Since we live in such a tech-savvy interconnected world, you'd think it would be getting simpler, not harder, to find stuff. We're certainly told that... Read More

Two albums have been on heavy rotate recently at The Watusi Country Club. There's the fantastic new offering from a legendary veteran who is churning out... Read More

That's what Paul Revere is reputed to have shouted on his famous 1775 midnight ride to warn sleeping Massachusetts colonists of the advancing British army. It... Read More

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Yep, we're starting this week with an eminently true bit of French. For those less familiar with... Read More

The Bay is becoming a new home for music festivals in New Zealand. Spring Things - on at the Mount's Soper Reserve over Labour Weekend - Bay Dreams and One Love,... Read More

October this year is a tricky time for promoters and bands: the Rugby World Cup messes everything up. It's not as though every single person in the country... Read More

It's October already, a month for female singer-songwriters to wend their way to Tauranga. There has been a huge rise of female singer-songwriters in recent... Read More

So much music, so little time... There really is so much on that I'm looking for a way to present something other than what amounts to a seven hundred word... Read More

It's time for Part Two of The Great 2019 Mayoral Music Survey. The first four respondents featured last week (see www.sunlive.co.nz). They were: Kelvin Clout, John... Read More

Politics. It's a funny old game, innit? We're counting down to another local election. Time for everyone to try and remember who to punish for messing up Tauranga's... Read More

Gigs. Next weekend. Damn, but there're a lot of them... Starting on Friday (September 13) we once again find ourselves at The Jam Factory. It is a popular spot... Read More

Some weeks this column wanders. And why not? It's called Music Plus and there's a lot of 'Plus” out there to add onto the Music. I am, however,... Read More