December eh? December has arrived and with it, the countdown to Christmas. It goes like that. October, November - nothing happening, Christmas is months away.... Read More

Right. I've had a couple of weeks off from local music; let's remount the horse... There is, as you might expect, an absolute glut of eclectic live music occurring... Read More

Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno got me thinking about art this week. Eno's been around the block and is a smart chap. I don't know if a... Read More

Bob Dylan has written another book; it's one every songwriter will want to read. Let's take time off this week from the local. Why not? Things continue apace... Read More

November is New Zealand Blues Month. Why not? I was thinking about the recently-minted Blues Roots & Grooves Festival in Palmerston North and I reckon it would... Read More

Musicians tend to do a bit of everything - but not Mike Garner. Particularly in a place the size of Tauranga you'll find most musicians have played a broad range... Read More

This week - a couple of live shows. There's a blues afternoon at the end of the month but, first, a fella coming to Katikati who needs no introduction. So what... Read More

There is, as is often noted, a lot of music out there. Exactly how much is open to speculation... For a while now people have been touting figures from Spotify... Read More

I've got a bunch of disparate things for you today, much of it live music of various sorts. But first of all I wanted to mention the death of yet another from... Read More

I feel a sense of returning to normality with this column - for the past week I've been living with Tall Dwarfs. To live with Tall Dwarfs - the New Zealand duo... Read More

This week it's a gig and a round-up of recent releases. Let's get right to it... First the gig, which is one I mentioned a few weeks back. More information has... Read More

This week I review a new album by Liam Hagan, which has amazed and fascinated me. But first, a gig I wanted to mention since it's celebrating a debut release.... Read More