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Big Ups once again to Chicago's Alligator Records label supremo Bruce Iglauer. Alligator recently celebrated 45 years documenting

Savage is back in the swing of things with a Tigermonkey collab called Zooby Doo. A bouncy, fun and yelly track, Zooby Doo is earwormy

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Irish writer-director, John Carney, has had a string of hits and misses in his career. His surprise triumph, Once, beautifully expressed

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Lyttleton teenager Candice Milner is set to tour in support of her album Evergreen. Two years ago Milner wrote a song about coping

At Rock's top table of guitarists sit the obvious recipients, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, the Stones' Keith Richards, David Gilmour

The long-time owners of Sailfish Cove, who are looking at retirement, are selling up the 12ha property where they first planted grapes back in 1995.

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The Naked and Famous have released their third album ahead of a major North American tour. Simple Forms was recorded in Los Angeles

True to form tonight's launch at Parliament Buildings of Womad 2017 was a splash of colour, and a typically diverse initial announcement

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Lucy Dacus is a contradiction. One of the new breed of indie singer songwriters, her sound is at once fresh, original and exciting

I regretfully admit that I have not yet seen the 1960 version of The Magnificent Seven (which was originally based on Akira Kurosawa's

Coventry seven-piece ska legends The Specials will take the stage at Womad 2017, organisers have announced. Since they founded the

Christchurch's Marley Sola has released a self-titled debut EP. The four-tracker features two previous singles On My Own and Fill

no byline Northland writers are encouraged to enter their work in the only specific Pacific story writing competition, the deadline

I am always on the look-out for a holiday film that draws out deeper reactions in my kids than a couple of cheap laughs. A few years

You'd be hard-pressed to find a cooler sound this summer than Banks. She made many fans two years ago with Goddess. Now, the California

In just three hours all 17,526 tickets to the Beatles concert at the Hollywood Bowl on August 23, 1965, sold out. Their last live

Two families have reached a custody agreement over the dog - named either Wilson or Bear depending who you asked.

Electric Wire Hustle this week release their third album The 11th Sky. The electro-soul outfit will back up Friday's release with

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