Barry Manilow needs surgery for lung cancer
Barry Manilow needs surgery for lung cancer
US singer-songwriter Barry Manilow says he has been diagnosed with lung cancer, prompting him to pause his scheduled concerts while he undergoes surgery.
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'Driving Home For Christmas' singer Chris Rea dies
'Driving Home For Christmas' singer Chris Rea dies
Chris Rea, an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for his festive hit Driving Home For Christmas, has died aged 74 following a short illness.
Obituary: D’Angelo, musician
Obituary: D’Angelo, musician
Grammy-winning R&B singer D’Angelo blended hip-hop grit, emphatic soul and gospel-rooted emotion into a sound that helped spearhead the neo-soul movement of the 1990s.
Right note for Christmas
Right note for Christmas
The Dunedin Salvation Army band strike up Deck the Halls during the Port Chalmers and District Lions Christmas music concert held at Iona Church yesterday.
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‘Folkies’ to celebrate 50 years of Whare Flat festival
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‘Folkies’ to celebrate 50 years of Whare Flat festival
From playing music on the back of a truck to growing so big it had to be held in secret, "folkies" will soon celebrate half a century of a legendary Dunedin music festival.
In fine voice
In fine voice
Members of the Cantores Choir perform Christmas carols at Tūhura Otago Museum yesterday.
Xmas message draws on unusual collection
Xmas message draws on unusual collection
THE SOUTHERN CONSORT OF VOICES, Star in the Sky — Music For Christmas, All Saints’ Anglican Church, Dunedin, Sunday, December 14.
Many hands make Rhythm & Alps work
Many hands make Rhythm & Alps work
"Hard work and amazing humans" are what has helped Rhythm and Alps reach its 15th anniversary.
Tuned in to other categories
Tuned in to other categories
Old faves came storming back, te reo Māori stormed the mainstream and hip-hop’s demise turned out to be a storm in a headphone cup, all in the space of 12 months.
Still mixing it up
Still mixing it up
Her very many musical influences continue to help her say what needs to be said, Santi White tells Tom McKinlay.
‘So proud of myself’ for winning Star Vocalist Award
‘So proud of myself’ for winning Star Vocalist Award
It has been a year of achievement for a young Dunedin singer, but she is still making time to star in her school’s production.
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Musician creates AI Christmas album
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Musician creates AI Christmas album
New Christmas tunes made by a Dunedin musician has hit a controversial milestone by being the first completely synthetic, AI-generated, professionally distributed New Zealand album.
Obituary: Mark Volman, musician
Obituary: Mark Volman, musician
An exuberant performer with a distinctive voice, Mark Volman was a founding member of the 1960s pop group The Turtles
Six60 to headline opening show at new Christchurch stadium
Six60 to headline opening show at new Christchurch stadium
Dunedin's Six60 will join with Synthony to provide the first live music set at Christchurch's brand new One New Zealand Stadium in May next year.
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Reaction to debut single ‘quite cool’
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Reaction to debut single ‘quite cool’
An award-winning teenage Oamaru songwriter’s debut single is about being alone as "everyone" around her was getting into relationships.
Performance equally exhilarating, elegant
Performance equally exhilarating, elegant
HypnotiqueNZTrioDunedin Public Art GalleryFriday, November 28REVIEWED BY MARIAN POOLE
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Second nature
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Second nature
Dunedin audiences will get to hear the newest member of NZTrio, Matthias Balzat, in a concert tomorrow night with current members Amalia Hall and Somi Kim.
British disco queen to play South Island show
British disco queen to play South Island show
British pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor will serve her glossy disco pop up to fans in Christchurch in February.
Obituary: Dave Ball, musician
Obituary: Dave Ball, musician
As pop stars go Dave Ball was nothing much; quietly hunched over his keyboards pushing buttons, he was far from histrionic.