18/02/2019
Gordon Joll is a name that may well be naggingly familiar, having sat behind the drums for some genuinely legendary Kiwi ...
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The list of a dozen contributing musicians includes three on fiddle, two on bass and two playing bodhran, so yes, this is ...
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The first solo album from Harry Lyon is surprisingly good – by which I don’t mean to denigrate – but rather tell you ...
READ MORE >27/07/2018
With a title that evocative, it’s not surprising that The Day That Peace Broke Out proves the highlight track of Andy Bassett’s ...
READ MORE >24/07/2018
Launching straight into U2 ‘Rattle And Hum’ territory with Jump The Rope (from which the album title originates), far ...
READ MORE >04/07/2018
The almost innocuous opening to the album and first single, My Brain Exploded, proves to be emblematic of a release that ...
READ MORE >28/06/2018
‘Spend my nights with an old guitar, playing my pain away.’ From the measured opening piano chords of the thoughtfully ...
READ MORE >01/03/2018
Hailing originally from rural Otago, Jono Heyes formed his own world music group called Mama Yeva – in Dunedin of all places ...
READ MORE >22/02/2018
Back in 2015, Auckland keyboardist Alan Brown released an album of ambient piano improvisations, the premise being to allow ...
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