Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage (Goliath/AWAL) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. The great ominous, swaggering Nick Cave has softened over the years. His violent, menacing, brimstone and fire brand has been dampened somewhat. That’s understandable – the last disc, ‘Ghosteen’, wasContinue Reading
Darren Watson 7th July 2021 Tikokino Community Hall, Tikokino, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. The first night of the current season of the Small Hall Sessions took place in the appropriately rural (given the originsContinue Reading
TUAWAHINE 2nd July 2021 The Civic Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Courtney Tabener. Photography by Doug Peters. It was a typical winters evening; the temperature had dropped and everyone was wrapped up and huddling together, keeping warm. Until youContinue Reading
Danica Bryant 24th June 2021 The Common Room, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, Photography by Andrew Caldwell. In celebration of the release of her new single “Heart Eyes”, local songstress Danica Bryant took to the Common Room stageContinue Reading
Mireya Ramos 18th June 2021 Hygge Cafe, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, feature photograph by Andrei Averbuch. While it was brewing up to something pretty shitty outside, New York-based chanteuse Mireya Ramos brought the warmth to the appropriatelyContinue Reading
Wellington Jazz Festival 9th – 13th June 2021 Wellington, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Photography by Stephen A’Court. The Wellington Jazz Festival has commissioned two new works this year and quietly injected support into many other projects that sawContinue Reading
Reb Fountain & Dave Khan 16th June 2021 OngaOnga Hall, OngaOnga, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. After a successful opening volley, the Small Hall Sessions return this week with the powerhouse that is Reb Fountain,Continue Reading
Moby – Reprise (Deutsche Grammophon) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. After some years of silence Moby returns to our ears with a collection of old material, that essentially re-makes the originals, except there’s an orchestra and a few new faces behindContinue Reading
NZ Opera Presents: The Marriage Of Figaro 8th, 10th & 13th June 2021 Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by David Rowland. It is without a doubt, an opera of great popularity, Le nozzeContinue Reading