As the music scene returns to normal so does this column; this week we've got a blues gig and a new album. The album, My Red Guitar, is by Tauranga local Ian... Read More

Some weeks things simply don't work out the way you planned. Following a column talking about local studios and the types of albums they produce, I planned to... Read More

It's an odd feeling, but things seem to be returning to normal. And once again, as I follow foreign news from America, Britain, India, even little Singapore... Read More

Brighton, like many English cites, has a vibrant jazz scene; and there's a drummer from Tauranga right in the midst of it. Mainstay of the scene is a black Berklee-trained... Read More

We are living, and forgive me for stating the bleedin' obvious, in unusual times. While we ponder moving to Level One, much of the world is tearing itself... Read More

While many things seem almost normal again, the music scene is currently living in limbo. Actually, I think that's true of a lot of Tauranga; this slightly... Read More

The music scene at the moment reminds me of one of those David Attenborough documentaries. We've all seen them: gorgeous time-lapse photography takes us through... Read More

As I write this we are about to end level 3; as you read this we will have just entered level 2. Things are changing. Many of us - including at the Watusi Country... Read More

I have a strange tale for you today. It involves the notion of being an artist and, I guess, that age-old question: what is art? I find the whole 'being an artist”... Read More

Greetings from lockdown. We're all in the same boat now... I got in early, going into self-isolation 30 hours before the entire country after picking up the... Read More

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a slowly descending silence. Things are not going well right now. I sat down with a friend for a drink... Read More

'Jazz is not dead” - that's what Frank Zappa famously said; he added 'It just smells funny”. It's a good line. I almost hesitate to repeat... Read More