After touring Europe and Australia and being praised in Rolling Stone magazine, Grant Haua is home. He told me he's going fishing and after the last few... Read More

People tell me I take music too seriously; who am I to argue? Someone has to. This week the wit and intelligence of Kim Hill disappeared from radio - thanks... Read More

I had intended to turn this week over to music reviews. The lede was debut album 'Soul Exodus' from John Michaelz and the Black Brothers Band, local... Read More

This week it's all about blues - and here's an extravagant statement to open with... It may sound like an exaggeration, but I reckon the NZ Blues & BBQ Festival... Read More

Just occasionally, as we rush towards the precipice, it can feel like time is standing still. I've felt that recently, enjoying in the same week both a new... Read More

I do love when local music gets released; today I have some new Tauranga tunes for you. Firstly, there's an album set for release which - due to the complicated... Read More

Way back when, the New Zealand punk scene was a small fragile thing. For all the braggadocio and swaggering fashion violations, anything that radical was going... Read More

Sometimes there's too much happening to keep up. This is one of those weeks. The Tauranga Arts Festival is on; the British and Irish Film Festival is on; and... Read More

OK. This week - gigs. Lotsa them. Saddle up and I'll try and avoid becoming too listicle-like... We're looking ahead to next weekend here, to allow... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Tauranga only occasionally brushes against New Zealand music history but... Read More

I guess I should have expected that something new might cause a little consternation... And so it's been with the Winston Watusi Playlist on Spotify. There has... Read More

No politics this week I promise, just music. I know I went off on a bit of an unruly tangent last week and subsequently someone duly growled at me, via email... Read More