24/05/2022
Raglan-based artist Jordyn With A Why has recently released her second single, a harmony-filled RnB soul song Brown Melodies. More upbeat than her first single Te Ao Mārama, this song speaks to embracing who she is and ...
17/02/2022
Entering her third decade as an artist, Hollie Smith has reached a stage from where her major label promotions folk happily reference her as ‘one of Aotearoa's most beloved artists‘. Supporting that accolade is a history ...
29/11/2021
Six-member Gisborne band SuperFly Killa are a winning blend of hard case east coasties (killas) and hard working musicians (the superfly bit), who came together pretty much by chance, and have stayed together out of a shared ...
13/10/2021
Mohi Allen is holding a tidy pair of aces, enough to clean the table in the entertaining video for his very new single E Kii. As the song title suggests the vocals are sung in Te Reo. What's more of a surprise is the way ...
27/08/2021
Few bands manage to sound as fresh with every single release as Auckland indie act Carb On Carb do. After a bit of a hiatus to focus on other projects, the creative duo of Nicole Gaffney and James Stuteley have just released ...
29/10/2020
The 2020 APRA Silver Scroll ceremony became something of a hybrid event this year with the uncertainties of future Covid-19 lockdowns obliging APRA to move their annual awards celebration to an online streaming platform ...
12/10/2020
Due to the continuing threat of Covid-19 the 2020 Waiata Māori Music Awards event was staged online on Friday, October 9. L.A.B further illustrated their recent dominance of the local scene with four major awards for 2020 ...
24/09/2020
Neo-soul RnB band Jam & Jelly from Papatoetoe High School in Tāmaki Makaurau have taken out the national final of the 2020 Smokefree Tangata Beats competition. Jam & Jelly are Skylah Hewett (vocals), Ozarius Tu'ua ...
18/09/2020
There's a good chance that a bunch of very talented and photogenic tamariki might steal the 'show' at the 2020 Waiata Māori Music Awards. Māori Television series stars Te Nūtube are finalists in four categories on the ...
12/09/2020
Presented as part of the annual Silver Scroll ceremony the 2020 APRA Maioha Award recognises contemporary Māori songwriting, honouring composers who are telling their stories in te reo Māori. This year’s finalist songs ...