16/10/2017
David Friesen has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Stan Getz, Michael Brecker, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddy Hubbard, John Scofield, Elvin Jones and Jack DeJohnette. October 2017 sees the highly regarded American jazz ...
19/03/2024
Coming from a background of session music and cover gigs, husband-and-wife duo Rā Toia-Booth and Hayden Booth have turned towards performing their original material that come with a chilled-out reggae infusion, under the ...
13/07/2021
When NZM last published a feature on Rattle Records, back in 2006, Kiran Dass reported that the three partners in the then 15 year-old label were still coming to grips with what was needed to make the label ‘work’. Another ...
14/10/2020
Looking at the evolution of Andrew Spraggon’s Sola Rosa over the 19 years since the release of first album ‘Solarized’, one thing is clear; he has increasingly creatively engaged with more and more artists to collaborate ...
16/10/2019
Working in music is hard. There is a lot of rejection and being ignored in spite of having put in a lot of hard work, and fair it definitely isn't either. NZM asked some industry folk about their perseverance and self-preservation ...
08/09/2023
Creative Jazz Club in Tāmaki Makaurau have partnered with Oh! Jazz on-demand, subscription-based jazz streaming to showcase the best of Aotearoa jazz to like-minded international lovers of the genre. Joining clubs around ...
10/10/2022
Producers of the Christmas In The Park 2022 celebration are looking for young musicians to join the line-up of this year's show, which is returning to the big stages after a two-year hiatus. Creative director Dixon Nacey ...
08/06/2020
Dixon Nacey has been awarded the 2020 Best Jazz Artist Tui for his album 'The Edge of Chaos', while Jake Baxendale received the Best Jazz Composition award, coincidentally for his work entitled Tui. The Edge of Chaos by ...
25/05/2020
The 2020 Jazz Awards Finalists have been announced with plenty of interesting additions among the category's 'usual' names. The three finalists for the Best Jazz Artist Tui award this year are Alchemy, Dixon Nacey and Michal ...
08/04/2019
The winners of the National Youth Jazz Competition 2019 were announced at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre in Tauranga at the end of the first week of April. The judges for 2019 were Dr Rodger Fox and Dave Wilson from ...
22/03/2017
Released in November 2016, ‘Close Your Eyes’ is Bic Runga’s fifth studio album, a 12-song tribute featuring interpretations of some of her favourite covers to which she also added two new original songs. Bic was recently ...
03/11/2016
When I was ‘sample-listening’ through the top 20 2016 APRA Silver Scrolls awards finalists, Seth Haapu’s 10 Years caught my ear. Having heard the man perform live a few times I was no stranger to his unique compositions, ...
06/07/2016
25-year old Guy Lawrence is surfing a wave of popularity with his 22-year old brother Howard. The U.K. powerhouse EDM duo Disclosure has worked with some big names in pop, from Sam Smith to The Weeknd, to Mary J. Blige. One ...
01/04/2016
Valentines Day will have passed when you get to read this, but in the spirit of the day have a watch and listen to this romantic Kiwi gem. With iconic well crafted tunes, compelling lyrics and patriotic themes, there’s ...
08/07/2019
Photographer Trevor Villers must've had a busy weekend, seeing both Soaked Oats and going to the 2019 Matariki Festival at Devonport's Harmony Hall. On stage in Devonport were the big voices of talented newcomer Kaaterama ...
