Top 5 Finalists Announced for 2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
Five top acts have made the shortlist for the 2017 APRA Silver Scroll Award, recognising excellence in songwriting.
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Paul Kelly – Life Is Fine (EMI)
Not drowning but waving. The cover of Aussie singer-songwriter Paul Kelly’s new album indicates that he’s back in safer waters with a revisit his 1990s pop repetoire. These are the waters that vividly recall his surging pop-rock fortunes of the Nineties.
UNKLE – The Road Pt.1 (Songs For The Def)
This is a very different UNKLE from the one you met back in 1998. Gone are DJ Shadow, Thom Yorke and the hundreds of samples that comprised Psyence Fiction. Instead, trip-hop pioneer and Mo’ Wax founder James Lavelle joins forces with a whole new team of collaborators to create his latest vision for UNKLE.
David Rawlings – Poor David’s Almanack (Acony Records)
This is David Rawlings’ third album under his own name, or that of The Dave Rawlings Machine. But really, this can easily be considered a Rawlings/Welch album, as Rawlings’ long-time partner Gillian Welch co-writes half five of the album’s ten songs, and sings and plays on all of them.
Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide to Consciousness – Assembly George Square Studios Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Dedee is still overseas, taking in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Here’s her latest report… In this show, Canadian rapper Baba Brinkman takes you through the science behind human consciousness. He explores different aspects of how our brains work, using his well honed skills of rap storytelling. His other shows covered topics such as climate […]
Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains – V&A Publications
The Exhibition Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains is an immersive journey through the world of Pink Floyd. As with most shows at the Victoria &Albert Museum, it is touted to be an “indulgent and comprehensive” and by all accounts a highly popular and important experience.
Watch: Ciaran McMeeken Performs Three New Songs
Ciaran McMeeken returns to The 13th Floor to talk about the release of his first, self-titled, full-length album. In addition to chatting with Marty Duda, Ciaran and his bandmates perform three songs from the new album.
The Inside Out, Upside Down, Back to Front World of David Merritt
New Zealand – the hardest country in the world to be a poet? Fellow poet Kirsten Warner puts some questions to the inimitable David Merritt, publisher at Landroverfarm Press…
Watch: Joe Pug & Courtney Marie Andrews 13th Floor Video Session
Here’s something a bit special… Joe Pug and Courtney Marie Andrews both stopped by The 13th Floor while in Auckland recently. In addition to talking with Marty Duda and each performing a song of their own, the two of them teamed up for a duet of Tom Petty’s tune, Insider.
Watch: Swamp Thing at The 13th Floor (Video Session)
Michael Barker and Grant Haua of Swamp Thing stopped by The 13th Floor to play a few tunes from their latest album, Rumors & Lies and chat to Marty Duda.