Yesterday we brought you the first part of Marty Duda’s recent interview with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. Today, it’s part two, in which Hackett discusses his feelings about the various permutations Genesis went through, his favourite contemporary bands, and to start things off, an insight into how he views playing in front of a […]
Two years after his acclaimed debut solo album, Traveller was released, Nashville maverick Chris Stapleton serves up the first of a two-part follow-up.
Steve Hackett was the guitarist for Genesis from 1971 until 1977, playing on albums such as Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and A Trick Of The Tail…spanning both the Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins-led versions of the band. Since then, he has released a staggering 25 solo albums, the […]
With his band Gomez on indefinite hiatus, gravelly-voiced Ben Ottewell carries on with his solo career. He’s just released his third album and, last night, he presented a good portion of that record to a live audience at Auckland’s Tuning Fork…his second solo show there in three years.
Dir: Rawiri Paratene Playwright: Briar Grace-Smith Cast: Jack Buchanan, Joe Dekkers-Reihana, Kura Forrester, Emily Campbell Auckland Theatre Company brought their fourth production of the season to life last night at ASB Waterfront Theatre. When Sun & Moon Collide was written by Briar Grace-Smith and features four young actors who uncover the mystery of two […]
David Gedge has been leading The Wedding Present for over 30 years and he’s getting ready to lead the band to New Zealand for a five-date touring beginning in Auckland with a show at The Kings Arms on July 4th. The band is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their acclaimed debut album […]
Pete Gleeson’s documentary, Hotel Coolgardie, takes a hard look at the Australian male through the eyes of two female Finnish backpackers. Described as “sociologically fascinating and morally icky”, the film follows the young women as they take on jobs as barmaids in Western Australian town of Coolgardie. They quickly realize they are in a world […]
Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach takes a break from his day job and revels in the musical treasures to be found in his adopted home of Nashville.
Seventies disco hitmakers Boney M brought their 9-date New Zealand tour to Auckland last night. With shows in Dunedin and Christchurch generating bad reactions from fans, the 4-piece group had their work cut out for them.
Morby follows up last year’s breakthrough album, Singing Saw with a “companion piece”, which can be seen (and heard) as the flip side of the same musical coin.
