Rachel has a chat with the absolutely iconic musician, producer, director, performance artist and totally boundary breaking Peaches ahead of her much anticipated shows in Aotearoa in February 2023. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the The Teaches of Peaches, she'll be playing at the Powerstation in Tāmaki Makaurau on Monday 20 February, and two shows in Te Whanganui-a-Tara on 21 and 22 Feb. Whakarongo mai nei! Tickets here.
With the release of ‘Finally’ in 2016 Peach Milk began as a live act with a focus on immersive, ethereal dance music. After a string of live hardware shows played throughout New Zealand, the focus of the project has shifted more towards producing and DJing. Her Dj sets display broad influences, ranging from the dreamy and relaxed areas of House music to driving, percussive Techno and everything in between. Peach Milk is a project that continues to shift and transcend labels or mediums
In New Zealand, the five year survival rate for ovarian cancer currently sits at 39%, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since the 1970s. Every 48 hours, a woman in this country dies from this type cancer, making it a significant health crisis in Aotearoa. Lyric Waiwiri-Smith spoke with Tash from gynaecological charity Talk Peach to uncover more on this situation, and discuss what positive change could look like.
Miss Peach joins Deputy Paul in the studio to play a couple of songs live promoting the shows and release of the album 'Sand' as "Miss Peach & The Travellin' Bones". We check out some of the very latest in protest music from the USA from an album that came out the day of Trump's innauguration, as well as a few politcally charged songs from the past.