04/05/2022

Alayna: Just So

Alayna Powley first made heads turn back in 2013 with a Youtube rendition of Nirvana by Sam Smith that went viral. She's ...

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18/03/2022

X-Factory: 2021 Silver Scroll Award Finalist Songs

Yes I know, I never seem to get it right. Even though every year I usually write an article for the X-Factory trying to predict ...

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26/07/2021

First NZMC Capability Grants Announced

The NZ Music Commission has confirmed 29 grants in the first round of the Capability Grants Programme, which closed on June ...

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15/06/2021

X-Factory: Rosé – On The Ground

Rosé, hyperreality, harmony and the pop-drop. The term hyperreality was coined by French theorist Jean Baudrillard to describe ...

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17/03/2021

X-Factory: Ka Mānu, Rob Ruha & Protest Songs

Acclaimed musicologist Daniel Levitin has argued that songs can be split into six categories according to their evolutional, ...

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10/03/2021

Jazmine Mary: Tangy To The Tongue

Australian-born singer, guitarist and self-managed all-round artist Jazmine Rose Phillips, aka Jazmine Mary, has hit the ...

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11/01/2021

What Do You Call A Series Of Producers?

Music is fashion and movements within the musical landscape often come in waves that follow, or sometimes herald the arrival ...

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05/01/2021

Sonshine Unit: Sonshine State Of Mind

SONSHINE STATE OF MIND by Sonshine Unit

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09/12/2020

Paige: Turning Yellow into Gold

From the vantage point of NZMusician.co.nz, it’s sometimes easy to see when a new artist is kicking up more dust than any ...

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