'I was frustrated': Bishop explains music award comments
Senior government Minister Chris Bishop says he was frustrated by the politicisation of Stan Walker's performance at the Aotearoa Music Awards, when he said "what a load of crap".
Music
Rapid rise to top for Gold Guitar winner
Rapid rise to top for Gold Guitar winner
New Zealand country music has a new star — with an English accent, an assertive performance style, and whose smoky and evocative tone fills a stadium with ease.
Smooth act by veteran performers
Smooth act by veteran performers
The New Zealand Highwaymen. Mayfair Theatre, Sunday, 1 June.
Obituary: Jerry Butler, musician
Obituary: Jerry Butler, musician
Soul star Jerry Butler’s musical talents eclipsed those of many of his contemporaries, musicians who he spent much of his latter life helping.
Feminine rage and power
Feminine rage and power
The artist formally known as Calla is back and raging.
A house full of music
A house full of music
For her latest album, Jenny Mitchell filled a Wairarapa house with music and family, to tell the stories of everything that happens in a home, she tells Tom...
Marlon Williams concert for Dunedin
Marlon Williams concert for Dunedin
Much-loved New Zealand musician Marlon Williams will tour the country next month in support of his first Maori language album Te Whare Tīwekaweka.
Packed audience treated to powerful work
Packed audience treated to powerful work
St Paul’s Cathedral was a sellout for a performance by Southern Youth Choir of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
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Neilson awarded Country Music Honour
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Neilson awarded Country Music Honour
A piece of country royalty was beamed into Gore last night.
Angie Stone, musician
Angie Stone, musician
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song Wish I Didn’t Miss You, started singing as a child in South Carolina, in church choirs.
The world according to Bono
The world according to Bono
Bono is telling all in a new documentary, to put the past behind him, he tells Sean O’Hagan.
Country music festival offers a week of activities
Country music festival offers a week of activities
Singing in the street and designing and eating "Southland sushi" — the Tussock Country Music Festival has it all.
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Youth choir hitting all the right notes
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Youth choir hitting all the right notes
From standing ovations to high praise from critics, Dunedin’s Southern Youth Choir is going from strength to strength.
‘Chess’ offers standout performances
‘Chess’ offers standout performances
Global geopolitics were centre stage in Mosgiel’s Coronation Hall on Thursday evening.
Obituary: David Johansen, musician
Obituary: David Johansen, musician
Inspired by British glam rock and inspirational to the emergence of punk rock, David Johansen was the face of influential United States band the New York Dolls.
Austria wins Eurovision crown
Austria wins Eurovision crown
Austria has won the Eurovision Song Contest with a song combining opera and techno about the power of love.
Pudding and psychedelia
Pudding and psychedelia
Wonder comes wrapped in Kraus’ music.
Music and motherhood
Music and motherhood
Stadium-filling musical export Kaylee Bell is working out how motherhood fits with that success.
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Spotlight on emerging stars
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Spotlight on emerging stars
Three young Dunedin musicians will this weekend compete for the title of Dunedin Concerto Competition winner at the Dunedin Town Hall.
Student’s career as composer takes wing
Student’s career as composer takes wing
Cameron Monteath enjoys playing with others.