Daily News Channel
Since the earthquakes first struck Christchurch on September 4, 2010, our musicians have not only been rebuilding their lives, homes and rehearsal spaces, but they have sought to express themselves in many ways and, with a shortage of venues, in various creative places.
COROnation Street Civic Theatre, Auckland A giggling gaggle of women a third his age cluster around William Roache at the bar.
KALEIDOSCOPE DREAMS Miguel (Sony) Miguel Jontel Pimental or just the monotonous monoymn Miguel for those who give a damn might well be THE satin-smooth R&B singer of the moment but there’s still that awful sense of
WAY TO THE BLUE: THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE Various (Southbound) Tribute albums are always bound to be bittersweet affairs. Anyone who has had an affinity with the artist – in this case English folkie Nick Drake – is likely to be disinterested unless they are zealous completists and those unfamiliar in the first place aren’t likely to care about the re-visitation.
PINS & NEEDLES Eavesdrop (Loop/Border) Classicly Kiwi drum n bass from David “Eavesdrop” Wood – out just in time to catch the last of the bare-foot-in-a-field or arms-up-on-the-beach party season.
After selling more than 20,000 tickets for her two Auckland shows in October, Rihanna has added one more date to her Diamonds World Tour. Additional to the sold out shows on October 6 and 7 the six-time Grammy-winner will now also perform on October 9 at Aucklands Vector Arena.
Six60, St James Theatre, Saturday April 5 Reviewed by Sarah Catherall I had read the reviews that Six60 sound better live, and after Saturday night’s
Two Republican members of Congress have asked the US Treasury Department for information on what type of license American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay Z obtained for a high-profile trip to Cuba to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
The very
Top of the Lake,