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SXSW Review: Ny Oh, March 12, The 13th Floor

Posted on
14 Mar 2025
by
Paul

As she started off her set at The 13th Floor on Wednesday afternoon, New Zealand singer-songwriter Ny Oh seemed pleasantly surprised by the turnout, noting that she was expecting something like one person to show up for a midday show. Luckily for her, the SouthBy faithful are a hearty lot, willing to turn out early for the promise of discovering some solid new music.

Also, the promise of free booze didn’t hurt, but while that might get a few more folks in the door, it’s the music that gets them to stay. And on this occasion, the folks behind the New Zealand Music Commission put together a solid lineup of Kiwi acts for the official New Zealand day party, which also included Guardian Singles, Bakers Eddy, Frankie Venter, Teo Glacier, and Borderline.

Full disclosure: This review may be just a tad biased in favour of Ny Oh as, for a brief moment during her set, I was kinda sorta part of her band. At one point, she asked if anyone was feeling confident in their shaker playing abilities and seeing no takers, she initially scoffed that no one at a music festival was willing to step up. I figured I might as well and for my efforts, was dubbed “shaker bro.”

Born Naomi Ludlow, Ny Oh plays a brand of sweet sounding folk that brought to mind classic performers like Joni Mitchell at times. Towards the end of her set, she played a tune that she described as being one where she consciously leaned into singing in her Kiwi accent and it ended up being one of the highlights of her set.

Thanks for getting our Wednesday off to a good start, Ny Oh.

Sincerely,

Shaker Bro

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