Press Releases

13th August 2010
For eight years, emerging and major New Zealand contemporary music artists have taken advantage of the world's largest and most prestigious music business event--South by Southwest Music & Media Festival & Conferences in Austin Texas--for global exposure. For the 25th SxSW March 16-20 2011, government...

13th August 2010
Well-known singer, song-writer and performer Taisha Tari has been named the inaugural 2010 Waiata Maori Awards ambassador. The ambassador’s role will be to promote the National Maori Awards in New Zealand and internationally...

11th August 2010
Following the success of the their last show at Al’s Bar,  The Jordan Luck Band return for a one show only encore! Check them at Al’s Bar Friday 20th August, $25 door sales only - Doors Open 8pm...

13th August 2010
New Zealand’s newest band Airport 29 have just taken off with the release of their debut single ‘Love In A Changing World’ which is available on Amplifier, digiRAMA and will go global on iTunes very soon. The band features Katrina Robinson on lead vocals and guitar, Craig Payne on lead guitar / sequencing and Holly Payne on bass guitar...

12th August 2010
This long awaited CD of music from Pos Mavaega's show ISLAND SUMMER presented by Pacific Underground was recorded in Christchurch and Dunedin. The slick arrangements of old Samoan hymns and favourites as well as original songs from Pos Mavaega and Tanya Muagututi'a are transferred from stage to CD in it's purest form of vocal and acoustic ensemble guitar dreamland...

12th August 2001
David Rovics will be performing at the Christchurch Folk Music Club on Sunday 22 August at 8pm. 
David Rovics grew up in a family of classical musicians in Wilton, Connecticut, and became a fan of populist regimes early on. By the early 90's he was a full-time busker in the Boston subways and by the mid-90's he was traveling the world as a professional flat-picking rabble-rouser...

12th August 2010
New Music: My brand new album While I'm Awake I'm At War is out now! It's in all good stores throughout NZ and available worldwide through Cdbaby. If you're in NZ, buy it online at Amplifier. The video for my latest single Careful features the gorgeous Antonia Prebble and was directed by the super talented Damien Luke. See Flip live Fri Sept 10 at the Dux de Lux...