09:03am Fri 06 Jul, 2018
Sarah Spicer I don't have a lot of connective tissue for this week's column. But what I've got are many interesting and eclectic gigs, which have... Read More
09:36am Fri 29 Jun, 2018
If you'll excuse me this week, I'll skip what's coming up and pause for a few recollections; one of Tauranga's great 'characters” has left... Read More
08:43am Fri 22 Jun, 2018
Folk music is noticeably popular in the Tauranga area. It's been that way since I started writing for The Weekend Sun and doesn't seem in any danger of dying... Read More
10:28am Fri 15 Jun, 2018
Perhaps I've become a little pessimistic, but lately I keep seeing signs of the end of the world. Because things don't seem good. Fears of an impending... Read More
09:41am Fri 08 Jun, 2018
Next Saturday, June 16, there's a gig to say goodbye to Brilleaux. Again. Many people suspected that when Brilleaux frontman Graham Clark moved to Hawke's Bay... Read More
01:30pm Fri 01 Jun, 2018
It's a messy one this week - a couple of bits 'n' bobs that I can't tie together. Firstly, I wanted to follow up on last week's column. You can find... Read More
10:43am Fri 25 May, 2018
One of the many enjoyable things about writing a column is learning new things. That's about fifty per cent of the beat really: you learn a bunch of new stuff,... Read More
01:25pm Fri 18 May, 2018
Gigs, gigs, gigs. They keep piling up. This week I have a veritable plethora of them.Let's start with a couple of one-offs. On May 31, singer Lydia Pense and guitarist... Read More
11:03am Fri 11 May, 2018
I sometimes get a case of the guilts over things I neglect to write about.There is so much music and music-related activity in Tauranga that I know there are bucket-loads... Read More
10:56am Fri 04 May, 2018
'The only constant thing with you is change.” Ritchie Pickett wrote that a few years ago in his song ‘Chameleon'.He wasn't actually the first to coin... Read More
09:19am Fri 27 Apr, 2018
Not long ago people predicted that recording studios could go the way of video shops; recent evidence suggests a premature judgement.If you've followed this column... Read More
11:36am Fri 20 Apr, 2018
On February 28 this year, iconic Auckland pub the Kings Arms finally closed its doors after nearly 120 years in business. The pub has now been bulldozed to make... Read More