Darryl Baser

    Shihad return south for Orientation.

    Adios and party on

    Hi all, this is my last column for the Otago Daily Times after 14 years as a music columnist.

    Familiar faces return

    Anna Coddington

    Familiar faces return

    Anna Coddington Auckland musician Anna Coddington clocked up the frequent flier miles between her adopted home and Dunedin last year, and by the looks of it is set to do likewise in 2012. Chatting from Auckland, she says time with the whanau was a welcome break over Christmas. "Raglan for Christmas and Wellington for New Year's. Two of my favourite places."

    Talented Ms Smith

    Kylie Price

    Talented Ms Smith

    Well, all but one of the major end-of-one-year, start-of-another music festivals have come and gone, leaving the music industry to continue chugging along, like Thomas the Tank Engine, in a business-as-usual fashion.