06:00am Fri 11 Nov, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 04 Nov, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 28 Oct, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 21 Oct, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 14 Oct, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 07 Oct, 2022
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
01:44pm Fri 30 Sep, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 09 Sep, 2022
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
01:11pm Fri 02 Sep, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 26 Aug, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 19 Aug, 2022
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
06:00am Fri 12 Aug, 2022
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