Concert Review: Hollie Smith – Ponsonby Social Club September 11, 2020
“These songs are the bones”, says Hollie Smith early in her show, the second this week at the Ponsonby Social Club.
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Concert Review: Thabani Gapara Project – Ponsonby Social Club, Auckland September 5, 2020
Thabani Gapara is a young Zimbabwe-born Jazz musician, currently domiciled in Auckland, who plays like he’s been around for years.
Album Review: Toots and the Maytals – Got to Be Tough (Trojan Jamaica)
Frederick “Toots” Hibberts is one of the world’s all-time greatest singers. Passionate people still like to duke it out as to who was greater Soul singer, Otis Redding or James Carr. Toots is a blend of both.
Film Review: Return To Gandhi Road
The extraordinary story of Kangyur Rinpoche, a great Tibetan spiritual Master and Teacher, and his odyssey to leave his country with 84,000 original sacred Buddhist texts. As the Chinese Army moved in. Interwoven with the story of New Zealander Kim Hegan, a music promoter who nearly fell off the floor, not having engaged in this […]
Album Review: Molly Tuttle – …but I’d rather be with you ( Molly Tuttle)
Molly Tuttle is a musical prodigy who has a growing cult following among aficionados of American Roots music.
Album Review: Katy Perry, Smile (Capitol Records)
That’s what makes a woman. There it is! Katheryn. So says Katy Perry at the end of Smile. And you can go dance all over again to this great Pop album. Tooled to perfection, shiny and new, runs like a Tesla and feels expensive. Party like it’s only a bad dream out there.
Album Review: The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Almost Home (Single Lock Records)
Spanning eight decades as professional performers, The Blind Boys of Alabama are America. Founder and magnificent inspirational lead singer Clarence Fountain is here. He died a year after Almost Home’s original release in 2017. Jimmy Carter is here. A little younger than Clarence, he joined the Blind Boys in the early eighties, after serving time […]
Album Review: Biffy Clyro – A Celebration Of Endings (14th Floor Records)
At the core of this album, Biffy Clyro is a great Power-Pop trio. Relentlessly upbeat in mood even if a lot of the lyrics are dark, dystopian and desperate.
EP Review: Aro – He Manu Ano (Aro)
Aro are Charles and Emily Looker, a married couple who are developing a distinctive sound of Aotearoa New Zealand from familiar musical traditions.
EP Review: K M T P – P.S. C U Soon (Sunreturn)
On this debut EP, K M T P delivers simple songs as comfort food for the soul. Of a young person raised in the rural heartland, and wondering how to fit into a city. A coming of age.
