Two important things are happening this weekend: a farewell and a welcome. The hello is for local musician Brendan McCarthy's debut album, which has occupied... Read More

Musicians around the country have been feeling a bit like James Bond and, like the dapper Englishman, are slowly emerging from hibernation. But often that's not... Read More

I like long, unusual words in songs; there are only so many times you can rhyme 'love” and 'above”. I was reminded of this yesterday as I listened... Read More

Today's paper arrives on the first day of October; three quarters of the year has passed. It always seems at around this point that the year has rushed by,... Read More

And here we are again; it's musical Groundhog Day. We're in on-again/off-again territory and I can't help thinking the single most useful thing for the Bay right... Read More

Once again I write this while much of the city and the Bay remains silent, devoid of live music. It's been harder this time. The Delta variant has screwed over... Read More

I don't know anybody who is happy about the state of television at the moment. That's what I was going to write about this week, and I still intend to. But there's... Read More

During our first lockdown last year, one of the saddest losses to Covid was the extraordinary American producer Hal Wilner. Initially a producer with Saturday Night... Read More

It's official - John Key has moved to town; no, not that one, the other one... I mentioned this a couple of weeks back and promised further information; consider... Read More

I had my first brush with cancel culture last week, and I can't say I'm a fan. It was a result of the column I wrote a fortnight back lambasting Recorded Music... Read More

After last week's sustained rant we've got snippets this time; strap on those short attention spans. And the snippets du jour are a distinctly mixed bag: new... Read More

A few weeks back I wrote of APRA's annual Silver Scroll songwriting awards. Specifically I wrote that the Australasian Performing Right Association have stripped... Read More