26/02/2023
10:32 frontwoman and the proud Kiwi in the band, Bridget Walsh, is a firecracker of a human, bubbly and active, who's been based in London for many a year. Paired up with Londoners Rado Brtko and Lyle Barton, their future ...
13/02/2023
Finn Johansson is a charismatic creative with an intriguing sound, and while studying, has embraced a fresh take on how to make music a career in an oddly sustainable way. His music has a subtle way of making you laugh and ...
01/09/2022
Late in July, stand-out dance pop artist Harper Finn released his debut long player ‘Newcomer’ along with a music video for focus track Euphoria. Finn has been drip-releasing his artful, crafted solo music since 2018, ...
23/03/2022
Split Enz’ international heyday came in the late 1970s/early ’80s, but the band’s origins as Split Ends date back to Tim Finn’s early university days - which means that the end of 2022 will mark the 50th anniversary ...
05/12/2019
Renowned as a hard-driven, saxophone-wielding RnB/rock singer throughout the 1970s, 1980s and into the ‘90s, students of NZ’s musical history will know his name well. More recently his charismatic bass-baritone voice ...
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 ...
14/07/2022
NZ On Air Music have announced the results of their July 2022 New Music Single funding round. The 217 applications made it the second biggest NMS selection round to date. The 36 songs listed above from that 200+ pool ...
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, ...
15/07/2021
APRA have announced the top 20 songs in line to claim the 2021 Silver Scroll Award and the 2021 Maioha Award top 5 shortlist. The relatively shortlist was chosen from over 250 entries by a judging panel of 10 songwriters ...
17/05/2021
NZ On Air Music has released the results of the May 2021 New Music Singles funding round, with 45 new songs receiving funding. 190 applications applied for this round of funding with each successful applicant receiving ...
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 ...
03/05/2019
With over 25 years on the NZ music scene under his belt and a three-time NZ Music Awards finalist, Wellingtonian Rob Joass has experienced a thing or two. His music bio is very lengthy. He writes compulsively, tours incessantly, ...
21/09/2018
On first hearing Carnivorous Plant Society ’s Don’t Go Outside I felt transfixed by the performance, recorded live for RNZ in March. A seven-piece band packed the studio with vibraphone, keyboards, backing vocalists, ...
06/11/2015
Many guitar players think that just playing the instrument is all that matters, but that is an idea that’'s seriously wrong. Physically playing the guitar is only about one fifth of what you really need to know. The other ...
02/08/2017
Trading as: Humans Ltd Email: alexander@humans.co.nz Ph: 021 0821 6827 Web: www.humans.co.nz Facebook: facebook.com/humanslimited Instagram: @alexandergandar and @humanslimited Specialising as: Director Clients: ...
24/03/2021
The world premiere of New Zealand Opera’s production of Ihitai 'Avei'a - Star Navigator was rapturously received by a full house at the Vodafone Event Centre in Manukau, Auckland on March 19. Clare Martin went along to ...
22/05/2017
A crowd of 600 people gathered on Saturday, May 13 at Sacred Heart College in Auckland, where Play it Strange presented the We Are One concert for autism awareness with Jordan Luck, Fiona McDonald, Larry Morris, Mike Chunn, ...
23/08/2022
Musicians Koen Aldershof and Jemilah Ross-Hayes, alongside creative community Movespace founder Kiran Patel have decided to take the serious matter of artist business education into their own hands, with a series of Sunday ...
27/03/2019
After a very long drive from Auckland to Taranaki, Trevor Villers spent the weekend of March 15 at WOMAD 2019 in New Plymouth's gorgeous Bowl Of Brooklands. The road trip must've been well worth it judging by the vibrant ...
15/09/2017
The Going Global Music Summit 2017 took place within Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios. The legendary venue and 30+ international music industry professionals from across the world combining to the annual event’s first ever ...
