13/07/2021
When NZM last published a feature on Rattle Records, back in 2006, Kiran Dass reported that the three partners in the then 15 year-old label were still coming to grips with what was needed to make the label ‘work’. Another ...
05/07/2021
As far as ambitious album releases go, nothing much comes close to the new project from Loopy Tunes Preschool Music. The Christchurch duo of sisters Leah Williams-Partington and Siu Williams-Lemi have released 'Pasifika ...
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 ...
30/06/2021
Taonga pūoro are a range of musical instruments and other sound making devices indigenous to Aotearoa New Zealand. Back in the 1970s and ’80s, they were scarcely heard outside of just a few whānau scattered throughout ...
19/05/2021
On May 29 last year the Prime Minister (and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage) announced details of an arts and music sector recovery package. Part of a bigger initiative to aid the creative sector in riding out the ...
26/07/2022
Winners of the 2022 NZ Radio Awards were announced late July, including a couple of special awards that reflect the strides toward greater domestic inclusivity made over the last few decades. An award for Outstanding ...
21/07/2022
APRA has published the list of the top 20 finalists for the 2022 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka, and the five finalists for the 2022 APRA Maioha Award. The Silver Scroll Awards presentation ceremony will be held ...
14/07/2022
NZ On Air Music have announced the results of their July 2022 New Music Single funding round. The 217 applications made it the second biggest NMS selection round to date. The 36 songs listed above from that 200+ pool ...
30/05/2022
Closing out NZ Music Month with a ceremony that had been postponed from April to Sunday, May 29, the 2022 Taite Music Prize was won by Anthonie Tonnon for his album, 'Leave Love Out Of This'. Released in July 2021, the ...
20/04/2022
Winners of the Hook, Line and Singalong 2022 songwriting contest have been announced. Funded and curated by the NZ Music Commission in conjunction with MENZA, the winning song will get professionally recorded, printed, ...