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The Kugels

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The majority of our Wellington CD collection is available from our Te Awe Branch in Brandon St, or able to be reserved for free from our Distribution Centre in Johnsonville.

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The Kugels are a Wellington based klezmer band featuring three former NZSO members and a top NZ composer. The Kugels are bass player Jacqueline Norden, woodwind specialist Debbie Rawson, Ross Harris on accordion and violinist Robin Perks. They specialize in a mixture of ancient traditional tunes and freshly composed ones by the band’s accordionist Ross Harris.

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From RNZ’s Upbeat, Sep 2016

The Kugels on the road, RNZs Upbeat, August 2019
Wellington-based klezmer quartet The Kugels are setting off on a tour of the regions for Arts on Tour New Zealand, taking their music to 20 venues from Stewart Island to the Coromandel. RNZ’s David Morriss talked with Debbie Rawson and Ross Harris about the upcoming tour, and got to see one of Debbie’s instruments, the pocket-sized Maui Xaphoon, up close.


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