Only a week to go now and the 57th National Jazz Festival will be underway. Of course, the music has already begun, what with the very successful National Youth... Read More

It's April, the cruellest month as TS Eliot called it, but here in Tauranga it is time for musical celebration with The Tauranga National Jazz Festival. This... Read More

Time flies when you're having fun, so it surprised me to realise that this month marks my 800th column for The Weekend Sun. I started these columns in 2003 ... Read More

The way we access our entertainment is always changing; it can be hard to keep up. I certainly feel that way. I find it increasingly difficult to know what new... Read More

New Zealanders have a soft spot for St Patrick; I put it down to the snakes. I arrived in New Zealand some 40 years ago and one thing that struck me then, which... Read More

Death was in the air last week. Excuse me if I dwell on it. Luke Perry, star of a TV show that 'defined the ‘90s” died at 52 after a stroke. Keith... Read More

If you're planning something musical in the Bay - be it a festival, concert, show, gig, album, EP or single - there's one easy way to publicise it: contact me. There... Read More

It's always a pleasure to dish out a happy birthday, and that's what I'm doing this week. It's a big birthday at the beginning of March in the ever-expanding,... Read More

We return to the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things currently making him happy. This week he's once again as contented as a cat sitting in a... Read More

An obvious indicator of getting older is people you know dying. I realise that's not a very happy way to start a column, but at a certain time of life - and I... Read More

What a fantastically sunny run of events we've had! It's been great this year. Bay Dreams, One Love, Slash, Toto, the 80s disco show, Live Music at The Lettuce... Read More

There are all sorts of people recording music in Tauranga. At one end of the scale are professional bands and musicians - practitioners who either have been,... Read More