Rocky Road play "rocked-up" folk music and "folked-up" rock & roll. Their repertoire is a mix of the traditional and the more modern, including fiddle tunes, rock & roll and country standards, and songs from Ireland, Scotland, England, New Zealand and Australia.

The band is new on the Christchurch music scene but its members have been around for some time.

Nick Jackman (vocals, guitar, harmonica) and Stephen Tyerman (fiddle) have played together on and off in a number of line-ups for over ten years, including several years on the party circuit of Canterbury's "wandering minstrel", the late Ken Nichol.

They currently play together as Stringbuzz, the two-man string band. On occasions, they also perform together in The Black Velvet Band, of which Nick was, until recently, a full-time member playing harmonica and drums. Although he plays a number of instruments with various people, it is as a harmonica player that Nick is most well known. He last performed at the Folk Club in 2003 with Little Chuck Little.

Dan McMillan (vocals, drums) is well known for his work as a drummer with Celtic-rockers The Stoutfellows and Beggars & Thieves. He is also a fine singer and is given full reign in Rocky Road to exercise his vocal chords.

Dan and Ryan Hawes (bass) form a powerful rhythm section, reminiscent of Dan's previous bands. Ryan's background is in rock music, both in originals and covers bands. Having been a fan of folk music for some years, he has decided to have a go playing it. With his five-string bass guitar, his approach is fresh and exciting. Ryan also plays accordion and the band plans to work it into their sound in the future.

Rocky Road see their sound as one that will be evolving for some time as all band members have much to contribute. For their Folk Club show Rocky Road will be playing a mostly acoustic version of their music.

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