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Mohua Sun – the band for social and environmental changemakers – to play at Nelson’s Free House

August 9, 2012 – 5:02 pm |

Making the world a better place can be exhausting at times right?  A Golden Bay based folk rock band are setting out to restore the spirits of people seeking to create positive social and environmental …

Music profile: Matiu Te Huki ‘Let your light shine’

July 22, 2012 – 3:51 pm | One Comment

Check out this soulful photo of Matiu Te Huki using his powerful gift for onstage performance, singing and songwriting.  The man’s worth checking out, if you haven’t already discovered him.
What I love most about Matiu’s …

Wellware Collections and LOOP present the Winter Kit

July 9, 2012 – 3:29 pm |

WELLWARE COLLECTIONS & LOOP PRESENT THE WINTER KIT
Release date: 9/ 7 / 12
To nourish your body and soul through the colder months, Wellware’s Winter kit combines music and remedy by bringing together a relaxing downtempo …

Music Review: Sarah Brown ‘The Great Heart Robbery’

May 21, 2012 – 1:06 pm |

By Charlotte Squire
If you’re after a bluesy, sultry, heart-felt album with beautiful female vocals and continued references to love in all its forms, one that you can listen to while you relax on a rainy …

Sam RB’s song Stand Tall song chosen as official anthem for the NZ Olympic Team

April 18, 2012 – 4:36 pm |

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March 18, 2012
Standing tall alongside Sam RB
The Mental Health Foundation congratulates Sam RB on having her song Stand Tall made into the official anthem of the New Zealand Olympic team.
Sam is a former Like …

Nelson all-girl Johnny Cash invited to major US festival

April 13, 2012 – 2:56 pm |

Nelson Media
The world’s first and only all-girl Johnny Cash band, Nelson based The Johnnys, are off to California to the fourth annual Johnny Cash Music Festival in Ventura in June.
 
Vocalist and lead guitarist Suzi Fray …

Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas

April 13, 2012 – 9:42 am |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Concerned Citizens
Creative Wellingtonians Combine Art and Technology to Help Communities Overseas
Concerned Citizens, a Wellington-based creative community of more than 80 artists and musicians, have announced the opening of a cutting edge “Open …

The Lowdown helps Wellington band enter NZ music scene

April 3, 2012 – 4:42 pm |

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29 March 2012
 
The Lowdown helps Wellington band enter NZ music scene
 
As young musicians around the country prepare for the 2012 Smokefreerockquest starting this May, Wellington band The Velvet Regime are releasing their first single …

Auckland Gospel Choir hits Auckland City!

February 19, 2012 – 3:11 pm |

Press Release
Media contact: Simon Matāfai – E: simonmatafai@gmail.com M: +64 21 059 2924
AUCKLAND GOSPEL CHOIR hits Auckland City!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday 16th February, 2012.
This mass choir is for all singers who love Gospel music. Free to …

Shapeshifter headline New Zealand’s biggest orientation music festival

January 24, 2012 – 1:32 pm |

After an awesome summer tour, Shapeshifter will be finishing on a high by headlining New Zealand’s biggest orientation music festival. Unitec presents Lipton Ice Tea Sounds in the Sun on Saturday 3rd March 2012.
Shapeshifter tops …

Everythings Gonna Be Alright!

January 16, 2012 – 1:10 pm | 2 Comments

The Babysitters Circus (TBC) is a four piece New Zealand Electronica/Bass and Funk/Groove freak show that was born when the quartet began throwing sounds and ideas together while babysitting for a friend.
It soon became apparent …

Check Out Award Winning Kiwi Kid’s Music Composer Levity Beet and Win His Music!

November 28, 2011 – 10:14 pm | One Comment

Original Kiwi kid’s music is kinda hard to come by, but Golden Bay based Levity Beet is passionate about his craft so he makes up for it with some seriously inspiring high quality music that …

RubberBand’s ‘Unique Sound’ Wins Over Judges at Smokefree Pacifica Beats

September 25, 2011 – 9:55 am |

Auckland band RubberBand is the winner of this year’s Smokefree Pacifica Beats–the biggest youth competition for original, contemporary music that reflects New Zealand’s unique cultural identity.
The six top bands played off in Manukau City on …

Southern Kiwi Girl Launches Debut Album

July 28, 2011 – 6:39 pm |

WHAT:                       Whitney Irwin launches her debut album Fly
WHEN:                      Sunday, 31 July 2011
WHERE:                   Kelvin Hotel, Invercargill

Whitney’s awaited debut album will be officially launched this Sunday, 31 July, at …

Sika – Live in Nelson

July 14, 2011 – 5:00 pm |

Young Positive Thinking Wellington Student Has Night of Her Life at Katy Perry Concert

May 17, 2011 – 1:12 pm |

Wellington student Stacey Christie got to achieve a dream and meet her idol Katy Perry at the pop singers recent Wellington concert.
Stacey has a neuromuscular condition called Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy which is …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 354 – What’s Your True Hearts Desire?

April 17, 2011 – 8:10 pm |

When I was a little girl I bought my first album.  It was a record.  It was the eighties.  Rattle and Hum.  I loved U2.  I loved the raw emotion in their music.  I loved …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 352 – Being a Rockstar Feels Really Good

April 15, 2011 – 11:16 pm |

Tis late – nearly mid-night.  I’m home after playing a gig at a friend’s house-warming-we’ve-arrived-in-Golden Bay party.  Tonight, people actually danced to our music.  It was Mohua Sun’s dream come true.  And one little girl …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 346 – Sweet Music

April 9, 2011 – 10:30 pm |

When I was twenty eight I found music.  Or it found me.  On a Marae.  Some might say it was my saturn return doing exactly what it was meant too.  Others might simply say: life …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 283 – Kai Time With Mohua Sun

February 4, 2011 – 10:00 pm |

As you may or may not know I’m in a way-cool rock band.  It was a total girlie band, but now a big hearted man named David has joined us for a while too – …

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