'Keep calm' advice from psychologist
During uncertain times it is important to focus on what one can change rather than what one cannot, a Dunedin psychologist says.
Darryl Baser
Stallholders happy Octagon open to shuttles again
Stallholders happy Octagon open to shuttles again
As the Octagon Experience trial enters its final phase some small scale retailers are happy to see cruise ship passengers being dropped off in the "heart of the city" again.
9th annual Waitati Music Festival rocks the coast
9th annual Waitati Music Festival rocks the coast
The colour, the sights, and - above all else - the sounds, made Bland Park anything BUT, during the Waitati Music Festival on Saturday.
Adios and party on
Adios and party on
Hi all, this is my last column for the Otago Daily Times after 14 years as a music columnist.
Pushing Play: Band buzzes off
Pushing Play: Band buzzes off
Dunedin rock three-piece Honeybone play a final farewell show on Thursday before setting sail for Melbourne.
Familiar faces return
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
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.
Pushing Play: Kaikoura Roots backwith exciting line-up
Pushing Play: Kaikoura Roots backwith exciting line-up
One of the many end-of-year music festivals is the Kaikoura Roots Festival, which is returning after a five-year hiatus on Saturday and Sunday, January 14-15.
Pushing Play: Awesome show
Pushing Play: Awesome show
Wellington band The Golden Awesome have played internationally, and have been around for a couple of years.
Pushing Play: Folk in the South
Pushing Play: Folk in the South
South Island musicians are represented strongly in the Best Folk Album category of this year's Tui awards, with acts from Westland, Canterbury and Otago all in the line-up.
Pushing Play: Nunvember continues
Pushing Play: Nunvember continues
True and dedicated fans of "the Dunedin Sound" will have tickets in their clammy palms in anticipation of seeing The Clean at Sammy's tomorrow night, to help celebrate Flying Nun's 30th birthday.
Pushing Play: Carter steams home
Pushing Play: Carter steams home
Former Dunedin musician Shayne P. Carter has been one of record label Flying Nun's brightest stars.
Pushing Play: 'World Comes Calling' but not in Dunedin
Pushing Play: 'World Comes Calling' but not in Dunedin
The good news is Midnight Youth are touring their new album across New Zealand. Bad news, Dunedinites will have to travel to Christchurch to see them as there is no Dunedin show on the calendar.
Pushing Play: Former Gladeye blue and back
Pushing Play: Former Gladeye blue and back
One-time Dunedin musician Anthony Lander is to return to town with brand-new band The Blue Onesies.
Pushing Play: Pretties getting ready to fly again
Pushing Play: Pretties getting ready to fly again
Wellington supergroup Fly My Pretties returns to Dunedin in the fourth incarnation of the pop-band-cum-travelling-circus.
Pushing Play: Flying Nun proved fit for the long haul
Pushing Play: Flying Nun proved fit for the long haul
Next month, legendary New Zealand record label Flying Nun celebrates its 30th anniversary with a host of shows up and down the country.
Whirlwind tour of three countries
Whirlwind tour of three countries
Dunedinite Julian Temple is a busy man, and he's about to get busier. He's just released his solo album, Nowhere Fast, at a release party at Taste Merchants in Stuart St.
Pushing Play: Fewer tickets for Rippon Festival
Pushing Play: Fewer tickets for Rippon Festival
The biannual Rippon Music Festival is on again next year, with a large line-up planned.
Pushing Play: On the road around the globe
Pushing Play: On the road around the globe
Cut Off Your Hands lead singer Nick Johnston says the band has spent an inordinate amount of time on the road recently, enjoying playing in quality company at big festivals.
Pushing Play: Celtic and proud
Pushing Play: Celtic and proud
The Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival concerts at Knox Church include the "Portobello Years" performance tonight, featuring three-time Tui award winner Bob McNeill.