30/09/2025
Performing as Sahara, Cambridge High School student Sahara Stanton won first place in the Solo/duo category of the 2025 Smokefreerockquest in September, and the following night was called on to entertain the audience during ...
05/09/2025
Pearly* are fast becoming one of the new faces of Ōtepoti Dunedin music. The alt-rock guitar band of Joel Field, Phaedra Love, Josh Nicholls and Ryan Hill formed in 2023, very quickly establishing themselves as the ones-to-watch ...
06/08/2025
Renowned for their live performances, and particularly loved among Whangamata Beach Hop regulars, The Recliner Rockers bring high-energy blues and rockabilly to the stage. Vastly experienced musicians Al Lavis (vocals, guitar), ...
29/04/2025
With 2023 EP 'Empty Pockets' already in his catalogue George VILLA is maybe not new to fans of his mellow-as surf rock through-to psychedelic pop sounds, but the artist is taking a new, self-determined indie path these days. ...
04/03/2025
After two decades working in Auckland’s music scene as a sound engineer and producer Dave Rhodes returned to his hometown of Whitianga, established his own professional recording studio and went freelance. NZM talked with ...
12/12/2019
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 two cities named Hamilton – one in Canada, the other in Waikato. After years of getting mail and ...
27/10/2017
St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton is looking for students interested in learning to play the organ. As part of their scholars' programme, selected students will receive organ lessons funded by the school, in return ...
28/09/2022
The venerable Smokefree Rockquest 2022 celebrated the high school music competition's 35th anniversary with a very welcome live national final (as well as the Smokefree Tangata Beats final) at Q Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau ...
28/04/2021
The NZ Country Music Awards have announced 10 finalists for the MLT Songwriting Award for 2021. The award recognises the unrecorded songs of NZ and Australia and will be presented at the annual NZ Country Music Awards ...
07/04/2021
Our very own Grammy-winning pop star Kimbra is featuring in a comprehensive new vocal course presented by international online music school Soundfly. Hamilton pop artist Kimbra has released her first-ever online course, ...
21/02/2023
I'm not quite sure why but Kimbra hasn't really been on my radar before. We primarily listen to music to be moved emotionally, and our taste and intrigue is ultimately guided by personal aesthetics. Of course, I did appreciate ...
06/09/2013
Throughout this series of articles I've mostly focused on self-management strategies and techniques that include the whole band rolling up their sleeves. It's always best this way, because the job of moving forward belongs ...
27/10/2022
Waikato country rock fans are in for a real treat on November 12, when Tony Lee & Friends will be rocking Biddy Mulligan's back bar. Get in early for a sundowner! Kicking off at 7pm, Tony's guest artists include local ...
24/12/2016
A homecoming Christmas gig is the perfect gift for loyal fans, and for Hamilton metal fans Christmas came early. An enthusiastic queue of waiting fans weaved its way well down the road as the doors at Altitude opened, and ...
20/02/2024
Music Managers Forum Aotearoa announce a new series of free Back To Basics seminars in 2024. Aimed at all who are in the early stages of artist management, including self-managed artists, the seminars explore the fundamentals ...
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. ...
