11/11/2020
Mali Mali, the adopted moniker of Auckland singer-songwriter Ben Tolich, is ten years old this year. Starting with 2010’s ...
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Dave Gibson is on stage in a red bomber jacket and a hat that reads ‘Drop Out’, wiping away sweat and telling the crowd ...
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The wordplay in the title is self-evident but what is not so apparent about Kody Nielson ’s new album, ‘Birthday Suite’, ...
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Grayson Gilmour is getting older. I say that not to be disrespectful, but because there’s something about his new album, ...
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Headed up by Alexander Green, the Wellington downtempo trio Groeni build on the successes of their self-titled first EP with ...
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Pianist Michael Houstoun and soprano Jenny Wollerman first performed this recital at the Wanaka Festival of Colour in 2013. ...
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The birth of ‘Redaction’ – a daring new collaboration between Richard Nunns’ taonga pūoro and Mark Lockett on drums, ...
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For followers of New Zealand jazz the name Alan Brown is not unfamiliar. Known from a myriad of quality live and recording ...
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Isaac Tollestrup, better known by his pseudonym Hartebeest, strikes me as a musician who belongs very much to his generation. ...
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