Marianne Wren and Michaela Tempany Play The Shed

A special Night featuring two up and coming artists performing separate sets. Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

Marianne Wren

Tāmaki born and Pōneke based, Marianne Wren is a singer-songwriter carving her own path in the music scene. With a timeless purity of voice and a broad range of musical influences and backgrounds, she has found a home for her evolving sound within the world of indie folk.

Having previously performed with a band, Marianne is now venturing out on her own to explore a new and sincere sound for herself. Drawing from influences like Adrienne Lenker, Neil Young, Alice Phoebe Lou and Joni Mitchell, Wren is working on an EP which will showcase her emerging sound as a solo artist.

Michaela Tempany

Michaela Tempany is a writer and musician based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa. She picked up a guitar for the first time at 16 after seeing a black and white video of Joan Baez covering Bob Dylan’s classic ‘Don’t Think Twice’. She begged her brother for guitar lessons and taught herself to sing, inspired predominantly by the folk artists of the 60s and 70s.

While studying for her Master’s in Creative Writing, she began writing a new collection of songs exploring the complexities of womanhood. These songs formed the basis for her forthcoming EP, informed by her early influences as well as more recent loves, Frazey Ford and Laura Marling. She has opened for Creedence Clearwater Revival, as well as Australian folk artists Boy & Bear and Sarah Blasko.