Watch video: New Finn single for City Mission
Neil Finn has just released a brand new track - with the help of his Fleetwood Mac bandmates - to support the Auckland City Mission.
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Stage set for ‘Industrial Sessions’
Stage set for ‘Industrial Sessions’
A trio of Queenstown production and entertainment companies have taken live streaming to a $30,000 calibre.
Artists adapting to change
Artists adapting to change
Audience members have to be kept apart and stay seated. Conditions are not conducive for live music but Dunedin performers and venues are keen to keep the vibe alive. Grant Miller reports.
Knowing your Bowie
Knowing your Bowie
A new book on David Bowie makes connections, writes Tom McKinlay.
Singing rings to rafters
Singing rings to rafters
''The Music Lives On''.
Hocken staff celebrate NZ music
Hocken staff celebrate NZ music
A global pandemic has not stopped Hocken Collections staff from celebrating New Zealand Music Month.
Performers taking to the treetops
Performers taking to the treetops
Queenstown musicians Sofia Machray (left) and Pearly McGrath will be among about 20 performers taking to the treetops next weekend for the inaugural Ziptrek ‘‘Treehouse Sessions’’.
Saving our living rooms
Saving our living rooms
Of the venues in Dunedin, the one I love the most is the Crown Hotel, writes Fraser Thompson.
Sharing vocals works for Gow
Sharing vocals works for Gow
Melbourne-based Dunedin musician Matt Joe Gow has been fielding positive feedback since winning Music Victoria’s Country Album of the Year award. While his next album is on the distant horizon, he...
Young musician makes most of lockdown time
Young musician makes most of lockdown time
Being in lockdown for the past seven weeks has given young musician Keira Wallace the golden opportunity to work on some new songs.
Dunedin music venue seeking benefactors
Dunedin music venue seeking benefactors
Dunedin bohemian musical hub Dog With Two Tails is relying on a financial boost from people with happy memories of the venue to keep it viable long enough for a post-Covid-19 party.
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard dies
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard dead at 87
Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, has died.
Coast singer a chart-topper
Coast singer a chart-topper
While Covid-19 has temporarily clipped the public performance wings of rising Westport country artist Jaydin Shingleton, his single has hit the top of New Zealand's on-line charts.
Dunedin songwriter wins best debut award
Dunedin songwriter wins best debut award
Dunedin songwriter and former Otago Daily Times columnist Millie Lovelock won the best independent debut award for her 2019 album Relief at last night’s Taite Music Awards.
She’s got it locked down
She’s got it locked down
Millie Lovelock picked up one of New Zealand’s most prestigious contemporary music prizes this week. Opportunities for celebration were limited, Tom McKinlay writes.
School choir dispersed but not dispirited
School choir dispersed but not dispirited
A global pandemic was never going to stop an Invercargill boys’ choir from collectively singing their lungs out.
It’s fine online
It’s fine online
After a few weeks of figuring out the new normal, last weekend demonstrated that the local live music scene is far from dead — it’s just different now, pretty much like everything else.
The Times They Are A-Changin' lyrics may break record
The Times They Are A-Changin' lyrics may break record
Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics to his 1960s classic The Times They Are A-Changin' are going up for sale with a $3.6 million asking price in what could mark a world record for rock lyrics.
Streaming concert a chance to catch up with local artists
Streaming concert a chance to catch up with local artists
Named after the series of television advertorials from the 2000s, music festival Better Living, Everyone has been quietly wowing Otautahi crowds since 2015. This year they’re doing it again — online.
Handwritten 'Hey Jude' lyrics sell for $1.4m
The Beatles' handwritten 'Hey Jude' lyrics sell for $1.4m at auction
Artist Paul McCartney's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles' hit song "Hey Jude" sold for $910,000 (NZ$1.49m) on Friday, nine times its original estimate, auction house Julien's Auctions said.