Don McGlashan has become woven into the fabric of our country. Along with the bounty of tracks from his solo career, Don has made music with From Scratch, Blam Blam Blam, The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn as well was scoring works for theatre, dance, television and film. He stopped in to bFM for a live performance while on his most recent tour.
This week, Sam takes a look at the final studio album from British band Tubeway Army "Replicas." Released in 1979, this was the last album Gary Numan made with the group before he went solo.
Dunedin-based artist Francisca Griffin (formerly known as Kathy Bull of Look Blue Go Purple) recently released her beautiful sophomore record 'The Spaces Between'. She spoke to Danielle about the process of putting together the evocative album, which comes 20 years after her solo debut. Cheers NZ On Air Music!!
Been wondering what Deacon the Vampire has been up to since What We Do In The Shadows? Well we've got the answer for you. And it's in the form of Deacon's solo show, if you've just been just dying to know, you better head down to Garnet Station between Tuesday 19th Feb and Saturday 23rd Feb at 8:30pm so you don't miss out. We hear it's filled with laughs and gore.
This week, Sam pays tribute to the late Scott Walker by taking a look at his 1969 album "Scott 4." Walker began his career as a pop star with the Walker Brothers before becoming undertaking a successful solo career that influenced everyone from Bowie to Jarvis Cocker.
It's NZ Music Month and for our first Fancy New Band for the week, we have Sonar.Suite up in studio. We talk about what it's like to produce a solo album, and listen to three live stonking tracks: Be Coool, Suite Surrender and Flip Side. Cheers to NZ On Air for this one, bloody exciting times this month. Happy NZ Music Month! ~ ~ ~
This week, Sam takes a look at the debut album from New York rapper Nas "Illmatic." Released in 1994, "Illmatic" has gone on to be considered one of the greatest rap albums of all time and helped set the blueprint for male solo rappers in the future.
Wellington musician Michael James Keane (of So Laid Back Country China) talks to Danielle about his solo record 'The Cascade', ahead of his Auckland show this weekend. Cheers NZ On Air Music!
Very excited to have A.C. Freazy up in the studio for Live and Direct this week. We chat about performing in various bands, writing music as a solo artist, plans for the future etc... you know, all that jazz! Have a wee listen to the three stellar tunes he performs, they're not to be missed. Thanks to NZ On Air Music! ~ ~ ~
Lucky for us, Harper Finn pops up to the studio to chat about his newly released singles. Harper talks to Rachel about how it feels to be going solo, whether there's an upcoming album and how it's been to find his own sound. If you want to catch Harper live, get your tickets here.
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