In 2014 Jason Isbell and his band put on one of the finest shows I’ve seen when they sold out The Tuning Fork. Four years later and Isbell and his 400 Unit returned, this time to The Powerstation, to prove that their previous show was no fluke.
It’s hard out there for a rock star these days. And Jack White may be among the last of a dying species. Boarding House Reach is the sound of the former White Stripe struggling to sound relevant.
Tonight The Blackbird Ensemble will stage Open Air Orchestra, a free outdoor concert featuring a 20-piece orchestra, the Howick Brass Band, The Souls Choir and the vocal services of Julia Deans, Tami Neilson, Bailey Wiley, Alae and Jessie Cassin.
Seeing Things is the third album by Eb & Sparrow, the band featuring the sultry vocals of the perfectly-named Ebony Lamb.
A few weeks ago Australia’s Teskey Brothers thrilled a sold-out audience at Auckland’s Tuning Fork.
Melissa Etheridge is joining forces with Sheryl Crow for a three-date tour of New Zealand beginning April 9th at Trusts Stadium in Auckland. It wasn’t that long ago that a show featuring two women as co-headliners was considered bad business. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda spoke to Melissa recently about the changes that have taken […]
Here’s part three of Broods’ Georgia Nott’s visit to The 13th Floor on the day of the release of her solo album, The Venus Project Part 1.
Kamasi Washington – Powerstation March 16, 2018 It’ll be a long time until The Powerstation hosts another show as powerful, beautiful and transcendent as the one Kamasi Washington and his band put on last night.
Cecile McLorin Salvant – Auckland Town Hall March 15, 2018 Mixing jazz, blues, opera, show tunes and pop, vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant brought some New York City sophistication to Auckland’s Town Hall last night.
English folk duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker release their sixth album today, titled Seedlings All. The twosome has been recording together since 2010 with Josienne handling most of the vocal duties and songwriting while Ben plays a myriad of instruments and arranges the tunes. Seedlings All is the duo’s first long player to feature […]
