I was up at the Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival a couple of months ago and the band people were talking about was Brilleaux. Over the past few years the four-piece... Read More

For many reasons I have long bemoaned the lack of an alternative radio station in Tauranga. There have been various attempts to start such a venture here; the latest... Read More

Feedback keeps coming in from the last couple of weeks' columns, from the backslappingly supportive to the entertainingly abusive. Which is great! Nothing like a... Read More

I don't write the headlines here. That's not a philosophical statement, just a matter of fact. So I was as surprised as anyone to read when I checked out the column... Read More

Many years ago - sometime in the mid-nineties - there was for two years an event called the Bay Music Awards. It was a great idea and one that is well deserving... Read More

Here's a Tauranga musical trivia question: which band or singer has released the most albums? There are, in my admittedly anecdotal calculations, three obvious contenders.... Read More

It's been a good week: another local CD out and another album from Bob. What more can one ask? The local CD arrived courtesy of singer/songwriter Colleen Gibson,... Read More

Anyone who's read this column for a while knows I love Hot Club Sandwich. I have all their albums and have seen them several times in concert; each time I see them... Read More

It's good to know that CDs haven't totally disappeared off the collective radar yet, despite declining sales. Because, late in the year though it may be, the slow... Read More

What a pleasure to be writing this and looking out to a clear blue sky. It seems to have been raining for ever. Not that I mind the rain. I grew up reading Philip... Read More

The new album from Redwood Trail is so good that people don't know what to make of it. If that sounds strange, let me explain… Every so often a local CD comes... Read More

There seems to have been a lot happening this past week: amazing achievements, deaths, fascinating court cases, and some musical stuff too… The Olympics are... Read More