When You Get There.....

This afternoon I wrapped up the tour of Root 70’s discography with the self-titled debut album released in 2000. Plenty of y...

A frustrating day of work was alleviated by some very enjoyable sounds. Kicking off the day was the new disc featuring unrel...

This morning kicked off with the latest from The Melancholy Babes – The Rat of the Riot . While the music is intense, it’s not all just ...

Last the couple of mornings have seen early starts, and this time round I had Kim Paterson’s The Duende giving me a hand (a...

Root 70 On 52 nd 1/4 Street got the day rolling. The 1 st of the conceptual series, features original lines written over the harmonies...

The tour through the Root 70 catalogue continued today with the 2010 release, Listen to Your Woman – an all-blues outing an...

Root 70’s Riomar kicked off the day. This is quartet’s album with a string trio and it had a darker vibe than I remembered (or maybe it wa...

I’m not sure whether I’ll post every day while the lockdown is in place (probably not), but here we are at Day 1. In the morning, Root ...

As of midnight tonight New Zealand moves into lockdown in efforts to combat the spread of CONVID-19. So it seems like a good time to resur...

Root 70: Luxury Habits ( nWog Records ) Nils Wogram (trb) Hayden Chisholm (as) Matt Penman (b) Jochen Rueckert (d) The latest alb...

I spent some time on Sunday listening to a few tracks from three albums that have been getting regular airtime since I picked up just before...

This is not a "best of" and it's far from a comprehensive overview of my listening over the past 12 months - just a taste of a...

I came across a list of workshops and masterclass I have attended over the years. Most of these took place at NZSM. It is not a complete lis...