The Bollands are a 2-piece folk music band originally from New Zealand .
6-459: Bollands may refer to: The Bollands , a folk music band People with the surname [ edit ] John Bollands (born 1935), English footballer See also [ edit ] Bolland , a surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bollands . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-414: A husband-and-wife duo from New Zealand. Joyce's background was mostly related to the classical arts , such as classical piano and dance . Contrastly, Christian was raised in a less formal environment, having grown up travelling around New Zealand in his family's house truck. Christian Bolland is the main songwriter of the group, and was part of a Christian cult for around five years, and cites this as
18-566: A strong influence on the music that he writes In 2007, Christian and Joyce moved to Taiwan , and after returning to New Zealand for a time, they decided to return to Asia , this time to Hong Kong. The Bollands first began playing through The Wanch , a local live music bar in Wan Chai , as well as The Underground . Since their arrival, The Bollands have become a mainstay of the local indie music scene, performing at numerous music showcases and festivals. In 2012, The Bollands were featured on
24-545: The government -run RTHK programs '藝坊星期天' ( Art Square Sunday ) in 2012. The Bollands also played at the Spring Scream Festival in Kenting , Taiwan, in 2012 and Cloceknflap (Hong Kong), Zandari Festa (South Korea), Mu:Con (South Korea), Booshkabash (China), The Auckland Folk Festival (New Zealand). They have also toured Asia, The USA and New Zealand extensively. The Bollands first, self-titled, album
30-475: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bollands&oldid=949197352 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Bollands The Bollands were founded by Christian and Joyce Bolland;
36-460: Was a collection of songs that they had written in the two or three years previous, which they had played in bars and at music festivals around Asia and New Zealand. In April, 2013, The Bollands went on tour through Taiwan. During the production of their second album, Paper Houses , drummer Paul Maclean (who is also the drummer for the Hong Kong metal band DP ) joined the band. Paper Houses
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