04/02/2025
Their 2017 hit single Woke Up Late made Drax Project a household name here in Aotearoa, and with the hype surrounding the song the pop alternative act secured a record label in the US, not long after moving to LA to live ...
07/10/2024
Tāmaki Makaurau artist Emma Wagner has previously featured on NZMusician.co.nz with her Rockquest 2023-winning band Parkdale and regional winners Fan Club. This year she took another meaningful step towards a professional ...
16/07/2024
2024 had already been a big year for Vera Ellen, even before she was invited last minute to perform at the Austin, Texas, South By Southwest Festival in March. Vera generously provided NZM with this summary of her very unusual ...
15/06/2023
Currently a year 11 student at Rotorua Girls’ High School, 15-year-old Nikau Grace Chater is already a few years into her budding career as a musician. Her bilingual debut single Tōku Tuakiri is an introspective power ...
24/05/2023
The name may be slightly, if not downright mis-directional, because Mini Simmons are a big energy five-piece that readily fill the stage with their versatile and ever-developing bluesy Americana rock, now with a blush of ...
05/04/2018
APRA AMCOS NZ has announced the participants of SongHubs 2018 - a professional songwriting workshop to be held at Auckland's Roundhead Studios this month. Out of 150 applications, producer and curator of the SongHubs ...
18/09/2017
Last Friday, the 10th annual Waiata Māori Music Awards took place in Hastings. The biggest winner of the night was artist Maisey Rika, who cleaned up with four wins. Rika's awards included Best Traditional Maori Album ...
03/10/2016
Hosted by an enthusiastic John Campbell at Auckland's Vector Arena, the Silver Scrolls 2016 proved both collegial and contentious. Well-judged to avoid any challenge regarding racial balance, the choice of finalists and winner ...