Petrina Togi-Sa'ena, from the team behind the annual Pacific Music Awards, calls into the studio for a kōrero with Nick about the just-launched Pacific Music Collection. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Audio Culture we pay tribute to wāhine toa Lorraine Barry, who sadly passed over the weekend. Manager to Dave Dobbyn, Tom Scott and countless other artists, and an absolute force in the Aotearoa music scene - Gareth Shute came up to the studio to chat with Nick and Rosetta about Lorraine's impact. The trio chat about Lorraine's Northern Irish roots and involvement with global icons The Spice Girls, what brought her to Aotearoa, and her commitment to mentoring emerging industry professionals through organisations such as MMF. Lorraine features in AudioCulture's article Five Wāhine Toa of The Industry.
Today on Audio Culture, Andrew Schmidt is up in studio to chat with Nick and Rosetta about his article, Harmonic Generators: 10 NZ Garage Rock Classics. The trio listen to some tracks from Chants R&B, The Axel Grinders, and the D4, and chat about how the sound has evolved over the years.
Today on AudioCulture Gareth Shute is up in studio to take a trip down memory lane... remembering some of the exciting stories of Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa, New Zealand Music Month! NZMM turns 25 this year, and to celebrate Gareth wrote a piece titled Ten Remarkable New Zealand Music Month Moments. Whakarongo mai nei!
It's the first Audio Culture of Te Marama Pūoro o Aotearoa / New Zealand Music Month, so Rosetta and Nick kicked things off with a kōrero with local legend Paul Kennedy, about all things NZ Charts! To celebrate the Official Aoteaora Music Chart turning 50 this year, the trio took a trip down memory lane to chat about the history of the chart, listen to some chart-topping classics, and learn more about Paul's mahi at Recorded Music NZ.
Today on Audio Culture, Nick and Rosetta chat with local legend and owner of Whammy Bar Lucy Macrae about the Save Our Venues movement that made waves across the Aotearoa Music Scene throughout Covid-19 - and went on to become the organisation Independent Music Venues Aotearoa, providing support and strengthening community amongst independent music venues across the motu.
Gareth Shute revisits the wide-spanning career and music of Stanley Manthyng and Fatal Jelly Space, as well as the newly launched NZ On Screen Rainbow Collection. Brought to you by our friends at AudioCulture.
Simon Grigg chats to Rosetta about the influence of the Harlequin recording studio and the career of Doug Rogers. Check out Simon Grigg's six-part series on the AudioCulture website here.