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

There are two gigs coming up next week which I want to tell you about - an album launch and the return of a popular band who have kept a low profile this year.... Read More

I have often said that a wonderful thing about music is that you continually discover it in random order. This week I have been listening to Matt Bodman's album... Read More

Well, happy birthday to us - 10 years ain't a bad start! To mark this momentous occasion I'm picking 10 things from the past decade that have popped my musical... Read More