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Dame Kiri to receive Lifetime Achievement award

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Classical Brits. The 65 year-old… More

Michael Jackson doctor charged with manslaughter

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive… More

Rebecca Barry: Kookaburra only one laughing

I could kill Men At Work. Since the story broke that their number one hit Down Under plagiarised a deceased… More

British jazz legend dies

Johnny Dankworth, who has died aged 82, was one of the few British musicians who not only were world-class but were recognised as such,… More

Topp orchestral manoeuvres

If it's good enough for Dave Dobbyn and Shapeshifter, then it's got to be good enough for Jools and Lynda Topp.On April 15 the Topp Twins… More

Auld Lang syne

Kathryn Dawn Lang remembers the moment her alter ego k.d. lang was delivered to the world.It was the mid-1980s and the young Canadian had… More

Bryn Terfel - Bad Boys

Bryn Terfel's Bad Boys album is a highly entertaining line-up of villains delivered with the Welsh bass-baritone's customary panache. The… More

Nothing left to chance except interpretation

Edinburgh-based Lyell Cresswell is adamant he is a New Zealand composer, despite the fact Scotland has been his home… More

Preview: Alan Broadbent at Auckland Town Hall

The last time Auckland-born, Los Angeles-based pianist and orchestral arranger Alan Broadbent was in New Zealand, in… More

Ronan's return

International popstar and blonde Irish heartthrob Ronan Keating wowed his fans at a Hawke's Bay winery last night.The former Boyzone member… More

Thousands gather for big three's reunion concert

Thousands of fans headed to Matakana for Bic Runga, Dave Dobbyn and Tim Finn's reunion show last night.The concert at… More

Mourners hear of Fuemana's twin joys over song and son

As How Bizarre reached the top of the United States charts, Pauly Fuemana was celebrating another treasured moment at… More

Getting the focus back on music

If you're engrossed in the tabloid internet gossip that has come to define the celebrity world, then John Mayer's latest… More

Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea

Four years on, Corinne Bailey Rae is almost unrecognisable as the cheerful voice behind 2006's sunny pop song Put Your Records On .Her… More

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

Charlotte Gainsbourg - the 38-year-old singer, actress and daughter of French music star Serge Gainsbourg and British actress Jane Birkin -… More

Pauly Fuemana farewelled by mourners

Kiwi music legend Pauly Fuemana was taken to Waikumete Cemetery after more than 200 mourners filled Auckland's Pacific… More

Pauly Fuemana's funeral today

Tony Fuemana paid tribute to his brother Pauly during a memorial service last night at the Otara Music Arts Centre. Pauly Fuemana, best… More

Review: AC/DC a rock'n'roll masterclass

The last time AC/DC were in town, in 1996, they played on the less-than-hallowed turf of Mt Smart Stadium. This time,… More

Men at Work up a gum tree over rights

Australian band Men at Work copied a Girl Guides song for the flute melody in its 1980s hit Down Under and owes the… More

Media: Rockers ditch Warner to sell online

Kiwi indie rockers the Mint Chicks have parted ways with Warner Music and taken up with the tiny online firm … More

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