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04/04/2016

Greg Johnson: Swing The Lantern

It astounds that even a musician with the back catalogue and talent of Greg Johnson has to crowd fund a new album. Just as ...

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Golden Curtain: Hell Is Other People

Album number three for Hawke’s Bay’s Golden Curtain, the super tight three-piece of guitarist Andrew Mckenzie, bass player ...

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25/02/2016

Mas Hunt: The Critic and The Visionary EP

Melbourne-based Kiwi hip hop artist Mas Hunt (real name, no gimmicks), brings his perspective to bear on entities every ...

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18/02/2016

Anna Hawkins: Divine

Anna Hawkins crosses the great divides of pop, classical, opera and Celtic – and does so beautifully, with stunning voice ...

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23/10/2015

Review: Laney Ironheart IRT-Pulse USB Valve Pre-amp

Analogue to digital convertor technology is now cost-effective enough to be integrated into any aspect of the audio chain. ...

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12/08/2015

Gear Review: DigiTech Live Harmony Vocal Processor

"That'’s a cool radio,”" says my eight-year-old son as I slide the Digitech Live Performance Intelligent Vocal Harmony ...

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23/06/2015

Gear Review: Five MIDI Controllers Compared

This issue'’s multi-love gear review saw SAE Institute’'s Recording Arts degree class test five portable and inexpensive ...

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17/04/2015

Fishman Fluence Multi-Voice Electric Guitar Pickups

It'’s strange to think that electric guitars, and more specifically here their pickups, still largely adhere to a design ...

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04/09/2014

Review: Banjos on Any Budget

I was talking to a luthier in Auckland the other day who told me that when he started out 20 years ago, he'’d see maybe ...

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