There is, as is often noted, a lot of music out there. Exactly how much is open to speculation... For a while now people have been touting figures from Spotify... Read More

I've got a bunch of disparate things for you today, much of it live music of various sorts. But first of all I wanted to mention the death of yet another from... Read More

I feel a sense of returning to normality with this column - for the past week I've been living with Tall Dwarfs. To live with Tall Dwarfs - the New Zealand duo... Read More

This week it's a gig and a round-up of recent releases. Let's get right to it... First the gig, which is one I mentioned a few weeks back. More information has... Read More

This week I review a new album by Liam Hagan, which has amazed and fascinated me. But first, a gig I wanted to mention since it's celebrating a debut release.... Read More

This week: gigs and new music. The gigs are easy to describe, the music? Hmm... Okay. Two gigs. One word: folky. This Sunday, August 28, The Harmonic Resonators... Read More

Sometime musing is in order: this week's arises from last weekend, which was musically unusual. For starters, music was a tad light on the ground here as no fewer... Read More

It's deja vu all over again this week - more upcoming local gigs... Once again I'm going to look two weekends ahead, to give everyone the chance to assemble their... Read More

Last week it was new recordings in the Bay - this week it's gigs. After a relatively quiet winter, people seem to be more relaxed about Covid and there is... Read More

Sychronicity. Not just the name of a Police album - it's something that happens. It's rare that 'the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly... Read More

Another week gone and more people seem to be re-embracing live music. This is nothing but a good thing. Wear a mask, keep your distance, whatever works for you,... Read More

The word 'punk' means different things to different people - and that's even before you start using it as a musical term. Once you start trying to... Read More