Erny Belle Introduces Us To Venus Is Home: Interview
Erny Belle is just days away from releasing her debut album titled Venus Is Home. The Auckland-based singer has been waiting two years for this and here she is to tell why it took so long.
Baynk – Reliving His Adolescence: Interview
Baynk is Jock Nowell-Usticke a New Zealand born, London based electronica artist. We caught up with him just after he left NZ for the holidays to talk about his new album, Adolescence.
Angela Autumn – Frontiers Woman: Interview
Angela Autumn makes Mountain Music, or as she calls it, “Appalachian Soul”. Here she is to tell us about her latest album, Frontiers Woman.
Ryan Culwell – Run Like A Bull: Interview
Ryan Culwell is calling from Texas to tell us about his new album, Run Like A Bull, and we are all ears!
Leo Sayer Puts The Beat Back In The Beatles: Interview
Leo Sayer has just released Northern Songs: Leo Sayer Sings The Beatles, a collection of unique, surprising, possibly controversial, re-imaginings of Beatle classics.
Mason Jennings Shows Us His Real Heart: Interview
Mason Jennings celebrated the release of his new album, Real Heart, by talking to The 13th Floor just as the record was being released worldwide.
Tim Finn Talking Forenzics with The 13th Floor
Forenzics is a new band made up of old friends. Tim Finn has teamed up with his old Split Enz-mate Eddie Rayner to create Shades And Echoes.
Adam Shoenfeld & All The Birds Sing: Interview
Adam Shoenfeld is in Nashville where he has just released All The Birds Sing. This is the debut solo album for this very busy Nashville cat.
Lee Oskar – The Low Rider Never Forgets: Interview
Lee Oskar is about to release Never Forget, an ambitious and important record with a very personal and poignant message.
Urge Overkill Sending Out Positive Vibes with Oui: Interview
Urge Overkill are about to release their first new album in a decade. Its called Oui and here are Nash Kato and King Roeser to tell us all about it.
Nicole Atkins’ Most Beautiful Mistake: Interview
Nicole Atkins has popped up on the new Elvis Costello album, A Boy Named If, making a very good album even better. Here she is to tell us about singing with EC.
Night Crickets Chirping For A Free Society
Night Crickets is a new band made up of a couple of old familiar faces, those being David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets) and Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes). Find out how this unlikely musical collaboration came together.
Julie Christensen Tells Us Why She Made 11 From Kevin
Julie Christensen has just released 11 From Kevin. Who is Kevin? And who is Julie? Find out here!
Tinsley Ellis – The Devil May Care: Interview
Tinsley Ellis is a bluesman from the Southern US who has been plying his trade since the mid-1970s. Here he is to talk about Devil May Care, his latest release due out on Alligator Records tomorrow.
Juçara Marçal – Brazilian Delta Blues: Interview
Juçara Marçal joins us from São Paulo, Brazil to tell us how Robert Johnson’s Crossroads intersects with her own South American Delta Blues.
Kate Havnevik – Get on Board The Lightship: Interview
Kate Havnevik is a Norwegian artist with a new album, Lightship, ready for release this Friday. If you’re a fan of Bjork or Kate Bush, we think you’ll like what you hear.
Butter Wouldn’t Melt – Going Back to 1931: Interview
Butter Wouldn’t Melt is a Wellington-based duo who have just released their debut album titled 1931, a pivotal year in the history of New Zealand.
Connie Smith – The Cry Of The Heart: Interview
Connie Smith is a genuine country music legend having been inducted in the CMA Hall Of Fame in 2012 and a member of the Grand Old Opry since 1965. Here she is to tell us about her latest album, The Cry Of The Heart.
Tall Folk – Getting Wiser By Singing Together: Interview
Tall Folk are Lara Robertson and Jack Ringhand…Jack is from Wisconsin and Lara is from Dunedin. The newly-married Jack has moved to New Zealand and now he and Lara are Tall Folk (although they are NOT married).
Grace Cummings – Storm Queen Speaks! (Interview)
Grace Cummings is a Melbourne-based artist/actor with a big voice and plenty to say on her upcoming album Storm Queen.