Imogen Coxhead and Sue Galvin play silly, sordid and sentimental songs from the realm of folk, blues and a-little-bit-country. They accompany their stunning harmonies with guitar, a delicate concertina and occasional plastic objects.

Sue and Imogen have been performing together since the Cardrona Festival of 1997. In those days they lived conveniently close on the Otago Peninsula and regularly played at folk clubs and festivals in the South Island (Whare Flat, Whitestone, Tui, The Ceilidh Room, Waipara and Cardrona). Nowadays geographical distance gets in the way of regular rehearsals but they still manage to get together for rare and wonderful occasions of musical madness.

One successful CD and two South Island tours later they are – well – older. At least that's to be expected, which is more than you can say about their concerts. The paradox of these Southern Belles’ classy indecorum will keep you in your seat (even when exiting appears to be a good idea) in the hope that more evidence will help you work out what to make of it all. Expect anything; bring tissues.

Image credit: Graham Wardrop