Rhythm and Vines postponed to Easter Weekend
After weeks of speculation and angry fans demanding answers, Rhythm & Vines has today announced they will be postponing their annual New Year's Eve festival to Easter Weekend 2022.
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Scientist picks up the mic for vaxx rap
Scientist picks up the mic for vaxx rap
He might be more at home conducting lab tests than dropping rhymes on the mic, but an Auckland scientist has teamed up with an artist to record a rap song with an important message for anyone yet to get the Covid jab.
A musical era, collected
A musical era, collected
Dunedin is famous for the ‘‘Dunedin Sound’’, its origins, bands and personalities the subject of many an exhibition and documentary. The latest at the Hocken Library is special in its ability to pull together a range of memorabilia from the time, curators Katherine Milburn and Amanda Mills tell Rebecca Fox.
Farewell with ‘Messiah’
Farewell with ‘Messiah’
Having given his family a taste of New Zealand life, singer Paul Whelan is about to head back to a winter Christmas in New York but not without performing the season’s classic Messiah for Dunedin audiences, he tells Rebecca Fox.
Australian designer Katie Perry takes on pop star over trademark
Australian designer Katie Perry takes on pop star over trademark
Sydney fashion designer Katie Perry has given evidence in her case against pop star Katy Perry for breach of trademark.
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim dies
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim dies
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who helped American musical theatre reach new artistic heights with works such as "West Side Story", has died aged 91.
Dunedin-trained singer nominated for two Grammys
Dunedin-trained singer nominated for two Grammys
AUDIO🔉: Dunedin-trained opera singer Simon O'Neill says he's thrilled to be nominated for two Grammy awards.
Salmonella Dub to headline inaugural Fortune Festival
Salmonella Dub to headline inaugural Fortune Festival
Salmonella Dub, with Tiki Taane and Laughton Kora, are the headline act among a "who’s who" of New Zealand music which has been announced to perform at the inaugural Fortune Festival in Dunedin next April.
Festival to be held on University Oval
Festival to be held on University Oval
Following a "drought" of major events in the South, Dunedin’s fortunes are changing.
Music finds a way in pandemic
Music finds a way in pandemic
Covid-19 has come with a silver lining for pianist Diedre Irons — she is in demand and has had her work heard internationally online. She tells Rebecca Fox about windfalls and keeping work fresh.
Reissues from the glory days
Reissues from the glory days
In the early 1990s, The 3Ds were the Dunedin band that looked most likely to do big things. More than a quarter of a century later, their best two albums are being reissued on vinyl, writes...
An instrumental concern
An instrumental concern
As more young people take up the pipe organ, concerns grow about the number of instruments left for them to play. Rebecca Fox talks to organists and those who love the instrument about their future.
Clapton's guitar star of auction
Clapton's guitar star of auction
Hundreds of items from some of the world's biggest music stars including Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, Madonna and Michael Jackson will go under the hammer this week.
Child succumbs to injuries from concert stampede bringing death toll to 10
Child succumbs to injuries from concert stampede bringing death toll to 10
An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries.
Big fans of Six60 get more from band
Big fans of Six60 get more from band
Four University of Otago students have hit the right note in their quest to follow in the footsteps of Dunedin musical heroes Six60.
First students awarded Six60 scholarships
First students awarded Six60 scholarships
Four University of Otago students have hit the right note in their quest for a music scholarship sponsored by Dunedin band Six60.
‘God bless Freddie. It’s a unique advertisement, that’s for sure’
‘God bless Freddie. It’s a unique advertisement, that’s for sure’
"This is the real life, living the fantasy, here in the beautiful Waikouaiti; open your eyes, the stars in the sky are free."
Counting them in
Counting them in
The man behind the success of the Dunedin Jazz Club is finally tonight stepping into its spotlight himself, reports Tom McKinlay.
Sting discusses latest album The Bridge
Sting discusses latest album The Bridge
Sting's studio saved his sanity during Covid-19 lockdown. He showed up to put in the work every day. The result is his new album - an album about transitions. He talked to RNZ's Charlotte Ryan...
Man to plead guilty to distributing drug linked to rapper Mac Miller's death
Man to plead guilty to distributing drug linked to rapper Mac Miller's death
One of three men charged with supplying the pills laced with fentanyl that rapper Mac Miller took before his fatal 2018 overdose has agreed to plead guilty to drug distribution, the U.S. Department...