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
