05/11/2013
Singer, entertainer, supporter and more recently curator, Tama Waipara’s journey is already a well-documented staple of our music scene. A type of rebirth and evolution has wound its way through his past album endeavours, ...
29/10/2013
Twenty-five years ago, author John Dix published the original Stranded in Paradise (New Zealand Rock'n'Roll 1955 - 1988), a benchmark and defining book that documents the history and development of our local music ...
28/08/2013
Being Kiwis we instinctively admire those who are good enough to be entirely laid back with their natural musical gifts, and refuse to pretend that they are anything or anyone they are not. Even the best need a push however. ...
27/08/2013
Associated most recently with Latin-funk, soul trio LatinAotearoa, we also know multi-instrumentalist, DJ, afro-wearer and producer Isaac Aesili from his various stints with Funkommunity, Solaa, Opensouls, ...
03/07/2013
The face and voice of Nesian Mystik, Te Awanui Reeder was also the band’s main songwriter – along with co-producer David Atai. Awa has been writing songs since he was 15 and sees his solo career as a simple progression ...
17/11/2017
While we don't want to take focus away from all deserving finalists, a great show and music community spirit at Spark Arena last night, there's no way we can ignore (or be surprised by) the fact that Lorde won six Tuis at ...
25/08/2017
The finalists for the 2017 Silver Scrolls, Maioha Award for contemporary Māori songwriting, the Contemporary Award, as well as two Screen Music Awards have been announced. Though some of the songs were co-written by men, ...
21/06/2017
With the NZ Music Awards 2017 five months away, a number of category changes have been announced and nominations officially opened today. Details and instructions on entry, as well as the terms and conditions can be found ...
05/04/2017
Hinera O'Rourke is a 25 year-old bedroom producer from Whanganui with a talent for discovering new artists. She quit her job at Māori Television so she can work full time discovering and promoting talent. O'Rouke has ...
15/02/2017
Taonga pūoro specialist Rob Thorne is Victoria University of Wellington’s Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music's next Creative NZ/Jack C. Richards Composer-in-Residence. Palmerston North musician Rob Thorne has 25 ...
