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. No one ever got anywhere by standing still. As an artist, you must move to grow. It's a sentiment Reid...
2023 will see Billy Bragg and Cooking Vinyl celebrating forty years of music from the singer, songwriter, activist and author, with a selection of releases to appeal to casual admirers and die hard fans alike. Each format has been compiled by Billy beginning with a 1LP 13-song ‘primer' on LTD...
Nonesuch Records releases the first recording of Steve Reich's ‘Reich/Richter', performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson. The composition was originally written to be performed with German visual artist Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz's film ‘Moving Picture (946-3)'....
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marked the beginning of the Maori calendar, and its rising before the sun in late May or early June was...
‘Bridge Over Troubled Water,' released in 1970, was Simon & Garfunkel's final studio album and their greatest success. The title track won an unprecedented five Grammy Awards, while the complete record won Album of the Year. The album stayed at #1 for 10 weeks, remained on the chart for a total of...
Cold Fact is the debut album from singer-songwriter Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on the Sussex label in March 1970. In 1971 the album was released in South Africa by A&M Records. In 1976, several thousand copies of Cold Fact were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in...
A collaboration with award winning Ōtautahi singer-songwriter and producer Delaney Davidson - who also plays a variety of instruments on the record, Black Sea Golden Ladder was written and recorded as part of Troy Kingi's Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist Residency in Wellington. The residency was created...
Included on this magical record are Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid, Let's Eat Grandma, Bombay Bicycle Club, Emeli Sande, and Ben Harper. The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer / songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of...
Blonde On Blonde' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. ‘Blonde On Blonde' completed the trilogy of rock albums that Dylan recorded in 1965 and 1966, starting with ‘Bringing It All Back Home' and ‘Highway 61 Revisited. ' Combining the expertise of Nashville session...
The debut album from Sun Kil Moon, originally released in 2003 and long since out of print is reissued on double vinyl. Includes original bonus track ‘Gentle Moon (Acoustic)'. - Ghosts Of The Great Highway (2LP) by Sun Kil Moon (Vinyl)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra came to life in basements and bedrooms, the musical vision of Portlander-via-New Zealand Ruban Nielson that fused guitar-god riffs, choppy percussion, soul and funk. II, the sophomore album from UMO, emerged in an era rampant hedonism and isolationism and became the...
Don't Get Lost was fully recorded & produced at Anton's new Cobra Studio in Berlin. It is the 16th full length release from the Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded from March 2016 to October 2016. With band members Ricky Maymi, Dan Allaire, Collin Hegna & Ryan Van Kriedt. Also Emil Nikolaisen from...
There was a moment in 1987, when a feisty and driven Joan Baez thought, "enough is enough. " She rolled up her sleeves and accepted an offer from artist manager and label executive Danny Goldberg to join his latest startup, Gold Castle, and start making records again. That decision led to three...
New Zealand dream pop band French for Rabbits are pleased to announce their second album The Weight of Melted Snow will be released in New Zealand on 10 March, 2017. To introduce the album, they are sharing "One and Only" - a soliloquy to a changing relationship, written in a moment of realisation...
It comes from dimensions unknown. Wilderness of Love, the smoke-colored debut album by mystical prophets Shadow Band, sounds more conjured than recorded. When the sprawling collective decided it was time to document their dark craft, rather than choosing to work in a traditional recording studio,...
Downunder: Live In Australia is a live album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in January 2001. The concert was recorded over two nights at the Continental Café in Melbourne, Australia. Bearing only a slight overlap with Jansch's previous live album Live at the 12 Bar in content, this...
Phil Lewin's homespun debut is a loner folk masterpiece; accidentally psychedelic, lit by heartbreak and timeless in its sadness and hope. - Jeff Conklin, WFMU 1975 Private-press LP now remastered from the original tapes. In his own words, today: I was once told that one should first write about...