Author: Steve McCabe

Andrew Strong performs The Commitments soundtrack in full: New Zealand Tour 2018

Andrew Strong

The gritty underground scene of Northside Dublin in the 1980s, the social unrest of the time…THE COMMITMENTS was a film which captured many a phenomenon, though none more resounding than the talents of ANDREW STRONG. In 1991, Strong was introduced to the…

Legendary rap icon Big Boi announces New Zealand shows

Big Boi

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist Big Boi is returning to New Zealand for two headline performances in March, 2018. The Atlanta-born rapper, producer, songwriter – and one half of Outkast – will play theStudio in Auckland on Friday, March 16 and Meow in Wellington on Saturday, March 17. One of music’s greatest rhyme mavericks, Big Boi’s…

Crave! episode 50: Lorde, Justice League, Murder On The Orient Express, Bad Moms 2, Mindhunter, Marlon Williams

Simon and Steve celebrate the 50th episode of Crave! by giving Justice League the kicking they both believe it deserves. Debbie The Guest Reviewer gives a very favourable review to Lorde’s first concert at Auckland’s Powerstation, Steve has a few…

Mick Jenkins returns to New Zealand with The Underachievers

Mick Jenkins and The Underachievers

Chicago’s finest wordsmith MICK JENKINS returns after a brilliant Laneway Festival set in January, and this time he’s crossed state lines to partner with New York duo THE UNDERACHIEVERS for one massive hip-hop double bill. Taking over Auckland’s Powerstation on Wednesday, March 24 before…

Boyz II Men & TLC Announce Exclusive Co-Headline Show For Christchurch This January

Boyz II Men & TLC

For the very first time in New Zealand, Illusive Presents, Frontier Touring and Mai FM are ecstatic to announce that two of the biggest names in contemporary RNB – Boyz II Menand TLC – will return to New Zealand this…

Australian duo Blue Child Collective announce 14-date New Zealand tour

Documentary number two from West Aussie fluid groovers Blue Child Collective  is coming soon. “Building The Boat, Sailing The Seas – The Making Of Saturn Saw The Seaside”, their latest co-lab with globetrotting videographer David Owen Blackley of Her Name Is Murder Productions, delves…

Andy Stankovich performs Elvis: The Gospel Music at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland

Elvis The Gospel Music

In 1977 while on retreat in Hawaii, USA, Elvis Presley dreamed of rebranding his image and revitalising his concert routine. He would scale back the lush orchestras, the chorus of singers, the Vegas glitz and glamour and refocus on the…