Jenny Don’t & The Spurs, Napier NZ, 2023
Jenny Don’t & The Spurs 28th October 2023 Meeanee Memorial Hall, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. With a level of volume and speed rarely encountered in the context of the Small Hall Sessions, JennyContinue Reading
Gráda, Hastings NZ, 2023
Gráda 27th October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. From India to Ireland, via Aotearoa, such are the adventures possible on Pitsch’s Magic Carpet Ride! After the previous night of the Hawkes BayContinue Reading
Shades of Shakti, Hastings NZ, 2023
Shades of Shakti 26th October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Rudyard Kipling once famously wrote “East is East and West is west, and never the twain shall meet”. Clearly that memo didn’tContinue Reading
Queens of the Stone Age announce NZ shows
Queens of the Stone Age officially announce ‘The End Is Nero’ Summer 2024 New Zealand tour, the band’s first appearance in Australasia since 2018. The official announcement comes after the band excitedly teased the news via social media last week,Continue Reading
When Poetry and Song Collide, Hastings NZ, 2023
When Poetry and Song Collide 22nd October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. After the climatic trauma inflicted on the Hawkes Bay region by the (name omitted in sympathy with those who seekContinue Reading
Theia X Te Kaahu, Hastings NZ, 2023
Theia X Te Kaahu – Girl In A Savage World 22nd October 2023 ToiToi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Like a superhero, Em Walker leads something of a professional double life. Except both ofContinue Reading
Machine Wreckers, Hastings NZ, 2023
Machine Wreckers, An Introduction to the Native Birds of Aotearoa 20th October 2023 St Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Adrian Thornton is an ideas man. Anyone who has had the pleasure ofContinue Reading
Gráda, Wellington NZ, 2023
Gráda 18th October 2023 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Traditional Irish group Gráda have reunited with a 9-date tour across the Motu, beginning with last night’s gig in Pōneke. Gráda were headliners on theContinue Reading
A Sci-fi Zen Experience: A Jake Baxendale Interview
JAKE BAXENDALE: A Sci-Fi Zen Experience An interview by Tim Gruar. New Zealand Music award-winning saxophonist and composer Jake Baxendale returns to the Wellington Jazz Festival with fresh new music. After previously headlining in 2017 with The Jac, Baxendale isContinue Reading