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Starr ,Stevie: We Hope In All Things New |
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Stevie Starr began his musical debut at 21, performing folk music at the Jazz Blues Club in Hamilton . After the performance, the owner of the bar suggested he change his name from Steve Nicoll to Stevie Starr. Starr then travelled throughout Europe and returned to New Zealand in 2003 to record his debut album. Through working odd jobs Starr laid down the framework for his album, originally an avant garde concept entitled "e-pixel". “We Hope In All Things New” may have remained this way if Starr hadn't been introduced to the ideas of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Inspired and with new direction, Starr teamed up with old band mate the Superfly to write string and piano "mirrored" compositions in an isolated log cabin in the Horowhenua forest. In 2009 the fruits of Starr’s labour come to light through his stunning debut album “We Hope In All Things New”, described in the recent NZ Herald – Watch This Space segment as
“Lending classical compositions with sweeping pop movements, Wellington's Stevie Starr could well be one of the brightest new things on the New Zealand music scene…his inspired compositions are heartfelt, uplifting and really rather remarkable.”
This is definitely a stellar debut!
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