Best 10 Albums Of Unique Vocal Music
Music connoisseur (and former member of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band) RICK SNYDER selects his 10 favourite albums of ‘unique vocal music’.
Streaming Live Shows Boon For Fans Of Classics
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has more free live-streamed goodies in store for lucky Kiwis.
Orchestra Wellington Returns to Stage
Orchestra Wellington this weekend becomes the city’s first major music organisation to give a concert since lockdown ended, reports RICHARD BETTS.
New Record Label Revives Lost And Neglected NZ Albums
What better time than a global pandemic to launch a brave new music venture resurrecting our neglected past? RICHARD BETTS on the Rattle record
Art And Physics Combine In Online Concert
Bruce Paine’s online concert not only features his playing; the guitarist filmed it, recorded it, and wrote most of the music too. By RICHARD
Kids Love Kraftwerk
With the passing of Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider GARY STEEL reflects on his life-long obsession with electronic music.
In Praise Of Progressive Rock
It's a music genre that's been reviled for decades, yet it remains stubbornly popular with music freaks who demand more than a two-chord thrash.
Happy 87th, Willie Nelson!
GARY STEEL celebrates Willie Nelson's 87th birthday by reaching back to an interview he conducted with the legend in 1981.
Alien Soundtracks
What will music sound like in 50 years' time? GARY STEEL has been thinking.
What Is Music, Exactly?
Just what is music anyway, and what is it for? GARY STEEL certainly has an opinon or two about these cosmic vibrations that decorate
What’s so New Zealand about New Zealand music?
To mark New Zealand Music Month GARY STEEL regurgitates a piece he wrote on the subject long ago.
Shona Laing – The Monster Witchdoctor Q&A
To honour Shona Laing winning the IMNZ Classic Record award for her album South, GARY STEEL digs up his complete and unexpurgated 1987 interview
The Wall, Berlin, 1990 REVIEW
Berliners were busy tearing their wall down when musician Roger Waters arrived and built an even bigger one. His massive rock extravaganza The Wall
Spin Clean Record Washer – Fit For Purpose?
Some gadgets save us time and cash and offer genuine solutions. Others are a complete waste of plastic. GARY STEEL assesses on a case-by-case
Bill Rieflin’s Ministry Of Sound
Sometime in the early 1990s GARY STEEL picked up the phone expecting to chat to Ministry’s Paul Barker, and found himself talking to drummer
Sony PS-LX310BT Turntable REVIEW
A turntable for less than $400? It’s going to be shit, ain’t it? Well no, actually, writes GARY STEEL, who is still picking his
An Evening with Pat Metheny REVIEW
Pat Metheny’s career retrospective delights with dazzling displays and solo finesse, but definition is lacking for DAN SPERBER. Have we heard this quartet at
I Just Saw The Best Concert Ever In Someone’s Lounge
How can an astonishing world-class act end up playing to 40 people in a residential house? GARY STEEL witnesses something miraculous.
Public Broadcaster Makes Inconceivably Stupid Decision
It's official: Our public radio broadcaster is effectively killing off RNZ Concert to compete in the "youth" market. PAT PILCHER and GARY STEEL are
The 10 Worst Sounds In The World
It’s true that GARY STEEL is especially sensitive to sound. Here’s a selection of sounds that drive him to the brink.
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