30/03/2020
With an intoxicating blend of reggae, dub, soul and funk, Wellington seven-piece Dr. Reknaw have developed a live show that fits perfectly with Aotearoa in summer. Bass player and singer Sophie Cooper took time out from embroidering ...
21/11/2016
Under the rapper pseudonym of Name UL, Emanuel Psathas recently released his debut album. The honest and confrontational album focuses on our youth drinking culture, doubling as a love letter-of sorts to the capital city. ...
23/06/2015
Formed in 2011, The Wellington City Shake-'Em-On-Downers play music inspired by classic New Orleans' brass bands and the greats of the early jazz and swing era. Having recorded live at Orange Studio in Christchurch earlier ...
18/05/2022
Te Whanganui-A-Tara folk singer-songwriter Nigel Parry has released a new album enticingly titled, 'Tales of Common Folk, Salt & Sweet Kisses'. Storytelling is rife throughout, and reflective country-folk single The ...
18/05/2022
When Recorded Music NZ announced in February that Damian Vaughan was stepping down after nine years as CEO, the accompanying media statement noted that he would be leaving behind a lasting legacy across Aotearoa’s music ...
29/08/2018
Baritone Will King took first prize at the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Wellington Aria on Sunday night. Second place was awarded to soprano Sophie Sparrow. Originally from Auckland, Will is currently in his fourth year ...
22/02/2018
Te Auaha, a new state-of-the-art creative campus is set to open in Wellington, offering a world-first Bachelor of Creativity while encouraging interaction between creative disciplines. The new school on Cuba Street will ...
28/04/2017
The Dame Malvina Major Foundation offers a classical performers grant for young Wellingtonians through its Arts Excellence Awards. Up to $6,000 will be awarded by the Wellington Committee of the DMMF to musicians of ...
18/05/2022
The winners of the 2021 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) have been announced, with three Kiwi artists making it onto the ISC 2021 list. Christchurch-based children's music artist Music with Michal, aka Michal ...
25/03/2022
APRA announced the winners for the 2021 APRA Silver Scroll Awards in an online celebration on March 24. Due to Covid-19 restrictions APRA had been forced to postpone the 2021 award ceremony three times, finally settling ...
01/06/2021
Growing your audience as a musician is all about attracting the right people to you, sharing your story to engage them, and then getting them to stick around with consistent content that inspires, informs, or entertains. Artists ...
14/10/2020
Have you heard about a Wellington folk band called Boatshed Daydreams before? Neither had we until very recently. Late last month the duo of friends Abbie McKoy and Temuera Forbes released their debut EP 'Moments Passed', ...
22/01/2020
2020 IRD Revisions: The Inland Revenue Department promised to make the claiming of motor vehicle usage much easier and so they came up with a range of solutions, all worse than the next and making it more complex than it’s ...
03/05/2019
With over 25 years on the NZ music scene under his belt and a three-time NZ Music Awards finalist, Wellingtonian Rob Joass has experienced a thing or two. His music bio is very lengthy. He writes compulsively, tours incessantly, ...
29/04/2019
Wellington rockers Curlys Jewels have just come off the back of an eventful 2018, which saw them play four sold-out shows alongside The Feelers as well as a support slot for US band Living Colour. In celebration of their ...
15/12/2016
School of Music and Creative Media Production, Massey University Wellington Address: Massey University, College of Creative Arts, PO Box 756, Wellington 6140 Phone: 0800 MASSEY / +64 4 801 5799 Email: commercialmusic@massey.ac.nz Facebook: ...
22/02/2021
Level 12, 49 Boulcott Street, Wellington Ph: (04) 499 8866 Email: puresoundstudiosnz@gmail.com Website: www.puresoundstudiosnz.com Fb: facebook.com/puresoundstudiosnz Overview: A small music production studio in central ...
05/08/2019
Johnsonville, Wellington Ph: 022 045 3657 E: studio@tinytriumphrecordings.com W: tinytriumphrecordings.com Fb: /tinytriumphrecordings Music Producer / Mix Engineer: Toby Lloyd Tiny Triumph Recordings is a bespoke ...
18/06/2018
Name: Amber Beaton Phone: 022 0689 258 Email: amberbeatonfilmtv@gmail.com Website: www.amberbeaton.com Instagram: @amberbeatondirector Role description / Title: Director Specialising in: Full end-to-end video services ...
06/03/2018
Trading as: Dusk Email: leegingold@gmail.com Ph: 022 0476 315 Web: www.leegingold.com Specialising as: Director Based in: Wellington Address: 11 Vivian Street, Level 3, Unit 2 Clients: Drax Project, Six60, ...
07/04/2021
On Easter weekend, photographer Amanda Radcliffe took her camera along to see a mix of some of our top musicians for Wellington's brand-new Peachy Keen festival. Headlined by Benee, punters also got to enjoy performances ...
21/03/2019
You awake to a light grey day, with a smidgen of fuzz— because you couldn’t resist going to Moon to see Hex and an Australian touring band called Cable Ties. You behaved yourself, sleeking home straight after the last ...
14/02/2019
Sharing a joint bill promoting both bands’ debut EPs, local Welly lads Same Name Confusion and Dunedin’s latest export, Lacuna, decided to bring their maiden tour of the country to the beloved confines of San Fran. With ...
06/04/2022
MMF Aotearoa has announced the 2022 Festival Bookers Virtual Speed Networking Sessions. This annual event is an opportunity exclusively for MMF members to meet face to face online with the bookers from some of our bigger ...
21/03/2022
Industry legend Murray Cammick's upcoming Wellington exhibition, The Show Must Go On, is based on the 2017 punk and new wave-focussed exhibition, previously shown in Sydney and Auckland. Additions to this show include photographs ...
