01/10/2021
Te Whanganui-A-Tara 8-piece OdESSA are back with a bang, taking a new direction with an infectious, relentlessly groovy and hope-full studio recording of a fan live-favourite. Sounding vaguely familiar? It's Gonna Get Better has ...
06/09/2020
It happens only rarely but Deva Mahal's out-of-the-blue single Stand In has swept NZ off its feet in the few days since its late August release. A quick search finds fans describing the tears in their eyes from her rare, ...
20/12/2019
There are plenty of ways in which L.A.B. have been a phenomenon on the local music front, most evidently their popularity as a live performance act. Having firmly established that reputation the band set themselves a new ...
25/09/2018
Like a bit of quirk in your folk? Well with a title that goes, ‘Life is Magic, Where is my Rabbit?’, Fraser Ross’ new album will surely hold appeal. Not that Ross and his 04 bandmates play it for laughs, exploring afro-beats, ...
10/08/2018
The title above is taken (a bit lazily perhaps), from the cover of Jed Parsons ’ shiny and polished debut album ‘Midnight Feast’ – the message you get when you lift out the CD. A nice touch in the presentation of ...
28/09/2020
The Aotearoa Music Producers Series 2020 (AMPS) will take place at Auckland’s Roundhead Studios from October 26 - November 6. Obviously impacted by Covid, it will feature 10 one-day music production workshops from an ...
05/10/2017
NZ On Air Music has published the results of its September 2017 New Music Single funding round. The panel chose to fund 23 songs from a pool of 137 applicants. The September panel consisted of six music industry ...
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 ...
01/06/2018
The last night of NZ Music Month saw country music being celebrated in the genre’s heartland with the NZ Country Music Awards staged in Gore. The three finalists for the Best Country Music Artist Tui for 2018 incredibly ...
