23/07/2024
Explaining the title she's given her debut album, JessB says it's about feeling at home with where you're at, where you've come from, and where you're going - a sense of sanctuary she's rightly celebrating in her own artistic ...
16/11/2022
Can't Fake It is the latest single from Kiwi rapper JessB. It comes almost a year after the exciting and dynamic artist's previous track, From Tha Jump, and is accompanied by an impromptu music video filmed in London. Committed ...
06/01/2020
Intersecting between being Afro-Kiwi, female and queer makes Auckland MC JessB even more multi-faceted than many humans – importantly able to connect and offer a voice to some less visible communities. Of Kenyan descent, ...
12/04/2026
Tusekah Njote’s debut single Childhood Friends came in 2021, the same year she began performing live. Favouring quality over quantity, the richly-voiced Wellington alternative pop/soulful RnB singer has been economical ...
08/09/2021
At 22 and wholly self-taught, Connor Pritchard ’s work as a music video director has already taken him to China and across Europe, won awards, and seen him work with some of the nation’s best known and most respected ...
10/07/2026
The 2026 APRA Silver Scroll Award top 20 nominated songs have been announced by APRA AMCOS Aotearoa, along with the top 11 waiata shortlist for the APRA Maioha Award. From here it's up to voting by New Zealand APRA members ...
25/11/2025
Play It Strange has announced a second season of their podcast series launching on November 24, with new episodes every Monday. The 10-episode podcast On The Record with Chaii, will be hosted by artist, producer and Play ...
11/09/2025
APRA AMCOS Aotearoa have announced the five songs chosen as finalists for the 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka, as well as the three waiata in line for the APRA Tohu Maioha | Maioha Award. Selected from the ...
14/08/2025
The annual two-day Going Global Music Summit returns to Tāmaki Makaurau on Thursday, 28 and Friday, 29 August, uniting Aotearoa’s brightest artists with international speakers, festival bookers, and tastemakers from across ...
10/07/2025
The 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Top 20, and the Maioha Award Top 10 finalist shortlists have been announced, four months out from the APRA Silver Scroll Awards, which will this year be held at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch, on Wednesday ...
01/10/2025
As usual there are five songs chosen as finalists for the 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Award, as voted by New Zealand APRA members. We're into the final month run up to when the Silver Scroll trophy will be awarded to one/some ...
05/11/2018
Combine a long-standing rock artist, some very current Kiwi vocalists, a rapper or two, a Sudanese culture and set it all in the sub-genre of electro dance, and what do you have? An awful lot of buzz about the latest album ...
17/04/2023
SOLE Music Academy has announced its upcoming Speaker Series in support of Canterbury artists and emerging music professionals. The three-event series will take place in May at the SOLE Music Academy Studios in Addington, ...
30/05/2018
A few more days left to spot #MusiciansOfAotearoa 2018 on a street near you. Photographer Hayley Theyers' portraits were showcased successfully countrywide by the ever-supportive Phantom Billstickers for the first ...
16/05/2018
The official Music Month Summit 2018 is tackling some of the issues the music industry has been facing up to over the last year. The summit features a stellar line up of music industry professionals and speakers, who will ...
08/05/2018
20 Bands In 2 Hours 2018 will take place on May 18 at Galatos in Auckland. 20 acts, one song each. Tickets are available here. The idea to fill an entire radio show with live music originated as a crazy student radio folly. ...
