Across The Great Divide
Uncommon Ground [ Curio Music / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] 'Across The Great Divide' are New Zealand duo Karen Jones and Tony Burt. Their musical backgrounds stem from differing paths. Karen's, with her Celtic roots, spent many years living, learning and playing in Edinburgh and consequently developed a... |
Al Fraser
Toitu Te Puoro [ Rattle Records / CD - released 14/Nov/2018 ] Toitu Te Puoro is an original recorded work from Aotearoa/New Zealand, which was conceived, written, composed, produced, and performed by Al Fraser using ngā taonga puoro (musical instruments of the New Zealand Māori) and voice. All performances... |
Anika Moa
Queen At the Table [ Anika Moa / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Hot on the heels of the Tui Award winning album Songs For Bubbas (2014) featuring the APRA winning Children's Song Of The Year, Anika has turned her attention back to her never departing fan base with her fifth solo studio album Queen At The Table. ... |
Anika Moa
Thinking Room [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 27/Sep/2001 ] Award-winning singer/songwriter, Anika Moa burst onto the NZ music scene in 2001 with her beautiful debut album, featuring "Falling in Love Again", "Youthful", "Good in My Head", and more. |
The Bend
We Disappear (LP & 10") [ Armchair Records / 2 LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] After thirty 'odd' years, The Bend (Fane Flaws, Tony Backhouse and Peter Dasent- all ex-Crocodiles) present We Disappear, an album of songs written from selected poems by legendary NZ poet Sam Hunt. This strange project began in 1987 with iconic... |
The Besser Three
Time Travels [ Force Three Studios / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] A founding member of early electronic group Free Radicals, Jonathan Besser has composed for opera, ballet, theatre (Red Mole) and ensemble Bravura. Born in NYC but NZ-based since 1974, Besser began adding screen compositions to his CV in the 90s.... |
The Beths
Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 [ Carpark / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] In March 2020, everything seemed on track for another huge year for The Beths. Home after an 18-month northern hemisphere tour, they had just finished recording sophomore album Jump Rope Gazers and were primed for more extensive touring. But within... |
Carnivorous Plant Society
The New King [ CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] It was in a dystopian world (with a working title of Dismal Imaginary Place deemed too depressing) that Carnivorous Plant Society's sophomore album The New King was born, simultaneously aspirational and pragmatically nihilistic. With fables penned by... |
Delaney Davidson
Lucky Guy [ Rough Diamond Inc / CD - released 4/Sep/2015 ] "Lucky Guy" is a compact set of 12 songs recorded in The Lab, Auckland and mixed in New York with Matt Verta Ray (Heavy Trash). Used to the unavoidable sprawl of time and the ramble of his tours, Davidson avoids the technique of collation, curation... |
Derek Lind
Solo [ Someone Up There / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] It's been a long time 'between drinks' for award winning New Zealand musician Derek Lind. 13 years after recording his last album, '12 Good Hours of Daylight', comes his emotional and intimate new acoustic double-album, SOLO - released on the second... |