2004 Media Articles
Worshipping at the altar of Bic
Robyn McLean
"Bic Runga's Beautiful Collision was New Zealand's biggest selling album in 2003, relegating Norah Jones to number two. Nowadays, she's living in Paris and making major waves in Europe. By ROBYN MCLEAN
Bic Runga is setting herself up to become one of our biggest musical exports. Since the release of her 1997 album Drive, the petite singer with porcelain doll features has been a household name. Her albums have sold in record numbers and her mana can command the likes of Neil Finn offering free advice and backing vocals."
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Bic Runga Back From Paris
TV One News
"After eight months in Paris Bic Runga is back in New Zealand for a tour with a difference.
The New Zealand singer-songwriter has shunned the usual nightclubs and stadium venues, instead opting for playing acoustically in churches.
"I have never been at home in that drinking pub venue - it doesn't really suit my music," Runga said."
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Runga Gives Taste Of Her Church Tour
Rebecca Barry
"Cast in an eerie blue light and framed by a cavernous ceiling, Bic Runga cut an angelic figure on the stage of Grafton's Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The Kiwi singer was home to perform a selection of songs from her upcoming 16-date, one-month Acoustic Church Tour, her first homeland gig since she moved to Paris eight months ago. "
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The Next Bic Thing
Jo McCarroll
It was not the homecoming a homesick Bic Runga expected.
After several lonely months in Paris, a wildly successful series of performances in the UK and enough "The New . . . (Norah Jones, David Gray, Travis, et al)" headlines to launch several British careers, Runga flew back into New Zealand last week to see her own wistful face staring out from the front page of a daily newspaper."
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For a background to comments in the interview, see the summary at the end of the article.
And for the most intelligent response to the whole subject, check out Russell Brown's Hard News weblog article, "Welcome Home Love" at Public Address. A copy of his article can be found here.
Irish Independent - Night & Day
Songbird
John Meaghan
12 March, 2004
"The beautiful and melodious Bic Runga is being touted as the next Norah Jones. A legend in New Zealand, she came to Europe to avoid seeing her picture everywhere, but it may well all happen again. John Meagher reports.
The name Bic Runga is hardly likely to mean anything in this part of the world. But it sure as hell does in New Zealand. The 28 year old is as famous there as globally celebrated Kiwis such as Lord of The Rings director Peter Jackson, opera star Kiri Te Kanawa or the rugby giant Jonah Lomu. "
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Bic's Back
Stephen Jewell
April 2004
"Bic Runga may be making waves in Europe, but the Paris-based singer/songwriter is surely looking forward to returning to New Zealand this month to play the Acoustic Church Tour, which will take place in Parnell's Holy Trinity Cathedral on April 23-24.
Bic, however, won't be making any plans to set down too many roots as she works towards her eagerly awaited third album."
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Just whistle a happy tune...
29 January, 2004
"Kiwi songwriter Bic Runga will make the airwaves hum with her new single, says Mark Edwards
The bad news is that Bic Runga is on crutches. The New Zealand-born singer hurt her leg climbing some stairs onto the stage at a recent French gig (yes, the show went on) and is now hobbling precariously round the kitchen of the north London house that she’s borrowed while she has another go at persuading us to love her as much as her compatriots do. "
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Romantic Vision
27 January, 2004
"Adding a few more strings to her bow, Runga is driving herself around England when we meet, doubling as her own tour manager and driver for a solo support slot on a tour with Aqualung. It's not exactly pop-star behaviour, and you soon realise that the time lag between her albums was due to the down-to-earth matters of craftsmanship and doing a job properly."
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