18/12/2019
Olivia Foa’i: Expressions of Candour
Olivia Foa’i possesses an angelic voice that has featured on many of Te Vaka’s nearly a dozen albums, and altogether ...
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On Foreign Soil: Mild Orange – European Foreplay
Dunedin’s Mild Orange have had a busy year. They spent most of May 2019 on tour in Europe and the UK, only to head off ...
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Wired For Sound: The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music
Setting out to document and pay tribute to the contribution Eldred Stebbing made to the NZ music scene over seven hard-working ...
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Amp Review: Fender Champion 50XL Guitar Amp
A confession first. I’m not really one for solid state amps, though I do have a little bit of an exception for my old Stage160 ...
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Trans-global Hamilton Blues Societies Join Forces
One’s known as the Hammer, the other as the Tron, and they’re half a world apart. But blues is about to bring together ...
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NewTracks New Artist: Cee Blu
"I made this lyric video myself so I'm really proud of it scoring a spot on the Wicked Sounds Youtube channel. They have ...
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On Foreign Soil: Sam Bartells in Nashville
Born in Hamilton, singer/songwriter Sam Bartells lives in Auckland these days and writes songs with his heart on the sleeve, ...
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Rick Bryant: Remembered By John Kempt
The last time I saw Rick Bryant was the Friday before he passed on December 4, 2019. He had asked me to deliver a Fruju to ...
READ MORE >09/12/2019
Mermaidens: The Eyes Have It
How do you go about following up an album that was internationally acclaimed, Taite Prize-nominated and widely deemed influential? ...
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