5:30pm. On Four.
Matt Robinson is offering up free downloads of his solo material for music fans. Head on over to his official Facebook page for more info.
The new song, “My Gold Standard” is live for download and more tracks are to come. Yay!
Aidan Weekes (who played Ved in The Tribe) is more known for his acting. Well he has also got his own Band Camp site which is live and full of his music for you to listen, download and enjoy – check it out! Click here to go there now.
You can have a listen to a few tracks below too…
Jessie Gurunathan, who played Dawn in The Tribe 1 & 2, is known in NZ for her work in reality TV/reporter/presenter. Currently she is featured on a track by Bulletproof, entitled Dub Me Crazy, going under the moniker of Jessie G. Check out the video below:
Jessie G is no stranger music, she performs as part of The Velvet Sound Society as well as working behind the camera on music videos for the production company Fish ‘n’ Clips (she produced the video for P-Money’s Dance With You that featured Meryl Cassie).
Jessie G is planning to release her own EP later this year. Dub Me Crazy by Bulletproof feat. Jessie G is out now in New Zealand.
Head on over to Facebook and like Jessie’s music fan-page to keep updated on her work.
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Matt Robinson, is known amongst Tribe fans as being part of the British band Last Picture Show. Well lately Matt has been working on a solo EP release, entitled ‘Awakenings’, which is due out later this year.
To keep up to date with his work and latest project, sign up to the Matt Robinson Official Facebook page. Expect links to demo’s soon.
Read up on Last Picture Show’s, which features Matt on vocals and piano, recent release Breaking The Cages here – definitely worth getting hold of!
Tom Hern (The Tribe’s Ram) has been a busy guy lately…
Firstly check out his brother’s band, STIRLINGHERN‘s, performance of Someday in which Tom makes an appearance…
Then head on over to Facebook, and ‘like’ his Official page: located here. Then head over to his agency profile to check out some new pics of him…
Tom made an appearance at The Tribe online gathering, where he answered fan question, you can read a transcript of his chat on Tribeworld.com. In the interview he mentions they (himself and James Napier) are negotiating the journey of their movie I’m Not Harry Jenson to America.
 In April this year Tom Hern shot the (short) film A Bend In The Road (producer: Gemma Freeman, writer/director: Rollo Wenlock, pictured on the right), playing the character Brett.
You can check out pics of Tom in the short film on the Alpha Bristol Fims Facebook page.
Finally to television, Tom is playing a role in the New Zealand TV series Underbelly NZ: The Land of the Long Green Cloud (Underbelly season 4, directed by Mike Smith/Ric Pellizzeri). Playing the role of Billy Kirby.
Okay if you’re a fan of The Tribe you’ll know already the official soundtrack has been released by Cloud 9 for download on iTunes.
Well, you can now buy it on Amazon’s mp3 service, which is cheaper than iTunes and has the advantage of being in the mp3 format. Check out the links below to buy it…
Aswell as the classic incidental music featured in The Tribe series, the album also features Tribe Spirit, which has vocals by the talented trio Meryl Cassie, Monique Cassie and Megan Alatini; aka Tribe Sister. Aswell as Tom Hern.
Cloud 9 have also released soundtracks for their series Atlantis High and Revelations and also Raymond Thompsons Spirit Symphony. The links for the album downloads on amazon are in the table below, enjoy!
To buy a physical copy of the above downloads, click here and check out Tribeworld’s store. The CD’s being sold on the site are signed by The Tribe’s creator Raymond Thompson – bonus!
The Te Papa museum in Wellington are presenting a series of shows/events for the Matariki festival (Māori New Year). One of the events organised is the Seven Sisters Day, a free day of music and entertainment at The Marae on 11th June.
The fabulous Vanessa Stacey (who played Alice in The Tribe), has been named as the MC for the event, she will be hosting the day. We know she has good presenting skills from her brief time in the UK on The Core.
Vanessa has a part with the group Whiskey & Sly. More recently she has been seen billed as a solo artist performing the blues and gospel music. In April she performed at “The Gospel According To…” event in Wellington.
You can keep up with Vanessa on mySpace, there’s also some music you can listen to on there, I particularly like the track Brother – check it out!
Image of Vanessa Stacey (in title pic) from Tribe-Cast.com.
Meryl Cassie is no longer solo as she has recently joined the New Zealand cover group Contagious as the female vocals of the band, the cool move will see her perform live regularly.
As well as her solo projects Meryl will be performing with the Auckland based Contagious. They are the resident band at the Cock & Bull pub chain and do shows in Botany Downs, Ellerslie, Lynfield, Hamilton and Newmarket – which is great news for Meryl fans as it’ll mean regular performances from her, yay!
Contagious comprises of:
Brett Robertson – Keyboards, Harmonica and Vocals
Carlos Cameron – Electric Guitar and Vocals
Dylan Elise – Drums and Percussion
Terrence (Tee) Guillard – Bass Guitar and Vocals
Meryl Cassie – Vocals
For more info on Contagious and to keep up to date with their upcoming shows, join their page on Facebook and check out their website gig listings.
Photo of Contagious by Inspired Shotts (Sally-Ann).
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About… This blog follows the careers of the cast of Cloud 9's teen drama series The Tribe. The series was filmed in New Zealand in 1998 to 2004 and had a spin-off series The New Tomorrow. More info about this blog can be found here. This blog is not affiliated with Cloud 9 Ltd and is purely a fansite. |
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