Carol Bean & Nick Swan with Rob Hack

As a guitarist and lover of blues and Americana music, is equally at home belting out a Memphis Minnie song in a blues club as she is offering a John Prine love song at a house concert. Her three original albums; (2008), (Ode Records 2014), and (2016) – are available on iTunes and Spotify.Carol BeanRead the Road SignsCrossing the Dirty RiverNext Bus Out

As a teenager in Los Angeles, Carol was influenced equally by Doc Watson and Ry Cooder. Since moving to New Zealand, she’s played in several Cuba Dupa shows, Coastella, Rotorua’s NZ Blues Festival (teaming up with both Dave Murphy and Ray Ahipene-Mercer), a feature guest at the Auckland and Wellington folk festivals, Australia’s Wirrina Roots Festival in Adelaide with ‘sideman’ – slide player Tony Burt, and many venues in between.

Tonight Carol plays in a duo with Celtic/punk musician (mandolin, guitar, vocalsand founding member of ). Fro…