This week: gigs and new music. The gigs are easy to describe, the music? Hmm... Okay. Two gigs. One word: folky. This Sunday, August 28, The Harmonic Resonators... Read More

Sometime musing is in order: this week's arises from last weekend, which was musically unusual. For starters, music was a tad light on the ground here as no fewer... Read More

It's deja vu all over again this week - more upcoming local gigs... Once again I'm going to look two weekends ahead, to give everyone the chance to assemble their... Read More

Last week it was new recordings in the Bay - this week it's gigs. After a relatively quiet winter, people seem to be more relaxed about Covid and there is... Read More

Sychronicity. Not just the name of a Police album - it's something that happens. It's rare that 'the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly... Read More

Another week gone and more people seem to be re-embracing live music. This is nothing but a good thing. Wear a mask, keep your distance, whatever works for you,... Read More

The word 'punk' means different things to different people - and that's even before you start using it as a musical term. Once you start trying to... Read More

One thing I love about music, and the music scene, is that it exists simultaneously in so many different guises. Case in point: from several recent and upcoming... Read More

We all know about what they say about famines and feasts and buses. It's also true of music. Sometimes I struggle to think of something to write about. These... Read More

The only thing I've got to say this week about the Port of Tauranga 59th National Jazz Festival is a reminder. Here's that reminder: there are still tickets available... Read More

Tauranga's been in the news a bit recently; you've got to be proud. As only the fifth-largest city in the country we tend to get a little passed over, so any... Read More

Okay. Through the downpour and drizzle, I think I see a jazz festival approaching... It's not long now till Matariki and, being the first time we've celebrated... Read More