Little Bushman was formed in Wellington in 2005 by Warren Maxwell after he left Trinity Roots. His intent was to move towards his influences from the experimental, psychedelic rock era of the 60s and...

Folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Jess Chambers has both recorded and released her own solo albums, and collaborated live and on record with multiple electronic music producers.

Born in New...

Long before being dubbed New Zealand’s queen of the banjo, Jenny Blackadder was recommended to Christchurch rocker Max Merritt for a spot in his band. The only problem was The Meteors didn’t think...

Goodnight Nurse formed in 2001 after bass player Paul Taite responded to a flyer placed in Auckland University bar Shadows by frontman Joel Little and drummer Jaden Parkes.

A pop-rock band with...

An all-woman Māori vocal group from Wellington, The Shevelles are best known for their 1968 hit single 'Beat The Clock'.

Lead singer Rangi Parker grew up in Porirua in the Latter Day Saints church...

In 1965 Marina Devcich was an apprentice hairdresser in Morrinsville. She finally got the reversible coat she’d been paying off at a local shop and wore it on her first ever flight to Wellington. The...

Looking for more venues to play and more musicians to play with, a contingent of young jazz musicians left New Zealand in the early 1960s, never to return. Among them were Mike Nock, Alan Broadbent,...

Former Embers stalwart Glyn Tucker was just in his 20s but already an industry veteran when he formed The Adventurers in early 1965 with Paddy McAneney (guitar), Peter Davies (guitar), Roger Wiles...

Kaosis continue to usher in the next generation of nu metal with their final explosive single for 2024, ‘The Way I Am’, via Blood Blast Distribution and Rail Records. This track fuses volatile bounce...

Alan Moon played his first gig at the age of 10 years old, in the music room at St Anne’s Catholic Primary in Manurewa. The nuns overheard him playing a piano rendition of a song he had heard on the...

After just one day of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new pontiff. The man chosen, Cardinal Robert Prevost, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

HMV/EMI’s production line of male solo hitmakers continued with Mark Williams following Mr. Lee Grant, Shane and Craig Scott to the top of the charts. Producer Alan Galbraith made regular visits to...

Signed to Viking by Ron Dalton, Morrinsville country singer Maria Dallas bookended her career with her two biggest hits. In 1966 her very first single, ‘Tumblin’ Down’, written by Taranaki-born Jay...

Penned by the band’s Dave Luther for his skiffle-pop band comprising of ex-pat Englishmen from his Wellington Diamond United football team, ‘Pretty Girl’ lodged for three weeks at No.1 in August...

The chart-topping impetus of New Zealand artists in the late 60s continued into 1970. The new decade got off to a fantastic start with the very first New Zealand No.1 also being the first to be...

Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs were an Australian pop and rock group dating from the mid-sixties. The group enjoyed huge success in the mid-1960s, but split in 1967. They re-emerged in the early...

The Rebels (with Glyn Mason as lead singer, in the position vacated by Larry Morris) arrived in Australia late March 1969. Earlier that month they had reached the No.1 spot on the NZ Music Charts...

Angela Ayers was the golden girl of NZ TV through her appearances with Peter Sinclair and Craig Scott in the musical TV shows Happen Inn and Sing in the 70’s. This led to her being voted NZ’s Queen...

Born in Mumbai India of Irish English parents, folk singer Seona McDowell lived in NZ before adventuring across the pond in the 70s to commence her professional singing career. She toured with Don...

NEW ZEALAND'S (NZ listener charts) SINGLE CHART FOR January 13, 1967,
The La De Das formed in New Zealand in 1965 and after reaching the top there (with their single, 'Hey Baby' which made number...

Mr. Lee Grant's birth name was Bogdan Kominowsk. He was born in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945. His father was killed there. After the war in 1949 Bogdan and his mother emigrated to Palmerston...

This is the first single from Christchurch musician Michael Braithwaite known as Ritckie Venus. A former Elvis Impersonator. He has played in bands around Christchurch since the 1960's. He appeared...

This is the fourth single by the Dave Miller Set. The Set had grown out of Christchurch band Dave Miller And The Byrds. The band divided its time between New Zealand and Australia. With a large...

Rick Bryant was a true legend of the Wellington music scene. Having played in Blerta, Original Sin, Gutbucket, Mammal, Rough Justice, Top Scientists, and the Neighbours. The Jive Bombers were formed...

This was the eleventh solo single from Larry's Rebels ex-front man Larry Morris. He had previously released 13 singles, two EPs and one album with Larry's Rebels. As a solo Artist he released a...