Another day, another level change, another cancellation. Don't you just love 2021? I must confess that, like pretty much everyone else, I didn't really heed the... Read More

There is a special music night at Jack Dusty's next weekend - a belated tribute to one of the city's best guitar players. Mike Everard, most recently in the spotlight... Read More

I get increasingly sick of today's 'influencers” - mostly fly-by-night narcissists angling for sponsorship and self-promotion. But there are real Kiwi... Read More

Are we still between gigs? Yeah, pretty much, so we'll go elsewhere this week. Sure, there is stuff happening. Jack Dusty's, the Barrel Room and the Hop House... Read More

Two important things are happening this weekend: a farewell and a welcome. The hello is for local musician Brendan McCarthy's debut album, which has occupied... Read More

Musicians around the country have been feeling a bit like James Bond and, like the dapper Englishman, are slowly emerging from hibernation. But often that's not... Read More

I like long, unusual words in songs; there are only so many times you can rhyme 'love” and 'above”. I was reminded of this yesterday as I listened... Read More

Today's paper arrives on the first day of October; three quarters of the year has passed. It always seems at around this point that the year has rushed by,... Read More

And here we are again; it's musical Groundhog Day. We're in on-again/off-again territory and I can't help thinking the single most useful thing for the Bay right... Read More

Once again I write this while much of the city and the Bay remains silent, devoid of live music. It's been harder this time. The Delta variant has screwed over... Read More

I don't know anybody who is happy about the state of television at the moment. That's what I was going to write about this week, and I still intend to. But there's... Read More

During our first lockdown last year, one of the saddest losses to Covid was the extraordinary American producer Hal Wilner. Initially a producer with Saturday Night... Read More