09/01/2024
Prolific alternative pop duo/couple The Response blend electronic minimalism with cultivated pop sensibilities. Widely respected for their honest, often introspective songwriting, their more recent sound has captured a pent ...
21/09/2023
Flying Man is the stage name of Irish-born guitarist and singer-songwriter Alan Ned Gray. Sitting firmly in an intelligent corner of the electro-acoustic realm playing programmed beats, live-looping and layered harmonies, ...
09/08/2023
Hailing from South Africa, the now Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based singer extraordinaire Tuseka Njoko artistically goes by the name Tusekah. Her recently released third solo single, the soulful I Ain't Waiting Around, made it ...
02/08/2023
Celebrating the release of her spicy second EP, 'Cinnamon', NZM asked Annemarie Duff, who performs under the name T.G. Shand, to compile a mixtape with favourites of old and new to get us in the mood for her own new tunes. ...
01/08/2023
Producer and multi-instrumentalist Callum Mower, aka Serebii, has been collecting credits for his work alongside other artists, including young jazzer Arjuna Oakes, but new single Really You is just him. NZ On Air Music rated ...
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, ...
01/11/2021
SongHubs is coming to Dunedin, with applications open now for SongHubs Ōtepoti. SongHubs Aotearoa is a series of collaborative song-writing retreats that APRA AMCOS is presenting across Aotearoa New Zealand during 2020 ...
12/03/2021
Artist applications are already open online for the Whare Flat Folk Festival 21/22. Set amid native bush in the idyllic setting of Waiora Scout Camp near Dunedin, Whare Flat is a place where the ancient strains of Celtic ...
10/03/2021
The NZ Music Commission has created a new, free seminar series called Gig Starters, aiming to teach young people about putting on all-ages gigs. The initiative will hit the road in March, visiting Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston ...
10/03/2021
APRA have announced the 14 songwriters who will be taking part in SongHubs Ōtautahi | Christchurch in late March. Curator Delaney Davidson will be supported by guests Julia Deans, Troy Kingi, Tami Neilson and Jol Mulholland. Each ...
14/07/2021
This issue’s piece is a bit of a tough hombre. (See that, I used Spanish, not bad for a bassist!) I have transcribed one of Jaco Pastorius’ signature compositions, Teen Town from the Weather Report’s legendary 1977 ...
16/02/2021
As we’ve spent the last few issues doing some tricky stuff more suited to solo bass performances, I thought that this issue’s tune should feature some straight–ahead rock. I’ve chosen one of my favourite Crowded House ...
09/10/2020
Hi everyone, for this lesson, I have taken the liberty of using a piece that I wrote as a study for my UK students before I came to New Zealand. It is a cross-hand tapping piece that I wrote after the birth of my second son ...
15/09/2020
Hi everyone! Many movies have a prequel delivered after the main feature has been released, but this article is the other (right) way around, a warmer up that will hopefully prepare you for the next Deep Thinking article ...
17/01/2020
In this Deep Thinking session, we are going to look at a couple of tracks recorded by legendary US session bassist, Carol Kaye. Carol was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a team of recording musicians used by the great and ...
30/06/2022
Simona Smirnova is returning to perform in New Zealand for the fourth time and this year she will be presenting her new album in five cities, performing with local jazz talents. The Lithuanian-born jazz vocalist, composer ...
15/06/2022
Toi Toi Music announces Jan Hellriegel performing live, solo and acoustic on June 25 at Lopdell House Theatre Titirangi, Auckland, with guest support from fellow west Auckland songstress Catherine Tunks. After cutting ...
08/06/2022
SoundCheck Aotearoa is an action group with the mission to foster a safe and inclusive culture for the music community. As part of their commitment to addressing sexual harm in our music community they are offering a series ...
03/05/2022
Tauranga singer-songwriter Georgia Lines has announced a five-date national tour to accompany the release of her upcoming single Leave Behind, out May 6. She will be performing in a stripped-back style on this tour 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 ...
