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11/09/2025

Brian Baker: Whanganui Blues Gun

Having returned to his homeland from Melbourne, after four decades as a working musician across the ditch, multi-talented ...

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31/08/2025

Lachie Hayes: Fire In His Heart

As the first release from the first artist signed to Southland’s first record label, Lachie Hayes’ album ‘Subsatellite’ ...

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28/08/2025

Samuel Flynn Scott: Blues, Roots & Groove On Show

Samuel Flynn Scott's musical output is prodigious, more than a dozen albums between his solo work, The Phoenix Foundation, ...

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06/08/2025

The Recliner Rockers: Blues, Roots & Groove Exponents

Renowned for their live performances, and particularly loved among Whangamata Beach Hop regulars, The Recliner Rockers bring ...

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29/05/2024

NewTracks New Artist: Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie

With a background in musical theatre on full display New Plymouth songwriter, guitarist and singer Courtnay Low has assembled ...

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15/05/2024

Video Premiere: Sam Fowles – Butterfly Baby

Te Whanganui-a-Tara singer-songwriter Sam Fowles is on a roll! With an album ready for release later this year he released ...

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12/02/2024

Betsy and The Reckless: Salty

Following the release of three groovy singles (Liar's Debt, Ghost and My Baby Don't Know), New Plymouth's Betsy and The ...

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