Home of culinary cravings: The Good Home Pegasus

The days are getting longer and warmer; a stark reminder that summer is on its way. Therefore, now is the perfect time to book your end-of-year function at The Good Home Pegasus.     Located at 62 Pegasus Main Street, Pegasus, it is literally Pegasus’s home of culinary cravings for you and your nearest and […]

Worldwide musical phenomenon

A Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) show is a toe-tapping banquet for the senses and it’s returning to a venue that befits the sumptuous performance.     The timely Welcome to the Twenties 2.0 tour will touch down at Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre Royal on Saturday 19 October. Scott Bradlee, founder of the Postmodern Jukebox legacy, has crafted […]

Mac is back!

Some of the greatest musical talent of all time is hitting New Zealand’s shores this September – the perennial Fleetwood Mac!     The legendary band’s original members Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie will take the stage at five concerts throughout the country this September. They will perform alongside newcomers Mike […]

Heading East

I let Adam McGrath select the meeting point for our interview; there’s more than a bit of irony that the frontrunner for local band The Eastern sends me east! Upshot Coffee’s Heathcote location is much like Adam himself; real, authentic, perhaps a little rough around the edges, but that’s what makes them both so very […]

Bond is Back!

After the devastating events in Christchurch over the past few weeks, numerous events were understandably cancelled or postponed, including the acclaimed ‘The Music is Bond’, hosted and conducted by Tim Beveridge.     We’re excited to announce that the The Music is Bond has been rescheduled to 8 May. “I am very excited to be […]

A Monster Tour: Q&A with Hugh Cornwell

Hugh Cornwell caused a stir in 1990 when he left the punk/new wave band he co-founded, The Stranglers. But the UK songwriter has successfully gone out there alone, forging a solo career that’s taken him around the world. Now he’s returning to Aotearoa for a three date tour with his band this May after a […]

Singin’ the blues

He’s the biggest name you’ve never heard of. Billy Childs has as many Grammys in his professional arsenal as Celine Dion and Mariah Carey – at 16 nominations and five wins – for his instrumental composition and arrangement.   Now the jazz pianist and composer is bound for the land of the long white cloud, […]