30/06/2021
Fiona Campbell - (Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Takatãpui, She/They) first established her drumming chops in the late ’90s with South Auckland grrrl punk band The Coolies. Living in the US since then she has played drums ...
17/08/2016
Adding further to the already ridiculously extensive list of talented musicians who call Lyttelton home is one man band Nick Jackman, aka Stomping Nick. Jackman sings and plays harmonica, guitar and drums all at the same ...
03/12/2013
It’s been one of Palmerston North’s best kept secrets for 25 years, but thanks to TV3’s X-Factor at least 400,000 people have now heard of The Stomach. Third-placing finalist Benny Tipene is a regular Palmy muso and ...
02/05/2013
Bad Seed Custom Guitars (www.bsguitars.net) is by any measure a newly minted enterprise, it was literally just a couple of years ago that Sheldon Currington welded up his first Bad Seed guitar. What the? Did that say welded? ...
12/11/2018
October in Dunedin means spring is in the air. There is a shift in the weather – the sun comes out, and the puffer jackets retire (momentarily) back to the wardrobe. The season of rebirth is also a good time to release ...
15/07/2021
APRA have announced the top 20 songs in line to claim the 2021 Silver Scroll Award and the 2021 Maioha Award top 5 shortlist. The relatively shortlist was chosen from over 250 entries by a judging panel of 10 songwriters ...
01/05/2020
Distilled from a record number of entries, a well-judged blend of old and new artists are to be found among the 24 finalists announced across 13 categories for the 2020 Pacific Music Awards. Pacific Music Awards Trust ...
27/09/2019
Recorded Music NZ has announced the 2019 NZ Music Awards finalists, with alternative music artists to the fore. Heading the pack are indie-pop band The Beths, who released their debut album 'Future Me Hates Me' in 2018, ...
22/08/2019
The five songs left in the running to win the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award were announced today, with pop, hip hop, alt-folk and jazz all in the mix. There’s a strong ring of the ABCs of songwriting about the shortlist ...
12/10/2018
The 2018 Artisan Awards finalists have been announced this week, the part of the annual NZ Music Awards that recognises the creative talents behind the scenes of the top local records of the past year. Five Tui awards ...
29/06/2022
Singing Through ’The Change’: The Effect Menopause Has On The Voice - After the 21st gig of a 22-date tour, I stayed with friends for a much-needed breather. As documented in a previous Finding Your Voice NZM column, ...
17/05/2017
It must be challenging for any artist to follow up a successful debut album, let alone a Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum single like Royals. Prior to the release of Green Light, Lorde discussed how she was looking to ...
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 ...
19/06/2016
I am overjoyed to announce that this is my 50th column for NZ Musician. To celebrate, I’m letting rip 50 top tips. 50 gold nuggets of singing wisdom I’ve extracted from 18 years fulltime teaching and a lifetime of performance, ...
27/08/2015
This Tutors' Tutorial article is meant for those who have limited microphones, limited pre-amps/converters, and limited experience – but are still wanting to record a drum kit! If you do have limited prior experience ...
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 ...
26/04/2017
A gig, one night only, with 23 bands / acts, playing a song each over the course of just over two hours. For us at NZ Musician it's NZ Music Month all year round, so we've never thrown ourselves in the ring before. This ...
