Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra (2008)-01

Age Pryor is a

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musician and songwriter. He records and performs solo, he plays many instruments and is a founding member of the

Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is an ensemble of ukulele players based in Wellington, New Zealand. Apart from a double bass the band is composed entirely of ukuleles. Their repertoire consists mainly of covers of modern popul ...

, The Woolshed Sessions, and Congress of Animals, and is also a contributing artist to the group

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. Pryor had his songs played on b.net. Pryor contributed two songs to the

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feature film '' Eagle Versus Shark''. The film was written and directed by

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, who also directed the video for the title song off the 'Shanks' Pony' album. He has also been part of the live band that features on the

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including the first recording, Folk The World Tour, in 2002.

Discography

Solo albums

*''homerecordings'' - Age Pryor & Tessa Rain, 2001, own label (CD) *''City Chorus'' - Age Pryor, 2003, own label (CD) *''Shanks' Pony'' - Age Pryor, 2007, own label (CD) *''Invisible Lines'' - Age Pryor, 2021, own label (CD)

Ensemble Albums

*''Fly My Pretties: Live At Bats'' - Fly My Pretties, Loop, 2004 *''Fly My Pretties: The Return'' - Fly My Pretties, Loop, 2005 *''Fly My Pretties: IV'' - Fly My Pretties, Loop, 2012 *''The Woolshed Sessions'' - The Woolshed Sessions, 2008, own label *''The Heartache EP'' - The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, 2007, own label (CD) *''The Little Bit Wonderful EP'' - The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, 2008, own label (CD) *''The Dreaming EP'' - The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, 2009, own label (CD) *''I Love You EP'' - The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, 2011, own label (CD) *''Be Mine Tonight'' - The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, 2014, own label (CD) *''Congress of Animals'' - Congress of Animals, 2018, own label

External links

Official website

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Ukulele players New Zealand songwriters Male songwriters People from Wellington City {{NewZealand-musician-stub