01/07/2016
Moments Like These: Upper Hutt Posse’s Te Kupu aka Dean Hapeta
At the 2016 Taite Music Prize Awards held in April Upper Hutt Posse were announced as recipients of this year's Classic Record ...
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Guy Wishart: West By North
On his fifth solo album Guy Wishart reveals an evident admiration for the music of US rocker Chris Isaak, he of Wicked Game ...
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Building Blocks: All-Ages & School Gigs – Stage Trek 3
Starting this ‘Stage Trek’ series last issue, I gave a few general pointers on how to hunt down places for your band ...
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Silent Invisible Radiation: The Difficulties Working in The 4th Dimension
Silent Invisible Radiation is the brainchild of Neil MacKay (ex-bass player of the legendary Loop – and the somewhat ...
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Ladyhawke: Hunt For The Wilder Things
While Pip Brown has been regularly seen out and about around Auckland, and certainly came to celebrity page attention in ...
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Apera: The Operator EP
Cleanly strummed guitar rhythms, lilting lead lines and smoothly delivered vocals are the foundation of ‘The Operator’ ...
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Fresh Talent: Rubita
When her band Cinco broke up mid-2015, Hamilton vocalist Rachel Kibblewhite started focusing on her own acoustic jazz-pop ...
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Jocee Tuck: Mt Dora
Jocee Tuck’s sweet, light voice is approachable and kind, reminiscent of Ingrid Michaelson or Regina Spektor. There’s ...
READ MORE >22/06/2016
On Foreign Soil: Anonymouz in Guåhan – The Festival of Pacific Arts 2016
Nearly 100 Māori and Aotearoa-based Pasifika artists represented this country at the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts in Guåhan ...
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