A lot of new music is being released, and a bunch of old music - today we have both. Nigel Masters, Boatshed Studio boss, Kokomo bass player and multi-instrumentalist,... Read More

Easter is here. The jazz festival is in full swing. Let's talk about other things. Oddly, however, I keep running into people who have no idea the jazz festival... Read More

Okay, the Jazz Festival has officially started. There's been jazz at the Mount hot pools, the youth band competition is done, and there have been lunchtime concerts... Read More

Hot news tips are coming in by the minute, disrupting this well-planned jazz festival column. First up, local singer-songwriter Frances Ellen, fresh off a... Read More

There's been so much happening that I'll struggle to fit it in this week. Let's have a crack though, since the next fortnight will be jazz fest-focused and... Read More

I must confess to some reservations when writing about Tauranga's hardcore music scene. That's because I suspect the vast majority of you reading this don't... Read More

The Tauranga National Jazz Festival is a lunar event; dates change each year depending on the moon. Here's how it works: the core jazz festival is on Easter... Read More

Many musicians I know are talking about AI. Not just musicians, of course. But recently AI music generators have become widely accessible, in the way text... Read More

'The past is never dead. It's not even past.” So said William Faulkner, and though he was more exercised by ghosts of the gothic South, it's a quote... Read More

I know this column has different audiences, from musicians and music fundis, to general listeners and the bored just looking for something to read. All of... Read More

Here we are in February and I haven't mentioned this year's Port of Tauranga 62nd Jazz Festival once yet. Let's rectify that ... But first, allow me to use... Read More

Objectively speaking, the local music scene has had a rotten year. I've been around a bit; I've studied history's great philosophers. I learned about survival... Read More