Sure Boy, the power trio mum rock, pure joy band is sticking it to the music scene in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Beth Stewart (vocals), Simone McCarthy (guitar) and bassist Lily Fulton are dedicated to creating ...
READ MORE >Having worked on notable films such as Savage, The Mountain and Dame Valerie Adams: More Than Gold, Israeli/NZ screen composer Arli Liberman is no stranger to marrying sound with image. Liberman’s latest ...
READ MORE >Wellington music collective Start Today have come together to co-ordinate their biggest project yet, the Start Today Festival being held on Saturday April 5. Prolific in the Te Whanganui-a-Tara underground music community Start Today have been putting on DIY all ages shows since 2023, and this one day all ages festival is a celebration of hardcore music and culture being held at the Newtown community centre. The festival’s first lineup announcement includes Naarm heavyweights Horsepower who ...
READ MORE >The Skills Discovery Workshop is a collaboration between Auckland City of Music, UK training provider CLOCK and Auckland education provider SAE Creative Media Institute. The workshops have previously been run in Melbourne by the Victorian Music Development Office and have now come to Auckland. The CLOCK Skills Discovery Workshop is suitable for anyone at any stage of their career, whether you work in the Auckland music community as an employee, freelancer, volunteer, trainee, intern, senior manager, ...
READ MORE >Entries are now open for the 2025 Aotearoa Children’s Music Awards | Ngā Manu Tīrairaka. If you are a children's music creator and released a song, video, or album during 2024 you could be eligible to enter your work. Awards to be won include the APRA Best Children’s Song Award | Waiata Tamariki Toa, APRA Best Children’s Song Award | Waiata Tamariki Toa, NZ On Air Best Children’s Music Video | He Manu Tūtei and Recorded Music NZ Te Manu Taki Kerekahu o te Tau | Best Children's Artist. Entries ...
READ MORE >Submissions for SXSW Sydney 2025 are officially open. The SXSW music festival is back in 2025 for its third year giving Kiwi artists a chance to take advantage of the influential SXSW platform for without the expense of travelling all the way to Austin. Showcasing at SXSW Sydney means playing in one of Sydney’s central live music venues for industry reps, media members, and thousands of fans and fellow musicians from all over the world. The multi-faceted festival celebrating creativity, innovation, ...
READ MORE >Coromandel-raised Nur Peach Lajunen-Tal plays piano and guitar, with her singer-songwriter roots firmly in the folk idiom, yet the 10 tracks on her debut album 'Syncopate' enjoy a diversity of percussive and synth-based musical beds that place the album unexpectedly and confidently into filmic electro-pop territory. Written while studying for a Bachelor of Music degree at Auckland University, Nur says much of 'Syncopate' was composed while walking the city streets, which helps to explain the mostly ...
READ MORE >Tealskie (it’s pronounced ‘teal sky’) originated in 2023 as a solo project for Rebekah Pemberton, who had written and recorded her first song from her car. Parasite attracted the attention of Christchurch student radio station RDU, who asked her to play some gigs. Needing a band to help her perform she roped in guitarist Tim Miller, drummer Josh Heslop and bass player Liam Wilkie (since replaced by Anand Yoganathan). It proved so successful Tealskie was born. The first single released as a ...
READ MORE >They’re definitely not two peas in a pod, but entrepreneurial musicians Marshall Smith and Tom Fox have nonetheless maintained a close business partnership in the challenging environment of music / sound design and audio post-production for a period of growth that’s covered two decades. The end of 2024 brought their shared operation of The Sound Room to a close and NZM felt it was an occasion worth highlighting. Based in Takapuna on Auckland’s North shore for most of that time, The Sound Room ...
READ MORE >Growing up on Auckland’s North Shore, Molly Johnson attended piano lessons and learnt basic guitar skills from her dad. Piano recitals and choir training led on to vocal performances at intermediate and high school. She says she was privileged as a teenager to have contemporary vocal training with the legendary Suzanne Lynch, through the Westlake Girls’ High School music department. “Suzanne’s coaching helped me understand my voice, take control of it, and develop my strengths.” The ...
READ MORE >It’s a sunny, chilly day in Palmerston North, and four people are sitting in their backyard talking rubbish. Wait, there should be five of them. Where’s the fifth? Theories are put forth; he either has a cold, or is playing bass for Coldplay that night. Nothing is certain with Khaki Department as Bing Turkby’s research reveals. Khaki Department is packed with people who are well-known in the Manawatū music scene. Throw a dart at any Palmy band and there’s a good chance it’ll stick in ...
READ MORE >According to herself, Body Of Work, real name Sarah Illingworth, has "worn a bunch of hats in the music industry", but is relatively new to releasing her own material which was produced by and recorded with Shannon Fowler (Tom Lark among other credits) thanks to NZ On Air Music's New Music Development grant. Planned as a taster for an upcoming LP release, her latest single Bottle To Go featured on NZ On Air's NewTracks compilation this September. Bottle To Go by Body of Work What's your given ...
READ MORE >Some members of Silk Cut are a lifetime into a busy career in music, but not necessarily beyond their separate projects and employers. Mid-winter 2024 the band released their self-titled second album, including recent indie pop single Turning The Whole World On which featured on NZ On Air Music's NewTracks compilation this September. Silk Cut by Silk Cut What are your names, where are you from and what instruments do you each play? Aidan Phillips - Bass, BV Jayden Lee - Drums Andrew ...
READ MORE >The Wellington Jazz Festival 2024 is set to return to the capital from October 16-20, featuring leading local musicians and exciting international names. Running from 16-20 October, this Festival will transform Te Whanganui-a-Tara into a jazz haven with more than 100 events across the city. Highlights include Marcus Miller (USA), Esperanza Spalding (USA), Alexander Flood (AUS), and the return of Fly My Pretties, led by Barnaby Weir and Laughton Kora The full line up will be announced on September More ...
READ MORE >With the second anniversary of Wāhine In Jazz 's creation looming, what better way to mark the date than to host a party! Join the team at the Audio Foundation in Tāmaki Makaurau on August 23 to celebrate. The evening will topped off with a performance from a specially curated WIJ Band, featuring; Minju Kim (tenor saxophone), Jenna Aspeling (alto saxophone), Crystal Choi (piano), Kat Tomacruz (guitar), Wren Probett (bass), Wynefred Wang (voice) and honorary wahine for the night, Maximilian Crook ...
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