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Fifty years is a long time to do anything – if you want to spend that length of time on something you need to start young. Luckily, Shona Laing...
Many people I know switch off a bit at this time of year. While a lot of folk are now back at work and the beaches are becoming quieter, there are a...
Many people I know switch off a bit at this time of year. While a lot of folk are now back at work and the beaches are becoming quieter, there are a...
So we're now over a week into 2021. Hmmm... There was a vague sense that once we farewelled that savage Year Of Our Lord 2020 things would change....
This is the last column of the year and it comes with traditions. There's a cocktail recipe coming up, and I'd like to offer a big swoop of the Bogie...
We're taking next week off, so this'll be the last column before Christmas. Traditionally for this one I try to include a bunch of recommendations...
Winston Watusi Music Plus I have always thought of the Tauranga music scene as pretty middle-of-the-road. But perhaps I've been wrong. That...
Winston Watusi Music Plus Is it wrong to keep patting ourselves on the back for being so lucky? After a while does it come across as hubris? I...
Winston Watusi Music Plus The Tauranga launch for Janne Izett's debut album is next weekend. It's been a long journey... You might have come...
Winston Watusi Music Plus November must have been designated Album Release Month by the musical powers that be. Sean Bodley and Anthony Coulter...
We may be fresh out of a long weekend but the music never stops. Well, I say that but it does seem that there is a little breathing space this...
It seems a long time since I've written about Bob Dylan. No doubt that has caused rejoicing amongst the many of you fine readers who harbour an...
Just occasionally I feel a bit overwhelmed by the sheer volume of music all around us. And this week is one of those times since every day seems to...
This week it looks like a case of déjà vu all over again. Shows once cancelled are returning apace. It's happening so much that when I started...
This year has been a bit of a write-off from many perspectives. But since we've now managed to crawl through till October, allow me to preview a...
I often come across stories I'd like to share that have no musical component. That's why this column is called “Music Plus”; a certain amount of...
This week is all about Eugene O'Reilly's latest project: The Hallstars Volume One. Many know Eugene from the band Five O'Clock Shadow and his time at...
This week's column comes in two sections; there is no segue. The reason is that I've spent the week listening to one of the most remarkable local...
These are, to say the least, trying times for musicians. Faced with the current situation you can either postpone everything or push on through. ...
Justin Townes Earle. On Sunday I got an email from Ticketmaster. The subject line read: ‘Can you believe it's been a year since Justin Townes...
Let's start this week by taking time out for that evergreen segment of many a social function – a little housekeeping. I have spent the past month...
Last week I started looking at live music in August. This week? More of the same. I know I keep going on about it, but for someone who keeps a...
I used to assume that when days start getting longer, they also get warmer. Sadly that’s not true. And with the arrival of August imminent, a...
If you thought things in the world were weird before now then just hang on for what's next. This is not the best time to be making predictions but...
The floodgates have opened, the damn has broken, the cows are coming home to roost. Yes, it is again all on in the live music scene. Bands are...
One more week and one more small sign that we're returning to normal. Concerts in the Gallery at the Te Puna Quarry Park are kicking off again this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The music scene at the moment reminds me of one of those David Attenborough documentaries. We've all seen them: gorgeous time-lapse photography...
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...
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...
Music Plus And we're off again! You can't keep a good paper down and much...