Swallows are gathering; it must be spring. Like the blossoms, new music is appearing every day. There are intriguing gigs to point to but let's start... Read More

What with the Tauranga Arts Festival spreading throughout the city, it's been a busy time. The festival finishes this weekend and if you happen to have grabbed... Read More

For the first decade of this column one subject arose more than any other: Tauranga's lack of music venues. It's still an issue, but exactly 10 years ago... Read More

There are killer blues-rock gigs next week but firstly, instrumental albums. Tim Julian, from Welcome Bay's Colourfield Studio has just released ‘Experiments... Read More

Every so often music comes along that makes you smile in delight. That happened to me twice this week, so I feel particularly fortunate, both instances caused... Read More

School holidays are here. It's raining again. Must be October. I know. Everyone's busy. So this week a ‘sound-bite' column seems appropriate: a bunch... Read More

To Spotify or not to Spotify? That is the question. It's a discussion I've had with more than a few musicians this week, since Tiki Taane and others pulled... Read More

Let's start where we left off last week, with BB & The Bullets. The blues-rock trio has released their debut album ‘High Tide', recorded at the Whanganui... Read More

There are new local music releases, and things approaching fast - let's look backwards and forwards in part one of two. A couple of bands I mentioned last... Read More

There's one of those weekends coming up in Tauranga, actually more of a week, that's incredibly busy. If you have friends with broad music taste wanting to... Read More

The Tauranga edition of this year's New Zealand International Film Festival has arrived. It's always a bittersweet moment for film-lovers as the smaller Tauranga... Read More

Spring has sprung. I think. Daffodils have bloomed at the Watusi Country Club and fresh musical shoots are sprouting all over. It's a start. Let's begin at... Read More