Tiki Taane Talks About His New Film: In Session With CSO
Tiki Taane can now has filmmaker to his list of impressive achievements. Here he is talking about In Session With CSO, which will make its New Zealand premiere in Christchurch on August 11th as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Seth Haapu Performs Rongoā at The 13th Floor (Singles Session)
Last Friday Seth Haapu released his new album, Whai Ora, this Friday, here he is at The 13th Floor to play a song from it.
Waking Up With Kirin J. Callinan: 13th Floor Interview
Kirin J. Callinan is a busy man…shows to play, songs to write, albums to release. We found Kirin just waking up in New Plymouth where he kindly started his day telling us why is album isn’t out quite yet.
The Pink Stones – You Know Who: 13th Floor Interview
The Pink Stones are a country-rock band based in Athens, Georgia. Their new album is titled You Know Who. We tracked down front man Hunter Pinkston just after the 4th Of July.
Sonia Wilson and Nigel Gavin Celebrate Sweet Paname: Interview
Sonia Wilson and Nigel Gavin visit The 13th Floor to talk to Marty about the digital release of their album, Sweet Paname and their upcoming French Fancy Dress Dancing Soiree.
Alayna Performs If You Want My Love at The 13th Floor
Alayna releases her debut album, Self Portrait Of A Woman Unravelling, today. Yesterday she visited The 13th Floor to play a song and have a chat.
Julie Byrne Remains On The Edge Of Mystery: Interview
Julie Byrne releases her long-awaited third album, The Greater Wings, tomorrow. Its been six long years in the making, with tragedy striking along the way.
sparkle*jets u.k. are still Best Of Friends: Interview
sparkle*jets u.k. are a band from LA who were (and are) part of the LA Pop Scene that grew in the late 90s along with bands like The Wondermints and Candypants.
The Baseball Project Spends The 4th Of July at The 13th Floor
The Baseball Project is a supergroup featuring members of R.E.M., The Dream Syndicate and Young Fresh Fellows…among others. The new album, Grand Salami Time, is just released and here is Steve Wynn to talk about Yips, Screwballs and Disco Demolition all on the 4th Of July.
Join Us at The 13th Floor Fund-raising Event!!!
The 13th Floor is still raising money to keep our video sessions alive! We loved having so many amazing local artists up to The 13th floor for NZ Music Month, and we want to keep it going all year round. But to do that, we need your help! So we’ve rounded up our friends: Geoff […]
Bettye LaVette Talks About Her Most Daring Album In Years: Interview
Veteran soul singer Bettye LaVette, has, at age 77, released what is being called her most daring album in years. The title is LaVette! And here she is to tell us about it.
Brigid Mae Power Is Dreaming From The Deep Well: Interview
Brigid Mae Power is an Irish singer/songwriter who is about to release her new album, Dream From The Deep Well. Here she is, direct from Ireland, to tell us all about it.
Youth Lagoon – Heaven Is A Junkyard: Interview
Youth Lagoon is the musical project of Trevor Powers, at least it was until 2016. Then he retired the name and kept a low profile.
Parker Millsap Explores The Wilderness Within You: Interview
Parker Millsap has released his 6th studio album, Wilderness Within You. Here he is to talk about the relationship between humanity and nature and his music.
Fenne Lily Gives Us The Big Picture: Interview
Fenne Lily is getting rave reviews for her third album, the recently-released Big Picture. The UK-born, New York-based artist recorded it in North Carolina with producer Brad Cook.
Bruce Cockburn At Age 77 Is On A Roll: Interview
Veteran Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn has celebrated 50 years of making music with his new album O Sun O Moon. Here he is to tell us about it.
King Lear and Maori Culture – Joe Dekkers-Reihana: Interview
The Auckland Theatre Company’s production of King Lear opens today. Here is actor Joe Dekkers-Reihana to tell us how Shakespeare and Maori culture overlap.
Baxter Dury – Facile Dance Music For Old People: Interview
Baxter Dury has just released his seventh album, I Thought I Was Better Than You. We find him home in West London pondering the result.
Space Waltz Claim Victory 50 Years Later: Interview
Space Waltz is back. New Zealand’s first glam band has just released its second album, Victory, nearly 50 years after the first. Here is Alastair Riddell to explain what happened.
Jon Cleary Is So Swell In New Orleans: Interview
Jon Cleary has released his latest album, So Swell, and we go way down yonder to New Orleans to talk about it.