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Elijah Zane: Bringing the Soul of Texas Blues to New Zealand

Austin-based singer, guitarist and songwriter Elijah Zane brings a distinctly Texan flavour to the blues — raw, soulful and shaped by a lifetime of...

AVATAR! – Johannes Eckerström Talks Metallica, ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ and Auckland’s First Ever Show

Johannes Eckerström of AVATAR discusses touring with Metallica, 'Don't Go In The Forest' and playing New Zealand for the first time. Q: Metallica publicly praised...

Inteview: King Parrot’s Matt Young, 14 July 2026

King Parrot bring their unrelenting, gleefully filthy brand of Australian extreme metal to Auckland's Whammy Bar on 18 July 2026. Ahead of the show...

Salem Mahia, Winner of Best Song Play It Strange 2025

Salem Mahia Randall from Gisborne Boys High School takes out this year’s Play It Strange song contest with his composition Girl Named Abigail. This is...

Play It Strange Supports Budding Young Songwriters

Play It Strange is a charitable trust that promotes and inspires songwriting for NZ secondary school students. We provide pathways for creativity through songwriting. That is...

Buster Bloodvessel: Still Raising Hell After 50 Years of Bad Manners

It’s not every day you get to sit down with a living legend, but today, I had the distinct pleasure of talking to none...

Andrew Roachford and the Immaculate Soul Musician

Andrew Roachford is bringing his Then and Now Greatest Hits tour to New Zealand in May 2025, and Red Raven had a chat to...

Jared Gomes Long Journey with (Hed)P.E.

Jared Gomes founded seminal Post Punk Californian band (Higher Education) Planet Earth (aka (Hed)P.E.) in 1994, with guitarist Wesley Geer. He is still going...

Heilung Are Conjurors of Ancient Pagan Music

Heilung are reanimators of ancient times in music and touch on the essence of the primordial spirit. The essential trio nucleus founded in Copenhagen, Denmark...
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