I have a book out from the library. It’s a little overdue. Actually, it’s about eight years overdue. I suspect they’ve cancelled my Auckland Public Library membership by now. The book is called ‘The Shoestring Pirates’ by Adrian Blackburn. It’s the true account (more or less) of four men who set sail to establish a [...]
Categories: Radio
Tagged: Auckland, Book, hauraki, New Zealand, Radio
My ‘Soul Food Sunday‘ jazz (etc.) sessions at the Hare and Hounds each week are now being broadcast on a local radio station in Mangawhai called Smooth Jazz 88.1FM. Mangawhai is a beachfront holiday village in the north of the North Island of New Zealand. It has spectacular sand dunes, a lagoon-style harbour, a surf [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: jazz, New Zealand, Radio
I went for a walk into the Kings Heath High Street to do a few errands and pop into the local record shop – and I bumped into my friend Jez and Brian from UB40 outside the Hare & Hounds. It turns out Jez and Sam Coley were making a radio documentary about the 30th [...]
Categories: Birmingham,Music
Tagged: Hare and Hounds, kings heath, Music, New Zealand, UB40
Eventually by The Phoenix Foundation More kiwi pop – and today it’s the eagerly awaited new Phoenix Foundation album that came out yesterday. I love that important, popular and significant New Zealand bands are using Bandcamp more and more to release their music. It’s fast becoming the default method – and rightly so. This is [...]
Categories: Music
Tagged: bandcamp, New Zealand, Phoenix Foundation
Degrees of Existence by Dimmer If you haven’t already heard it, press play to listen to the Dimmer album that came out last year. Such a great record.
Categories: Music,New Zealand
Tagged: bandcamp, dimmer, Music, New Zealand
Just returned from London where I was interviewing Zane Lowe for a radio documentary I’m making with Sam Coley for Radio New Zealand. The programme is called Musical Chairs, and it’s a series that focuses on New Zealand musicians, and tells their story through interview and music. Of course, Zane’s not really known over here [...]
Categories: Music,New Zealand,Radio
One New Zealand Music Video a day for NZ Music Month… the last one in the series, in fact. If you want to see more New Zealand music videos, there’s a site that specialises in exactly that: NZ Music Videos.
Tagged: Music, New Zealand, Video
One New Zealand Music Video a day for NZ Music Month.
Tagged: Music, New Zealand, Video
Okay – now this is weird. I had wanted today’s NZ Music video to be ‘Destiny in Motion’ by Satellite Spies, but there’s a copyright claim stopping it being played on YouTube. “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by S.E.R.L. Science Trustee Ltd. and Keith G. Moyle.” – Google/Wikipedia says [...]
Tagged: Music, New Zealand, Video
One New Zealand Music Video a day for NZ Music Month.
Tagged: Music, New Zealand, Video
