24/01/2024
All the Nadia Reids, Aldous Hardings and Tiny Ruins start somewhere in small venues across Aotearoa. Picked up by student radio, fellow musicians' whispers, and word-of-mouth would carry reviews of their extraordinary talent ...
21/12/2023
Emily Wheatcroft-Snape is a music jack-of-all-trades with a CV that belies her young age. Highly regarded as a recording engineer for the likes of Lorde, Fazerdaze, Karl Steven, as well as countless others, she has been a ...
22/11/2023
Recording and performing over the previous few years as Jeivenchy, Filipino Kiwi singer-songwriter Jeiel Ian Veloria told NZM in mid-2022 he hoped that through his music people will find themselves empowered to rage, and ...
28/07/2023
Taking a break from work at Parachute Studios in Tāmaki Makaurau suburb Kingsland, Ōtautahi songwriter Sam Heselwood chatted with NZM's Silke Hartung about his latest single, Home. Made with support from NZ On Air Music. Sam, ...
27/07/2023
Probably so far best known for singing on tracks by local legends Savage and Adeaze, Tāmaki Makaurau six-piece Tone6 are working on standing on their own 12 musical feet. By now ranging in age from 18 to 21, Tone6 are Kirita ...
02/10/2020
NZ On Air Music has released the results of their October 2020 NewMusic Singles funding round, with 40 out of 167 applicants able to realise their ideas for songs and videos. The October 2020 panel was made up of ...
30/05/2019
NZ On Air Music has published the results of their May 2019 New Music Singles funding outcomes. 20 songs were selected out of a total of 161 applications. The panel was made up of (L-R) Sarah Owen of Recorded Music ...
18/04/2018
"Headless chickens and human remains" - if you told anyone from overseas about last night's Taite Music Prize 2018 ceremony they would likely shake their heads. "Only in NZ...!" We can hardly blame them, even many in the ...
05/10/2017
NZ On Air Music has published the results of its September 2017 New Music Single funding round. The panel chose to fund 23 songs from a pool of 137 applicants. The September panel consisted of six music industry ...
24/04/2017
After close to 30 years of publication NZ Musician Magazine has today released its final bi-monthly issue. Rather than continue publishing as a regular print title NZ Musician will henceforth be a digital entity, offering ...
16/12/2020
2020 hasn't been kind to many of us, but being locked down together as a nation has given some the rare luxury of time to reflect on what's working and what's not. Here at NZM we get an almost constant barrage of 'press releases' ...
02/11/2023
Prolific Tāmaki Makaurau saxophonist Thabani Gapara is about to embark on his Mwana Wevhu tour, a celebration of Southern African jazz infused with the rhythms of central and southern Africa, intertwined with classical elements. ...
20/09/2017
Molly & The Chromatics are taking their soulful grooves on a nationwide tour to celebrate the release of their new single Anubis. Silke Hartung caught up with frontwoman Molly Rowlandson a few days before. It's been ...
