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Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams
Plastic Bouquet [ Caroline Australia / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] Every December, Christchurch enjoys the start of summer as Saskatoon begins to freeze over. For as far apart as these places may seem, you would never know it from Plastic Bouquet - the debut collaborative album between Saskatoon duo Kacy & Clayton... |
L.A.B
III [ LOOP Recordings Aot(ear)oa / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] 12 months after the release of their second album, L.A.B - the power house group from the legendary Kora brothers Brad and Stu plus the extraordinary talent of Joel Shadbolt on lead guitar and vocals, Ara Adams-Tamatea from the mighty Katchafire on... |
Leonard Cohen
Thanks For The Dance [ Columbia / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] In a posthumous new album, Leonard Cohen has robbed death of the last word. 'Thanks for the Dance' is not a commemorative collection of B sides and outtakes, but an unexpected harvest of new songs, exciting and vital, a continuation of the... |
Lorde
Melodrama [ Universal Music CD / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this record - well, this one is about what comes next. ...The party is about to start. I am about to show you the new... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love [ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
Mel Parsons
Glass Heart [ Cape Road Records / CD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] Mel Parsons' fourth album Glass Heart is a bold and beautifully crafted body of work, which sees her revealing a darker and fuller sound, while still retaining her trademark poignant storytelling. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with... |
Nadia Reid
Out Of My Province [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Out of My Province showcases Nadia's sharpest songwriting to date, atmospheric arrangements replete with strings and Rhodes, and of course that immense voice, alternately soothing and riveting. |
Norah Jones
Day Breaks (Deluxe) (Includes 4 live bonus tracks) [ Blue Note / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] This is Norah Jones' stunning sixth solo album which is a kindred spirit to the singer's breakout debut Come Away With Me and finds the 9-time Grammy winner returning to the piano and her roots. The album features jazz luminaries including her Blue... |
Phoenix Foundation
Give Up Your Dreams [ Universal / CD - released 7/Aug/2015 ] The Phoenix Foundation return with their new and sixth studio album Give Up Your Dreams. It's a shrewd and vibrant reminder that in The Phoenix Foundation's gloriously absurd world of Technicolour pop, it's the challenges you set yourself that reap... |
Ray LaMontagne
Monovision [ RCA / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] 'Monovision' is the 8th studio album from singer songwriter, Ray LaMontagne. The new 10 track album was produced, written, played and engineered by Ray LaMontagne. Ray handled all vocals and instruments including acoustic electric guitars, bass,... |
Reb Fountain
Iris [ Flying Nun / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] The perfect extension of her 2020 self-titled record, IRIS elevates Reb Fountain's music to new heights. Reb effortlessly combines pop elements with her trademark noir folk-punk sound; weaving authentic and anthemic tunes that create an instant and... |
Reb Fountain
Reb Fountain [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Celebrated singer-songwriter Reb Fountain's forthcoming self-titled album marks a new chapter in the kiwi artist's career and her first full-length release on Flying Nun Records. |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof (Deluxe CD) [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Sol3 Mio
A Very M3rry Christmas [ Universal Music / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Sol3 Mio's first ever Christmas album! A Very Merry Christmas features the breathtaking voices of Pene Pati, Amitai Pati and Moses Mackay, this much requested album will delight their legions of fans and is destined to become a bona fide Kiwi... |
Tami Neilson
Chickaboom [ Neilson Records / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] No one forgets the first time they saw Tami Neilson. She can hush a room with an original song that channels the hurting spirit of Patsy Cline or the sensuality of Peggy Lee, or bring the audience to its feet on a rockabilly raver. |
Tami Neilson
Don't Be Afraid [ Neilson Records / CD - released 25/Sep/2015 ] Rewind to 1972 for the beginnings of this album. A young Ron Neilson recorded a demo "Lonely" outside a hotel room while on tour across Canada. Decades later, it was completed by his daughter Tami when she discovered that demo a week after he passed... |
Tami Neilson
Kingmaker [ Neilson Records / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] From being cradled as a baby in the arms of Roy Orbison, to performing a duet with Willie Nelson, you would think that Tami Neilson lived a country music fantasy life. However, in between these monumental occurrences, The Neilson Family Band, with... |
Tami Neilson
Dynamite! [ Southbound / CD - released 21/Mar/2014 ] 10 explosive new songs from the Hot Rockin' Lady of Country, Rockabilly & Soul. With a soulful voice straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly music, Tami Neilson has been described as the love child of Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison... |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
The Other Side [ ECM / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "This is the chill-out as a state of grace, and it can go as deep as you like. Sublime," wrote the Independent on Sunday of the Gustavsen's trio's Being There, released in 2007. Over the last decade Tord has explored other ensemble forms and formats,... |
Trio-Da Kali and Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] You take a trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali and put them in the studio with a renowned and revolutionary Western string quartet - and the resulting album is one of the most richly rewarding musical collaborations you are... |