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Eighties artist Michelle Shocked ready to play Auckland
Eighties artist Michelle Shocked intends to make people forget the girl she once was, writes Jacqueline Smith
Eighties artist Michelle Shocked intends to make people forget the girl she once was, writes Jacqueline Smith
Richie's voice matched the fabric of his shirts - satin and velvet - and his moves rivalled his frenetic back-up musicians.
You hear of performers playing their audiences, but Bobby McFerrin really did use his Auckland audience as a musical instrument last night.
As you read this a bunch of Kiwi bands will be preparing to take the stage at the annual music extravaganza SXSW in Austin, Texas.
The Stone Temple Pilots are back, thanks in no small part to the forgiving nature of guitarist Dean DeLeo. Scott Kara talks to him about the band's eventful journey.
Following last week's cancellation of the Grassroots Festival, blues legend B.B. King has announced a show on April 24 at Auckland's Civic Theatre.
The Christchurch earthquake has continued to inspire the entertainment industry into action with benefit shows. Here are two more on the way:
A quick word with Justin Townes Earle, the New York via Nashville singer-songwriter visiting for the third time on the back of his fourth album, Harlem River which has the track Christchurch Woman.
Womad stars Amadou and Mariam talk to Scott Kara about how their musical partnership grew into a successful international career
Gary Numan talks to Scott Kara about the happy accidents of his musical experiments and combining nostalgia with his new work.
Here's more to add to your gig diary - though you'd be in a fairly unique demographic if you were after tickets to all of this lot.
The last time Roxy Music played in New Zealand it was in a Waikato field as the headliners of Sweetwaters 1981.
Country stars Lady Antebellum and jazz pianist Herbie Hancock will both be heading to NZ to play shows this April.
Dance act the Chemical Brothers will bring music from all their albums, spanning 15 years, when they play at the Vector Arena next month. The "normal" one, Ed Simons, talks to Scott Kara.
There's something special about playing the first song off your first album as the opening number at a concert. It takes you right back to where it all began.
In the beginning there was Kyuss, and then came Queens of the Stone Age. Scott Kara talks to the leaders of both bands about their respective nostalgia trips and tours Downunder
In the beginning there was Kyuss, and then came Queens of the Stone Age. Scott Kara talks to the leaders of both bands about their respective nostalgia trips and tours Downunder