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On Foreign Soil
09/10/2025
On Foreign Soil: There’s A Tuesday’s 2025 Seoul Residency
In early August Christchurch-grown band There’s A Tuesday spent 10 days in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, on a pioneering residency designed to bridge connections between South Korea and Aotearoa. Samantha Cheong joined ...
Interviews
03/10/2025
ives. : Finding Hope in the Wreckage
When heartbreak hits, most of us unravel or simply hold on for dear life. Liv Jones, aka ives., the Auckland-born singer-songwriter, pianist and producer, pressed ‘record’. Pouring the last few years - loss, love, distance, ...
Interviews
01/10/2025
Ben Chavasse: Boxing Clever
With little apparent background of single releases, and even less fanfare, Auckland singer-songwriter Ben Chavasse has delivered a self-assured debut album that delves into coming-of-age themes of institutional constraints ...
NewTracks New Artist
29/09/2025
NewTracks New Artist: Sig Wilder
It takes time to become a cowboy, and the gentle, rolling ‘aotearoa americana’ songs of US-raised, but these days Wellington-based, singer-songwriter Sig Wilder ‘hold a cracked mirror to the long, slow work of making ...
My Song
26/09/2025
My Song: Jed Skuse – You Only Call Me on the Weekend
Happy to admit that he's still learning his way around pro recording studios, Gisborne singer-songwriter and guitarist Jed Skuse has long shown ample mastery of the loop pedal. At 16 he claimed first place in the East ...
NEWS (93)
News
08/04/2025
Finalists for the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards Announced
Finalists for the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards have been announced and for the second year running Stan Walker leads the field with five finalist nominations in 2025, including Single of the Year for Māori Ki Te Ao, which ...
News
14/10/2024
2024 APRA Silver Scroll Winners
In a ceremony held on October 8 at Te Whanganui-A-Tara Wellington's St James Theatre, APRA AMCOS Aotearoa announced the winners of the 2024 APRA Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka. 2024 APRA Silver Scroll Winners APRA ...
News
24/04/2024
Vera Ellen Takes Home Taite Music Prize
Te Whanganui-A-Tara indie singer-songwriter Vera Ellen took home the big award for her album 'Ideal Home Noise' at the 2024 Taite Music Prize at the ceremony held at Auckland's Q Theatre on April 23. Ideal Home Noise by ...
News
25/10/2023
SAE Auckland Launches New Songwriting Programme
SAE Auckland has announced the launch of a new songwriting programme. Having recently received official accreditation, the new programme is set to commence in February 2024, opening up exciting opportunities for students ...
News
27/09/2023
2023 Stand Up Stand Out Winners Announced
2023 Stand Up Stand Out winners were announced at a ceremony at Auckland Town Hall on September 23. Stand Up Stand Out (SUSO) features secondary-school talent from across Tāmaki Makaurau, with 1200 students representing ...
LESSONS (72)
Finding Your Voice
18/03/2024
Finding Your Voice: Your Voice = Your Truth
‘Finding your voice' is just as much about what you're saying or singing, as what you sound like. I'd like to unpack the figurative notion of finding and having a voice. Intricately understanding the mechanics of my vocal ...
Finding Your Voice
13/03/2023
Finding Your Voice: Do What Moves You
Do what moves you. Tension is a singer's greatest enemy. It disables the very areas of the body we need open to resonate sound in. Tension is generated mentally; anticipating threat or danger, or unconsciously, manifesting ...
X-Factory
21/02/2023
X-Factory: Kimbra – Save Me
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 ...
Lessons
16/11/2022
Songwriting Hacks: Relative Major & Minor Diatonic Chord Substitution
Hi songwriters. The title might sound a bit complex but this a relatively simple and cool idea to have in your songwriting tool belt - relative major & minor diatonic chord substitution. It’s a methodology that’s ...
Lessons
10/08/2022
Songwriting Hacks: Retrograde – Playing It Backwards
Looking for some easy songwriting inspiration? This is one of my favourite melodic and harmonic manipulation techniques. A very simple but effective idea. Retrograde basically means to play backwards, and it works well on ...
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Event Guide
03/05/2022
Georgia Lines Tour 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 ...
Event Guide
23/09/2021
Jan Preston: South Island Boogie Woman Tour Dates
Following contracts composing soundtracks for documentaries, including sister Gaylene Preston's Helen Clark documentary My Year With Helen, Jan Preston, Aotearoa's own queen of boogie-woogie, is taking her latest album, ...
Event Guide
11/08/2021
Graeme James EP Release Tour
In high demand around the globe, smart Kiwi folky Graeme James is coming to the end of his 2021 nationwide tour, with the main centres of Wellington and Auckland still ahead this weekend. Following the release of his recent ...
Event Guide
16/06/2021
Valere Chroma Tour, Winter 2021
The last time NZM spoke to Shana Graham, aka Valere, she had just released her second EP, titled ‘Blue’. Having graduated from Auckland University's pop music degree the singer-songwriter found that the EP particularly ...
Live Reviews
03/05/2021
Live Review: Echo Children, April 22, Wine Cellar
It’s been a busy 2021 so far for The Wine Cellar on Auckland’s K’ Rd, but near the end of April, Echo Children brought a striking new character to the venue. By the end of the night the local band had compelled their ...