Music review: Dudley Benson
Music review: Dudley Benson
Hot on the heels of Kamasi Washington's cosmos-spanning, genre defying epic, Heaven & Earth, comes an album from Dunedin of no less ambition.
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The classics: August 20
The classics: August 20
This disc successfully mixes ancient and ultra-modern sounds, trying to portray a "slowly evolving, ethereal world, with pieces that express, reflect and explore non-linear time and memory as sound".
Speaking up for women
Speaking up for women
Julia Deans is touring the country promoting her critically-acclaimed sophomore album We Light Fire. She talks to Fraser Thompson ahead of her Dunedin gig.
Keeping it in the family
Keeping it in the family
Neil Finn talks to Randy Lewis about touring his new album with son Liam, and joining Fleetwood Mac.
Chilling mortality and health
Chilling mortality and health
Chills frontman Martin Phillipps talks to Tony Nielsen about life, death and the group's new album, Snow Bound.
Madonna's Malawi fund marks 60th birthday
Madonna's Malawi fund marks 60th birthday
Madonna has launched a fundraiser to support her work with children in Malawi to mark her 60th birthday.
Stevie Wonder at Aretha Franklin's bedside
Stevie Wonder at Aretha Franklin's bedside
Aretha Franklin, the legendary soul singer who has fallen gravely ill, has been visited by singer Stevie Wonder, US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and ex-husband Glynn Turman.
Katy Perry ticket prices slashed ahead of NZ shows
Katy Perry ticket prices slashed ahead of NZ shows
Ticket prices for the remaining seats at Katy Perry's Auckland shows have been slashed to below $70.
Soul legend Aretha Franklin 'gravely ill'
Soul legend Aretha Franklin 'gravely ill'
Aretha Franklin, the legendary "Queen of Soul" and one of the most acclaimed vocalists of all time, is reportedly "gravely ill" in a Detroit-area hospital.
Music Review: Shemekia Copeland
Music Review: Shemekia Copeland
"When the whole world seems fake, give me something real," Shemekia Copeland pleads on Smoked Ham and Peaches.
Music Review: Travis Scott
Music Review: Travis Scott
Travis Scott is perhaps best known as Kylie Jenner’s Baby-Daddy, yet this status will change with grandiloquent third album Astroworld.
Music Review: Santigold
Music Review: Santigold
Philadelphia-born Santigold, who grew up listening to her parents reggae records and visiting Jamaica, has lobbed a breezy dancehall flare into the middle of the northern summer.
The Classics: August 13
The Classics: August 13
The Thing. GRG67 (Michael Howell, Roger Manins, Tristan Deck, Mostyn Cole). Rattle CD
Gay music, obscure tones of baroque instruments charm
Gay music, obscure tones of baroque instruments charm
A good-sized audience were delighted by the playful music and obscure tones of the baroque instruments performed by Ensemble Zefiro at the Glenroy Auditorium last night, writes Marian Poole.
Record breakers belt out Highway to Hell
Record breakers belt out Highway to Hell
More than 450 people have jammed to Highway to Hell in Sydney to break the world record for the most electric guitarists playing the same song.
Pink returns to the stage after illness
Pink returns to the stage after illness
Pop superstar Pink returned to the stage in Sydney with a vengeance after illness forced her to postpone four shows during the week.
Celine Dion has landed in 'beautiful' NZ
Celine Dion has landed in 'beautiful' NZ
Celine Dion has landed in New Zealand and can't wait to meet her Kiwi fans.
Cranking dance floors
Cranking dance floors
Ahead of their gig in Dunedin, Fraser Thompson talks to Jaggers x Lines.
Shayne Carter claims director 'stole' his music
Carter claims director 'stole' his music
One of New Zealand's most awarded and celebrated musicians is embroiled in a fierce spat with the award-winning director of one of his music videos.
Pink postpones fourth show due to illness
Pink in 'excruciating pain', postpones fourth show
Pink has been hit with a run of bad health issues which left her in "excruciating pain" and has now been forced to postpone a fourth Sydney show after being rushed to a hospital earlier this week.
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