Instrumental music can be a very powerful thing – conveying thoughts and emotions beyond words because the visions are all your own. With this stunning set of soundscapes, Wellington’s Hiboux easily ...
READ MORE >Jas Josland leads an interesting life. Originally (and still mostly) from Christchurch, she prefers to say that she’s based globally these days, often Hong Kong and other places in Asia. She left the ...
READ MORE >APRA just sent out a reminder that it's time to enter your Live Performance Reports. If you have been performing music live between July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, enter a Performance Report online by July 31 to receive a royalty payment. Log into your APRA membership page, and tell us when and where your music was performed during the reporting period: The process is simple: Log in Select the Performance Report tab Click ‘Create/View Performance Report’ Begin entering the ...
READ MORE >Auckland's Music In Parks 2018 is looking for a mix of emerging and established musicians of all genres to fill their stages across the region this coming summer. The team welcomes submissions from all Kiwi artists; either born or currently residing here. Over the years, Music in Parks has seen top New Zealand artists perform such as Shihad, Anna Coddington, Tami Neilson and Katchafire, and supported emerging talents like Evan Sinton (now Maala), Villainy, Nomad and Sons of Zion. Online ...
READ MORE >The works of two Kiwi jazzers were recognised in Wellington on June 11, being awarded Best Jazz Album and Best Jazz Composition at the 2017 Jazz Awards. Jonathan Crayford was awarded Best Jazz Album for 'East West Moon'. The seven tracks that make up 'East West Moon' prove Crayford is a powerhouse of creativity, as well as a strong figure within the jazz world, both at home and globally. The award for Best Jazz Composition went to Motueka-native Callum Allardice for his composition, Deep ...
READ MORE >Romanian Ioana Cristina Goicea has won the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Announced at the competition's grand finale at the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday, June 10, the three finalists, American Luke Hsu, Goicea and New Zealander Benjamin Baker, each performed a concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi. Luke Hsu also won the Chamber Music Prize for his poised and colourful performance of Mozart’s String Quintet. Also ...
READ MORE >In the process of creating their latest album prolific Wellington trio Gold Medal Famous set a new pace for themselves – taking a slower, more craftsman-like approach to the record than they have in the past. And as the queen and kings of refusing-to-be-pigeon-holed, Tamsin Grigg, Vorn Colgan and Chris Wilson continue to keep fans guessing with ‘Activity’ as Briar Lawry reports. Past Gold Medal Famous recordings (and there’ve been a few) have dabbled in everything from jazz to heavy ...
READ MORE >A few days out from the release of his second album Auckland-based rapper Callum McDougall aka Rei passed through Wellington, finding time for a coffee with NZM writer Andrew Witty. ‘A Place To Stand’ encapsulates Rei’s movements in finding his feet as an artist. Based on the Māori term ‘tūrangawaewae’, Rei offers a thoughtful record with versatile and hard-hitting beats with his sophomore album. On ‘A Place To Stand’ he strikes a rare balance of self-awareness and culture, while ...
READ MORE >Coverage of previous releases of Glass Vaults in NZ Musician have noted the band members’ propensity for change, AV designer Rowan Pierce saying back in 2015 that he needs a bit of instability to hold his interest. Two years later the Wellington band’s sophomore album finds their music not just changing but mutating. Aabir Mazumdar talked with guitarist/singer Richard Larsen, as well as Pierce and production collaborator Bevan Smith, about ‘The New Happy’, ASMR, harmonizers of choice and ...
READ MORE >With three solo records, a collaboration with electronic producer Suren Unka and soundtrack for a short film under his belt, Levi Patel is quietly claiming his rightful place in the spotlight. Articulate and quietly confident, Levi worked on his debut album 'Affinity' for over four years, before releasing it in early April this year to glowing reception and a captivating release show at the Auckland Art Gallery. Jean Bell met up with Patel shortly afterwards. Levi’s connection with music goes ...
READ MORE >Along with writing smart rock songs, Stonehurst guitar/vocalist Tim Hunt clearly enjoys the telling of a good story. Like the band’s unlikely links to Evermore, or the one about how the five-piece which was shaping to be named Hell In The Way It’s Run, instead took its name from a gentrified central Christchurch pub. He talked with Dee Muir ahead of the September 2017 release of Stonehurst’s impressive sophomore album ‘Strange Urge’. It seems that yet again, Christchurch has managed ...
READ MORE >The musical output of smart Kiwi production duo The Map Room is typically described as ‘atmospheric indie pop’. Clever then that the second album from them should be titled ‘Weatherless’, even if one roommate, Simon Gooding, lives in the country’s weather capital. Martyn Pepperell talked with Gooding about the new album and their musical umbrella. When Auckland/Wellington duo The Map Room released their self-titled debut album, back in 2013, their elegant indie-pop songs arrived in ...
READ MORE >Undoubtedly set to become one of the biggest entertainment names in and from NZ, it seems Parris Goebel aka Parri$ can do no wrong. Career-wise the Samoan-Kiwi has accomplished more feats in her 25 years than most of us could dream of. With successes in dance, acting, choreographing, directing and now singing/rapping, the woman is talented, fierce, and going from strength to strength. After winning The Arts Foundation's New Generation Award in 2016, she was named as one of three Kiwis on Forbes' ...
READ MORE >The third NZM Presents gig on Wednesday, June 7 will be all about hip hop. Who'll be playing? Shoutin' Preachin' add brass to their beats, social consciousness to the lyrics and punk rock to the attitude. Their recent EP 'From The Echo Chamber' provided a high energy soundtrack to the end of our summer. From The Echo Chamber EP by Shoutin' Preachin' Following some high profile local support slots, and a European tour last year, Arcee Rapper is going to show off her skills performing a live ...
READ MORE >When you hear the 9-5 roles 'advisor', 'book shop employee' and 'music teacher' – what musical genre comes to mind right away? If you're thinking to yourself, "Well, that could be anything really," you're probably as close as you could get to what Gold Medal Famous generally sound like. Chris Wilson, Tamsin Grigg and Vorn Colgan are as versatile and capable at their craft as they get, not shying away from giving any genre a crack, and that's what they've done for the last nine years as Gold ...
READ MORE >A crowd of 600 people gathered on Saturday, May 13 at Sacred Heart College in Auckland, where Play it Strange presented the We Are One concert for autism awareness with Jordan Luck, Fiona McDonald, Larry Morris, Mike Chunn, Peter Urlich, Shane Cortese and the North Shore Youth Music Orchestra. 16-year-old Kane Chong wrote the title song We Are One, inspired by a friend who is affected by autism. Kane was thrilled, saying it was truly incredible that people from all over the country had come ...
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