FIVE YEARS OF FOLKING OUT WITH FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS!

What the folk? Folk the what? Lost you already? Read on to discover more..... This site is about Flight of the Conchords. No, really it is.

The musical comedy act comprised of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement who, in their own words used to be "New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo". Now they are "the almost award-winning fourth-most-popular folk duo in New Zealand.". This website explains almost all you never knew you needed to know about them.

Latest Conchords News

1 September 2008 - Who didn't see that one coming eh?

I know I did. What am I on about? The not so surprising news that the second season of the Conchords HBO show will be the last. Various online press picked the story up and ran snippets but you can read the entire article here in glorious pic colour! And no, I'm not crying tears of sadness at the news. I'm hoping the guys get the chance to work on other things for a while and that they might want to perform live as the Conchords sometime in the future. The TV series isn't the be all and end all Conchords wise. They were and still are are a great live act and I hope they can get back to that eventually.

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O and the Conchords are playing the 02 in London in January. Apparently. So that'll be you and 17, 550 (I did some research and found it to be this many seats) other people in there then. Nice and cosy eh. Hope you have good vision if stuck in the crap seats. And hearing. Maybe they are playing the smaller 02 venue. Nothing on it as yet. Anyways, when tickets go on sale I'll be sure to let you all know.

And oooo, BBC audiobooks are releasing a 4 CD Directors cut of the Conchords BBC radio 2 show from 2005. Much of the HBO show stems from this and its still classic funny a few years later.

Pre order the Conchords BBC radio series here.

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30 August 2008 - Rhys Darby gets his own news update :>

I know many Conchords fans also like Rhys and his style of comedy so I'm giving over a bit of space to let everyone know about his upcoming US gigs and a UK one.

Sept 13, Starland Ballroom Sayreville NJ - Ticket info and booking
Sept 19 - 21 Carolines on Broadway, New York City - Ticket info and booking
Sept 27, Wilbur Theater Boston MA - Ticket info and booking
Oct 26, Trocodero, Philadelphia
Nov 1, 930 Club, Washington DC

And that UK gig.... October 16, Riverside Studios, London

Unfortunately Rhys cannot venture any further afield in the USA as he would be missed on set of Flight of the Conchords (they are shooting for the rest of the year). The gigs he has put in are as far as he can get without missing a day of work! The lone gig in the UK is to support the release of his DVD release (see below) on October 20. We have noted that the Philly and DC gigs are not yet on sale, so be patient, and London goes on sale the first week of September.

And wooo a Rhys Darby live DVD! DVD pre order here Released on October 20 in the UK (states DVD is 'all regions' compatabile so should be fine for US to order also)

WTF! tees now available

What The Folk! now has its own tees so if you'd like to show your appreciation of the Conchords and help support What The Folk! go have a look. Choc full of Conchords goodness. Tee shirts and more tee shirts. Some with writing on the front. Some with writing on the front and back. Have people peer at your chest in wonder!

Visit the What The Folk! US shop (ships everywhere)

A small selection of what is available - more in the stores

Visit the What The Folk! UK/European shop (within EU)

Thanks for supporting What the Folk!

A BIT OF WHAT THE FOLK! HISTORY

What The Folk! grew out of humble beginnings. It began life back in August 2002 when I met 'The Guys' in Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival and saw them perform as Flight of The Conchords. Small venue, a cave/cellar and only about twenty people in the audience. Great performance, made me laugh and I was hooked.

By the time I arrived back home a few days later the idea was in place to set up a fan site to spread the word on all things Conchords. And that's what I have been doing ever since. What The Folk! was the first site on the internet about Flight of The Conchords and has grown into a good resource of information for all things F o The C related. It has expanded and we (for I am no longer alone in my Conchords mission) now have lyrics, tabs, newsletter, forums, a fan section, reviews, pictures, articles, background info on Bret and Jemaine and the most extensive collection of Conchords material available in mp3 format out there (but none ripped from their CD) plus some video clips and many other things. And, lucky us, exclusive material and question and answer sessions with Bret and Jemaine.

So I hope you enjoy it here. I am but a humble fan who makes it her mission to keep this site as informative, up to date and as fun as possible for all fans of the Flight of The Conchords.

Many thanks :)

Sherry

Please don't email me for gig info or booking the Conchords etc as a) I don't have time to reply to people individually regarding gig info and 2) I am not the guys agent so therefore cannot help with booking, iii) nor am I a message forwarding service ;)

I don't enjoy having to write emails telling people 'No' to their request or pleas. So please stop asking! Save my sanity.

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