From Genesis To Recreation: Steve Hackett Comes To Town
Steve Hackett played on all the best Genesis albums and is touring his version of the classic Selling England By The Pound. GARY STEEL
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.
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 Great Witchdoctor Q&A – Nathan Haines
Nathan Haines on Shift Left, his hi-fi, the Silver Scrolls and more…
Getting Carter
GARY STEEL is celebrating 40 years of music journalism by disintering and re-animating interviews and reviews from his fat archive. To honour the publication
Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds Remaster
GARY STEEL is celebrating 40 years of music journalism by disintering and re-animating interviews and reviews from his fat archive. In this piece, he
Good Sport: Jan Hellriegel’s Sportsman Of The Year
Jan Hellriegel is about to release the best album of her career. As if that’s not enough, it’s a superb book as well. She
Appreciating Artisan Analogue Amplifiers
ATRAD's Adam Rosner is passionate about creating bespoke hand-built stereo vacuum-tube amplifiers and related devices. He explains all to RICHARD VAREY.
The Story Of A Record Store In The Tron
Hamilton's Tron Records' store manager Grant Petersen and owner Kerry (Rocky) O'Rourke sat down to discuss the store's beginnings, future, customers and plenty more
The Great Witchdoctor Blindfold Test – TOM BAILEY
In Witchdoctor’s famous BLINDFOLD TEST, we invite a musician into an audiophile sound lounge and play them a provocative record selection. This week, former
Faust Are The Best Group Ever
So says GARY STEEL, who interviewed Hans Joachim Irmler of the Krautrock legends in 2006. Presented as part of an ongoing series, Flashes From
King Of Doom
From the archives of oblivion: Every week GARY STEEL rescues a story from his bulging back pages. This week it’s the turn of the
Then He Saw Your Face, Now Robert Wyatt’s A Believer
In his ongoing series From The Archives Of Oblivion, GARY STEEL digs up old stuff and reanimates it just because he can. Here's the
Twenty Years Ago – Dirty Three
Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed Warren Ellis of so-called post-rock trio Dirty Three.
Twenty Years Ago – Dave Dobbyn
To celebrate New Zealand Music Month, GARY STEEL dredges up a bunch of old stories and never-before-published interview Q&A’s. Today, it’s Dave Dobbyn’s turn,
Twenty Years Ago – Burnt Friedman/Nonplace Urban Field
Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed German electronic legend Burnt Friedman.
Twenty Years Ago: Tortoise – The Quietest Post-rock Band
Twenty years ago GARY STEEL interviewed Jeff Parker of so-called post-rock band Tortoise. There’s something wrong with this picture: One of the most anonymous-looking
The Next Best Thing To A Frank Zappa Show In NZ
Next month Dweezil Zappa brings his father Frank’s music to New Zealand for the first time since 1976. LYNN ANSELL talked to the virtuosic
Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett – The Witchdoctor Q&A
Peter Garrett gave GARY STEEL a piece of his voluminous mind as the revived Midnight Oil prepared for the world tour that brings the
In Conversation With Jacinda
ANDREW JOHNSTONE is exhausted. He’s been interviewing Jacinda Ardern for a marathon two hours, and she’s just warming up.
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