Greetings from lockdown. We're all in the same boat now... I got in early, going into self-isolation 30 hours before the entire country after picking up the... Read More

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a slowly descending silence. Things are not going well right now. I sat down with a friend for a drink... Read More

'Jazz is not dead” - that's what Frank Zappa famously said; he added 'It just smells funny”. It's a good line. I almost hesitate to repeat... Read More

An endless stream of new music is continuously escaping all round the world; this week I'll look at some coming from right here. But first let me take a tiny... Read More

A new week, new gigs and a new shade of brown for what we once used to call the lawn here at The Watusi Country Club. These days it's more a swathe of dusty dirt... Read More

As we all look at the skies awaiting rain, music continues to pour into Tauranga. I'm sure there's a pile of it that I miss. But I do try to keep up, mainly via... Read More

There's been a lot of folk around town recently, and I mean that both ways. A bunch of tourists are still on the beaches and there have been frequent sightings... Read More

Love is in the air: only a short time now and we can embrace the romantic charm of St Valentine's Day. Regular readers might be surprised at a jaded sceptic... Read More

So that was January was it? A twelfth of the year gone already? Now we're on to February but, good news, public holidays just keep rolling in. We all took... Read More

It's always nice to welcome the year's first album launch. At least I assume it's the year's first. What with being January - the time of beaches,... Read More

A whole bunch of people with acoustic instruments are heading towards Tauranga. It happens that way sometimes. Music here used to be very much a matter of famine... Read More

Is it too late to take one final glance in the rear-view mirror? Let's hope not, as that's what's on the cards this week, a quick look back at the recorded music... Read More