Music

Interesting things (and some music)

Sometimes you come across a bit of information that you've just got to share. Because one of life's great pleasures is sharing; be it sharing movies, music or... Read More

Farewelling Music Month with more music

And just like that New Zealand Music Month comes to an end. Not that you'd notice… Perhaps I have become cynical but the whole ‘music biz' seems... Read More

Games, gigs and more for Music Month

It's still NZ Music Month, so this week is more of last week: local music, live and elsewhere... First of all, how about starting your day with a little Kiwi... Read More

A deluge of music at the Jam Factory

And we're off! Yes, New Zealand Music Month is up and running… So, as promised, I'll be looking at a few upcoming shows this week as it looks like next... Read More

New music for NZ Music Month

If April, as T.S. Elliot proclaimed, really is the cruellest month then let's be thankful it's over and move straight on to New Zealand Music Month. Of course... Read More

A new album from Shirley Ryder

Prolific local singer Shirley Ryder has been at it again: she has a new album and it is ready for release during NZ Music Month. This will be her fifth set of... Read More

Missing jazz? Wait till Matariki!

OK! Orange is here and with it music and we are absolutely indubitably rolling again. Some starts immediately, some will arrive after a predictable lag while... Read More

Living in a divided land

We live in a divided country; it's sad to see and I don't know what can be done to solve the problem. I'm not talking about Covid here. Enough about that. We're... Read More

NZ too quiet? Go to Europe

Welcome to another week of things not quite happening. It is, as pretty much everyone I run into says, a bit weird at the moment. Not that I'm actually running... Read More

It was 60 years ago today…

All of us have wished, sometime, for a time machine. It would come in handy for many a situation: the brief instant you realise you have just fallen out of a... Read More

Happy birthday Mr O’Brien

Let's start this week with some birthday wishes. It happens that one of the Bay's more famous residents, the very fabulous Richard O'Brien, is celebrating his... Read More

New music: David Long and Frank Turner

Is it too early to get nostalgic for CDs? I must confess to being slightly baffled by still-flourishing vinyl revival. What is it people hear in vinyl? 'The sound... Read More