MySpace has been making plenty of noise about its new music platform, following the New Zealand release of MySpace Music last week.
Author, city councillor and handyman Dave Cull has turned his eyes to the skies for his forthcoming book, Big Weather South, a collaborative effort that harnesses the talents of Otago Daily Times photographers. Shane Gilchrist reports.
Dunedin music fans will have an opportunity chance to catch two award-winning female performers over the next week.
Three years since her brother was killed by a recidivist drink-driver, Dunedin woman Megan McPherson continues to confront the problem. Shane Gilchrist reports.
As another Father's Day looms, Shane Gilchrist ponders cats, kindness and curiosity ...
Songwriter, artist, teacher aide, father, doodler and hoarder ... Robert Scott is a man who can't keep still, Shane Gilchrist discovers.
From Nashville to Barcelona (and various other points around the globe), life for Liam Finn is a bit of a blur. With a new EP and other studio projects about to be aired, the songwriting troubadour is back in New Zealand for a quick tour. Shane Gilchrist steals some of his precious time.
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the most famous rock festival in the world. Shane Gilchrist explores the event's resonance with Mike Evans, co-editor of a new book on the subject.
The launch of his first book, the 70th anniversary of his family construction company . . . August is turning out to be a busy month for John Breen. Still, the Alexandra man prefers to have a few projects in the pipeline, writes Shane Gilchrist.
John Breen has had more than a few challenges in the construction business over the years, but his first book has also had its share of logistical issues.
From Dunedin to North America, Europe and Australia, Matt Joe Gow has travelled a circuitous route to release the album he has always wanted to make, writes Shane Gilchrist.
The album is alive and well and living in Dunedin. Shane Gilchrist talks to Verlaines frontman Graeme Downes.
Divorce affects about a third of us. And then there are the kids to consider, writes Shane Gilchrist.
As Cadbury's Chocolate Carnival comes to a close, Shane Gilchrist ponders the sweet and the sour.
The following is an edited transcript of Shane Gilchrist's interviews with The Puddle founder, singer-songwriter and guitarist George D. Henderson, and his drum-playing brother, Ian, conducted by phone on Monday, June 29, before the band embarked on a national tour beginning this weekend.
Two albums in as many years, good reviews and, wait for it, a national tour... has The Puddle shed its dishevelled skin? Shane Gilchrist reports.
Precipitated by a "perfect storm" of events, from the climatic to the financial, the global food crisis affects 15% of the world's population.
Got a penchant for pyrotechnics? Shane Gilchrist takes a look at a couple of heavy rock DVDs.
Public nudity, in-your-face energy, big stages and lots of albums... the '90s were something of a blur for Head Like A Hole.
Helen van der Linden, winner of the 2009 New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards, moved amid a throng of fellow competitors, well-wishers and country music fans gathered in a room off to the side of the main auditorium at the Gore Town and Country Club late on Sunday night.