Good old Fred 'n' Barney, I'm sure going to miss them. Like half the musical world and many others I've been reading Life, Keith Richards' 550-page trawl through... Read More

Great albums are like buses - you wait and wait for one to come and then two arrive almost at once.I regularly have little get-togethers of musicians here at the... Read More

You never know when you're going to inadvertently offend someone, and after last week's column, I find myself apologising again.You would have thought a review (and... Read More

I'd almost forgotten my annual complaint about the New Zealand Music Awards, until I got a new album in the post on Monday.I know, I know, the music awards are ancient... Read More

This week's paper comes out on Guy Fawkes Day, one of the few celebrations where we can still do vaguely dangerous stuff. I suspect many of the people merrily lighting... Read More

Sometimes you just have to write a column at the wrong time. This is one of those weeks.I'd love to be writing about The Hobbit. The state of play with regard to... Read More

It's nearly the start of November and everyone I know keeps asking where the year went.Who knows? One minute it's July and we're all amazed that half a year has... Read More

Awards, awards, awards: I must confess I'm not really one for awards ceremonies.I went to the Vodafone NZ Music Awards last week and was over the whole thing after... Read More

I love this time of year - there's a big high sitting over the country and spring is everywhere.Perhaps it's the daylight saving thing. It seemed to arrive at just... Read More

I always believe in giving credit where it is due, so I'll start this week's column by looking back a couple of months. It seems a long time ago now: local body... Read More

Life is uncertain, the world is weird, and if you want to do something you better get on with it.That sounds almost like a philosophy, albeit possibly not one up... Read More

On October 7 a Tauranga album - for the first time - is a finalist in the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.This is good news and a timely validation of the quality... Read More