The Classics: April 23rd
Leonie Holmes.... when expectation ends. NZ musicians, Atoll CD
Entertainment
Music Review: The Gloaming
Music Review: The Gloaming
Something of a super-group of Irish and American musicians, The Gloaming has garnered much praise in recent years for its contemporary take on traditional Irish music, with elements of ambient,...
Music Review: Cardi B
Music Review: Cardi B
Armed with an origin story to rival her famous forebears, Cardi B burst into mainstream consciousness with Bodak Yellow, a track which made money moves and left her rivals riddled with Louboutin...
Music Review: Eb & Sparrow
Music Review: Eb & Sparrow
Wellington-based Eb & Sparrow consists of honey-voiced singer-songwriter Ebony Lamb and her consummate supporting troupe of alt-country-inspired musos.
Electronic dance star Avicii dies
Electronic dance star Avicii found dead
Swedish DJ and record producer Avicii, one of the biggest stars of electronic dance music, has been found dead at the age of 28.
Cooler still making a splash
Cooler still making a splash
Fraser Thompson interviews Splash Club 7's Ferris Cooler.
Party on: Harding wins coveted music award
Party on: Aldous Harding wins coveted music award
Aldous Harding has won the coveted Taite Music Prize for her "bewitching sophomore album'' 'Party', at an awards ceremony in Auckland tonight.
Damn! Kendrick Lamar first rapper to win Pulitzer
Damn! Kendrick Lamar first rapper to win Pulitzer
California rapper Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, one of the most prestigious arts awards in the United States.
Gomez and virtuoso Mintz thrill audience
Gomez and virtuoso Mintz thrill audience
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra was in fine form on Saturday evening for its concert in Dunedin Town Hall.
Warm, lush, yet melancholic
Warm, lush, yet melancholic
Fraser Thompson profiles Wellington band Eb & Sparrow.
Music review: Hopetoun Brown
Music review: Hopetoun Brown
Supergroove's former horn section, Tim Stewart and Nick Atkinson, delivered an awesome Hopetoun Brown set at Womad this year, coinciding with the release of their new album.
Music review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Music review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
The much-anticipated fourth LP for Ruban Nielson's psych-rock outfit is a genuinely international affair, recorded in Seoul, Hanoi, Reykjavik, Mexico City, Auckland and home base Portland, yet it's cohesive enough that you'd barely notice.
Music review: the Weeknd
Music review: the Weeknd
Back before he was everywhere, The Weeknd was mysterious, spooky and weird.
The classics: April 16
The classics: April 16
Boston-based composer Stephan Prock is a film music scholar and freelance composer of contemporary music for soloists, chamber ensembles, orchestra, and film.
For the love of music
For the love of music
Considered one of the foremost violinists of his time, Shlomo Mintz loves the South Island of New Zealand, he tells Rebecca Fox.
Exemplary performance from NZSO
Exemplary performance from NZSO
What a wonderful vehicle for two piano-playing sisters Mozart's Piano Concerto No 10 in E flat for Two Pianos turned out to be.
Neil Finn joins Fleetwood Mac
Neil Finn joins Fleetwood Mac
Kiwi music legend and Crowded House front man Neil Finn has joined Fleetwood Mac.
Footage of bands wanted for film
Footage of bands wanted for film
A documentary-maker is seeking to unearth footage of 1970s, ’80s and ’90s Dunedin scenery, live music venues and live Dunedin Sound bands - particularly The Chills.
Contrast in performances by two choirs
Contrast in performances by two choirs
Grief and joy sums up the two sides to the performance of the City Choir Dunedin and its guest choir Main Street Singers from San Francisco, on Saturday evening at Knox Church.
Fine blend of unaccompanied vocal harmony enjoyed
Fine blend of unaccompanied vocal harmony enjoyed
A fine selection of English a capella madrigals and motets was presented to a good-sized audience yesterday afternoon in Hanover Hall by the Southern Consort of Voices, currently a group of ...