![<i>Review:</i> John Mayall at the Civic Theatre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Review:</i> John Mayall at the Civic Theatre
John Mayall is a rare one. Few artists could pull an audience on the strength of a name and reputation alone.
John Mayall is a rare one. Few artists could pull an audience on the strength of a name and reputation alone.
Gretchen La Roche and Andrew Uren fashioned a graceful weave, in scurrying toccata at times and elsewhere exploring the beat of blurred dissonance.
Ashley Brown and pianist Michael Houstoun have few equals as a team.
There was no flounce, no swearing and no fizzing encore, but Clarkson came, and that was all the audience ever wanted.
Bassoonist Ben Hoadley is a man with a mission - to explore and add to the catalogue of woodwind music written by New Zealand composers.
For a woman knocking on 70, King lights up damn bright and her voice was denser and richer than its younger counterpart.
Hands chasing each other across the piano, Jools Holland led his really big band into a mad night of rhythm, blues and some good ol' fashioned boogie woogie, writes Jacqueline Smith.
You can tell, even after more than 30 years, that Simple Minds still love what they do, writes Scott Kara.
When two local hip-hop stars hit the road in April and May Scribe will not be giving it up for Savage like he once said in his song Not Many.
The revivification of the Auckland Town Hall organ has certainly captured the imagination of the city.
Flight of the Conchords seem to be doing okay when it comes to "business time" (that's not a euphemism).
There was no mistaking a historic occasion when Aucklanders packed the Town Hall to sample its newly restored organ.
Lovett's voice, so deadpan when talking, was rich and melancholy, often a wonder of tongue-tripping phrasing.
An exhausted Lady Gaga recovered from her explosive Auckland concerts by fishing in her high heels on Waiheke Island.
All will be revealed at a grand concert, featuring John Wells, three choirs and an orchestra.
Hollie Smith's beautiful new album Humour and The Misfortune Of Others, is released on Monday.
Lady Gaga is as much about fashion and image as she is about music, writes Zoe Walker.