Michael Smith, Journalist

With album number four, we get to hear a happier, poppier Liz Stringer than we’ve heard before, but it was only natural, she tells Michael Smith.

Showstopping acoustic guitarist Daniel Champagne feels at his best on a stage, so a live EP was the logical release he tells Michael Smith.

He’s come a long way from being the young blonde surfer dude who just couldn’t stop playing and for Kim Churchill, it’s the journey that continues to inspire him, as Michael Smith discovers.

Since releasing their debut album in October last year, Big Scary have been so busy, it’s only now they’ve found time to tour it properly. One half of the duo, Tom Iansek, talks to Michael Smith.

It began as a low-key labour of love and a decade-plus on Suzie Higgie and Conway Savage are finally going to take their album for a quick spin.

Greg Ham was found dead yesterday, he was 58 years old.

The “hits” were delivered – I’ve Seen All Good People, Your Move, Close To The Edge, Roundabout, even the ‘80s “pop” hit, Owner Of A Lonely Heart – and a few monochrome tunes from the latest album, Fly From Here, too. But in the end – and I hate to say this – it all seemed a bit tired.

You haven’t heard them on radio,yet they can boast two platinum singles back home, meet New Zealand five-piece Six60.