Hannah Harding was discovered, as the story goes, busking outside an Anika Moa gig to get enough money to get in.

Harding, the daughter of folk recording artist Lorina Harding, performs under the name Aldous Harding.

Moa and Harding met in Geraldine. Harding, who has previously performed with Christchurch band The Eastern and as a duo with Nadia Reid, had been busking in Cashel Mall on February 22 and, post-quake, fled to her mother's house in Geraldine where Moa was performing at the Geraldine Cinema.Harding decided to busk to get enough money to see the gig and was spotted by Moa and offered the support slot at that night's gig.

Since that time she has written many songs of quiet strength that have been ringing through the hills of an astounded Lyttelton.