Harper Simon

Harper Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer, and�the son of musician Paul Simon and first wife, Peggy Harper. After attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, Harper moved to London for several years, where he played with and wrote for the band Menlo Park. In 2009, aged 37, Simon released this debut album on his ...

Songlines 2010

Songlines is a British magazine launched in 1999 that covers music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from all around the globe.

Following on from the success of last year's inaugural Songlines World Music Awards, Songlines magazine is delighted to announce the winners of the Songlines Music Awards ...

Eli Paperboy Reed

Come & Get It is Eli "Paperboy"�Reed's third album and his major-label debut. Heavily influenced by late-60s and early- 70s Chicago Soul, the album continues the successful formula that saw Reed nominated as MOJO magazine's Breakthrough Artist of 2009. We'll be giving copies away, so tune in to Weekday Breakfasts and keep an eye on our Facebook ...

New from Crowded House

Intriguer is the sixth studio album by Crowded House, released in June 2010. It is the band's followup to the group's 2007 reunion album Time on Earth, and the first to feature all four current band members, including multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart and drummer Matt Sherrod, on all tracks. We feature Intriguer all week, along with selected tracks from ...

Kirsten Morrell

After 10 years of writing and recording with the multi-platinum band Goldenhorse, Kirsten Morrell is going solo...this week we feature her debut album "Ultraviolet".
�Goldenhorse collaborator Geoff Maddock can be heard of a range of instruments throughout the album, and Jol Mulholland co-produced the album with Kirsten.� The special partnership between ...

Refugee All Stars

We mark International Refugee Day [20 June] with this week’s Feature Album -� Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars “Rise and Shine”

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars are a group of musicians who escaped the horrific violence of Sierra Leone's civil war, landed in a West African refugee camp and formed a band to keep their ...

Watermelon Slim

Bill Homans, professionally known as "Watermelon Slim", is an American blues musician who�has been performing since the 1970s and has been linked to several notable blues musicians, including John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Champion Jack Dupree, Bonnie Raitt, "Country" Joe McDonald, and Henry Vestine of Canned Heat.� In 2009,� No Paid Holidays�CD was ...

Mose Allison

82 year old Mose Allison, pianist/singer/ composer, has been a major influence on musicians of the last 50 years and he has been touring and recording for at least that long. His songs have been recorded by many, among them, The Who, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, The Clash and Diana Krall. His singular style, a unique blending of jazz and blues, and ...

Anika Moa

Anika Moa is back with her fourth studio album “Love in Motion” and to celebrate will be taking her band around New Zealand to introduce the new songs to audiences as well as play past treasures. Moa plays Hamilton Saturday night - we'll be talking to her on Thursday Breakfast and giving away a double pass!� Tune in too for tracks from all our NZ ...

Triptych Trio

We sign off NZ Music Month and get our groove on with Triptych Trio's 'Round the Bend' - our Feature Album of the Week.� Triptych Trio is a 3-piece, hard-swinging modern jazz group based in Wellington who play a mixture of funky jazz originals and their own interpretations of contemporary Jazz material.� All three players are top NZ session musicians and have worked ...

New Phoenix Foundation

It's all about NZ music this May! This week we feature the brand new album from Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation. Entitled Buffalo, it was released on 26 April, and we've got a stack of copies� - tune in to Weekday Breakfasts for your chance to win a copy.

Katchafire

Local band Katchafire formed in 1997 as a Bob Marley tribute band and later began writing and performing their own songs. They have released three albums: Revival (2003) which featured the highest-selling NZ single of 2003, "Giddy Up"; Slow Burning (2005) and Say What You're Thinking (2007). Katchafire began recording their third ...

New Zealand Music month - week 1

We kick off New Zealand Music Month with “Arrows” - the 2010 debut album by Christchurch band The Eastern, who have played more than 230 shows in the past year alone, including opening for Steve Earle, Jimmy Barnes, Jim White and John Doe, Barry Saunders and more !��The Eastern have played everywhere from Nashville to Timaru and a few ...

Old Crow Medicine Show

Old Crow Medicine Show plays a wide variety of music, seeming to pull influence from any of the many musical forms that would have been available to medicine
shows of the turn of the century to the nineteen-forties, including old time, bluegrass, country, and folk blues. Country Music Television notes the band's "tunes from jug bands and traveling shows, back ...

John Mayall!

Blues legend John Mayall plays Hamilton this week - and you can hear him right here !� We're featuring his latest album "Tough" all week, as well as featuring an exclusive interview with the man who was a cornerstone of the British R&B boom of the early 60s.� Tune in also for album giveaways - during

Joanna Newsom "Have One On Me"

Have One On Me is the third studio album by Joanna Newsom, released on February 23, 2010. It is a triple album that sees Newsom moving on from her previous masterpiece ("Ys") in a more accessible vein, drawing even stronger comparisons with Kate Bush.� Reviews have been outstanding, including such comments as "nothing short of remarkable", ...

Dr John

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. (born November 21, 1940), better known by the stage name Dr. John [also as “The Night Tripper”], is an American singer/songwriter, pianist and guitarist whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.� Dr John is currently in New Zealand, and plays at the Tauranga Jazz Festival. ...

Hollie Smith

At last the long wait is over, Hollie Smith is back and has released her second studio album Humour and the Misfortune of Others on 15th March 2010. Humour and the Misfortune of Others is a musical endeavour through which Smith’s sultry voice guides the listener across an eclectic sound-scape of emotion, incorporating elements ...

Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave

From 1993 until 2003, Rick Rubin and Johnny Cash produced a string of ingeniously simple music that set Cash's fathoms-deep baritone against a stark backdrop, turning him loose on grim, death-haunted Appalachian ballads, standards and rock songs of recent vintage.� Seven years after Cash's death, those sessions are still producing great albums. The latest of the Rubin-Cash ...

Rosie Thomas

Rosie Thomas is an American singer-songwriter, originally from Michigan. Her album, These Friends of Mine, was released through her own record label Sing-A-Long Records. What Thomas has always done best is collaborate, and this time around, her collaborations brought her into contact with celebrated contemporary Sufjan Stevens, whose voice and ...

WOMAD 2010

WOMAD returns to Taranaki from 12-14 March 2010 for an exhilarating weekend of rhythms, sights and sounds in the lush surroundings of Brooklands Park & TSB Bowl in New Plymouth. Get ready for a whirlwind trip around the world and discover performances from so many artists - but if you can't make it - tune in to Weekday Breakfasts as we feature WOMAD 2010.� ...

Goran Bregovic

Goran Bregovi� is a Bosnian-born, self-declared Yugoslav musician and one of the most internationally known modern composers of the Balkans. He currently lives in Belgrade, Serbia, where he settled down after the Yugoslav Wars.� Bregovi� has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Ces�ria �vora. He rose to fame playing guitar with his rock band Bijelo dugme, but ...

Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers combine bluegrass, country, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk, and ragtime to produce a sound described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the "heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones."The band is made up of two ...

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rodrigo S�nchez, lead guitar, and Gabriela Quintero, rhythm guitar, met in Mexico City while playing in a thrash metal band called "Tierra �cida".

Turning to flamenco they gained a reputation by playing in the pubs and bars of Dublin, and despite their unusual style, gained a cult following. Recent visitors to New Zealand, Rodrigo y Gabriela's new release "11:11" ...

BB King

This week we look back to 2005, and feature B.B. King & Friends' album� "80".� The title refers to B.B. King's 80th birthday occurring in 2005, and the album features duets with Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Sheryl Crow, The Eagles’ Glen Frey, The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Elton John and many more.

Also new this week - a big swag of great new Kiwi material ...

Eric Hutchinson

Eric Hutchinson has been widely acclaimed for his prowess as a pianist, songwriter, and performer. He has been called "one of the most talented singer-songwriters that Boston has to offer," with comparisons to Jason Mraz, Stevie Wonder, Ben Folds, Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, Squeeze, Neil Finn, and even The Beatles. We feature his recent debut ...

Salsa Around The World

Over the years, Latin music has become part of the fabric of mainstream music, its influences turning up in jazz, rock and pop. As this week's Feature Album demonstrates, it has infiltrated the world’s music as well. On Putumayo's Salsa Around the World one can hear salsa-influenced music sung in Greek, Arabic, Hindi, Papiamento,Wolof, Douala, and ...

Monsters of Folk

Monsters of Folk is an American supergroup, consisting of Jim James from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and solo artist M. Ward. The band was formed in 2004 when the members were on tour with their respective bands and solo projects. RollingStone.com said "Monsters of Folk are already being called this generation's ...

Bloodshot

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This week we feature the label Bloodshot Records - taking tracks from their current lineup of indie rock and alt- country bands and artists. Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois which specializes in roots-inflected indie rock, and a Chicago brand of outlaw country.� Among the label mates we're checking out are ...

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name. Spike Jonze's ex-girlfriend Karen O, the vocalist of the New York art rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, wrote the film's soundtrack which is our Feature Album of the Week.� Karen O's ...

Away We Go OST

Away We Go is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes and written by the husband-and-wife team of Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The soundtrack features ten tracks by Alexi Murdoch - British singer/songwriter heavily influenced by English folk musicians - notably the late John Martyn. Murdoch's music has featured in many ...

Christmas in the Heart

This week we usher in the Festive Season with a bunch of truly wondrous music from around the planet - featuring tracks from Cuba LA to Johnny Cash, Ensemble Choral Du Bout Du Monde to Teenage Fanclub, Rufus Wainwright to the Willard Grant Conspiracy.�

We've picked something interesting to feature too - � Christmas in ...

Grant-Lee Phillips

Grant-Lee Phillips is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his versatile voice, intense lyrical narratives and dexterity on the acoustic twelve-string guitar, a style that often sees him compared to Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. On October 13th, 2009, Grant released his latest album of new material titled " Little Moon", ...

Lonely Hearts Dub Band

Following the widespread critical and commercial success of 2003’s Dub Side of the Moon and 2006’s Radiodread, Easy Star Records announces the Easy Star All-Stars’ complete reggae re-imagining of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band.��Of the decision ...

Flight of the Conchords

I Told You I Was Freaky is the brand new second studio album by Flight of the Conchords. Made up of tracks from the latest series, I Told You I Was Freaky showcases the Conchords' finely crafted parody skills with tracks such as Fashion is Danger, Sugalumps, and the razor-sharp Hurt Feelings.....

"Some people say that ...

Oh Happy Day!

"Some of secular music's top acts -- among them Queen Latifah, Jon Bon Jovi, Joss Stone and 3 Doors Down -- take a walk on the spiritual side for Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration."

Featuring tracks from Clapton's Blind Faith, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley and Sam Cooke, Oh Happy Day is a fresh ...

the Pretenders

This week we feature the 9th studio album by the Pretenders - Break Up the Concrete.� Fronted by the irrepressible Chrissie Hynde, the group has had a long and significant career. From their early days to the big hits ["Brass in Pocket"], the Pretenders have consistenly produced fresh and vital rock music. We feature them this week, along with a ...

Elvis is Back

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane is the 2009 studio album by Elvis Costello. It was recorded in Nashville with American songwriter and producer T Bone Burnett,�and released on June 9th 2009 on the Hear Music label. The album features bluegrass, Americana and country music along with Costello's familiar garrulous lyrics. Uncut magazine ...

Gin Wigmore's Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke is Gin Wigmore’s debut full length album, recorded with The Cardinals of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals fame. The first single from the album, "Oh My", debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number twenty-one, moving to number seven the following week. This week her star is shining a whole lot brighter as Gin’s debut ...

Tim O'Brien

Hailing originally from Wheeling, West Virginia, Tim O'Brien is one of the most respected bluegrass musicians and song writers performing around the world today. As well as having "one of the most fluid and recognizable voices in Bluegrass", O'Brien is also a virtuoso player on the Mandolin, Guitar, Fiddle, Banjo and Bazouki. His songs have been recorded by the ...

The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers are a folk rock/country rock band formed in 2006 in Upstate New York .They sing songs about love, murder and drinking - and they're putting the outlaw spirit back into country music. Check out their album Tonight at the Arizona, along with classics from The B52s and the Small Faces, Neil Young's latest album ...

7 Worlds Collide

7 Worlds Collide is a musical project by New Zealand singer/songwriter, Neil Finn. The project brings together Finn and other musicians in support of Oxfam. The project's second release, which we feature all this week, is titled The Sun Came Out. The album was recorded in Finn's Roundhead Studios and featured all-new material, with singing and ...

Revolver !

The entire Beatles catalogue has just been re-released in sympathetically and lovingly digitally remastered form. We mark the occasion by featuring the critics’ choice of the Beatles back catalogue�- Revolver. Revolver is the seventh album by The Beatles, released in August 1966. Many of the tracks on Revolver are marked by an electric guitar-rock sound, ...

Louisiana Gumbo!

This week we feature one of the latest releases from our friends at World Music label Putumayo Records - Louisiana Gumbo. This collection is called Louisiana Gumbo because this Creole stew is a perfect metaphor for the blend of musical elements found in the music of Louisiana - the primary ingredient in this southern casserole is the blues, ...

Robert Cray Band

This week we feature multiple Grammy Award winner Robert Cray, and the Robert Cray Band's brand new album This Time .� Cray rose through the Blues scene in the 80s, having by the age of twenty seen his heroes Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters in concert and decided to form his own band. More recently he has appeared with many big names ...

Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. They began as� a lo-fi indie-pop band with heads full of classic pop radio. Over time, they have shifted their emphasis toward crafting classic-sounding songs in various Western pop idioms. We're featuring their brand new release My Maudlin Career -� you'll hear traces of 1950s beach music ...

Tahuna Breaks

In the two years since the release of their acclaimed debut Reflections, Tahuna Breaks has been criss-crossing the country, writing and recording. They celebrate their new album's release with yet another national tour!� This week we feature their new LP - Black, Brown and White - tune in all week for your taste, along with new tracks from Dimmer, ...

Ben Harper

White Lies for Dark Times is the brand new album by Ben Harper and Relentless7.� It was released on May 5, 2009 and is Harper's first album with the Texas-based backing band Relentless7, who have certainly woken Harper from his previous laid-back style of blues/soul. White Lies for Dark Times is a riff-laden Blues workout that will ...

Wilco by Wilco

Wilco was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo. Their music has been inspired by a wide variety of artists and styles, and has in turn influenced music by a number of modern alternative rock acts. The band continued in the alternative country of Uncle Tupelo on its debut album A.M. (1995), but has since introduced more ...

The Bads "So Alive"

Evading all kiwi music stereotypes to present a wonderfully realised and beautifully crafted arrangement of alt-country ballads, The Bads are set to breathe a breath of fresh air into the NZ music scene.� This week we feature their brand new album So Alive, along with other new Kiwi material from Minuit, James Duncan, Liam Finn and Eliza Jane, Pitch ...

God Help the Girl

God Help the Girl is a� film due to be shot in 2010, written by Stuart Murdoch, frontman of Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. The film will feature new songs written by Murdoch, along with two Belle & Sebastian songs. Murdoch held open auditions in which members of the public could send in videos or audio clips of ...

Steve Earle "Townes"

“Townes” is the new album by American country-rock singer Steve Earle, widely known as "the hardcore troubador", due in part to his well-documented troubles with the law, drug addiction and his uncompromising viewpoints. The album consists entirely of reworkings of songs by his late friend� and country music legend Townes Van Zandt, with whom ...

Rhythms del Mundo Classics

Rhythms del Mundo Classics is the follow-up album of the internationally successful Aabum Rhythms del Mundo, which also fused Western pop and rock artists with Latin-American beats. Classics pairs the Rhythms del Mundo band with The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Keane, Fall Out Boy, The Editors, Cat Power and more.� Check out the results, along ...

Paul Simon

Paul Simon is best known as half of the popular folk-rock duo Simon and Garfunkel�- recent visitors to our shores.� Simon has however enjoyed a prolific solo career, incorporating elements of Jamaican styles in his early releases ["Mother and Child Reunion"], political and social commentary, and deeply personal confessions on celebrated albums ...

Boh Runga

It's all about Kiwi music ! This week we feature “ Right Here”, the new album from Kiwi songstress Boh Runga.� Boh is of course the lead singer and guitarist in New Zealand rock band Stellar, and comes from a very musical family - both her sisters are, or have been, in bands - her youngest sister, Bic, has a successful solo career, and Pearl has ...

The Mamaku Project present their second album, Mal de Terre. Taking inspiration from their homebase on the West Coast of Auckland and from their frequent trips to France, on the simply gorgeous Mal de Terre, The Mamaku Project weave French bohemian roots, Pacifica dub and scents of the Middle East into a captivating musical concoction. A bi-lingual forage into ...

March of the Zapotec

Beirut is an American band that began as the solo musical project of 23-year-old New Mexico native Zach Condon, and later evolved into a band led by Condon. The music combines elements of Eastern European and folk with Western pop music. March of the Zapotec, Beirut's latest release is packaged on CD with Holland by Realpeople, ...

The Very Best of Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow is an American singer-songwriter and musician whose music blends rock, country, pop and folk, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. She has performed with the Rolling Stones and has sung duets with Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton and Kid Rock, but it's her successful solo career that we feature this week, including her big ...

I Started Out With Nothin and I Still Got Most of it Left

Seasick Steve is an American bluesman, although he prefers to be called "a song and dance man". He plays guitars (mostly personalized), and sings, usually about his early life living rough and doing casual work. I Started Out With Nothin and I Still Got Most of it Left is his third album, released September 2008, and features guest musicians Ruby Turner, Grinderman ...

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