This Saturday 15th October, between 10am and 12noon on Radio Ga Ga, our theme will be Rivers. The River of Babylon, Yellow River, Texas River, Big River, Moon River, River of Love and Bow River will all get a run and this week will feature even more diverse artists than usual including Taj Mahal, The Jayhawks, Townes Van Zandt, Joni
Read moreIt has been a bit of a wait for us to get our hands on an artist like Cindy Van Der Ree. The Live Sunday Sessions on 88.3 have encompassed Rock, Pop, Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Classical, Punk, Metal, Blues, Roots, Celtic as well as a couple of acts that that we dared not try classify but until now we have
Read moreNew Zealand’s most successful band of the early 1970’s was ‘The Rumour’. Join host Nick Black as he talks to Gerard & Shade Smith, two key members of ‘The Rumour’ as they discuss their successful music careers right up to the present day, including the release of their recent CD retrospective titled ‘The Rumour Collection’ on this Purple Haze Archive
Read moreJeff Phillips, Logie & King of Pop Award winning singer discusses his career on this Purple Haze Archive Podcast. Purple Haze is sponsored by Classic Cars with Character
Read moreThe tense new Australian thriller The Hunter bears comparison with the George Clooney film from last year, The American. Both movies have an austere yet engrossing atmosphere and feature professional hit men as a stranger-in-a-strange-land pursuing their quarry while they are themselves pursued. In The Hunter, though, the prey is a little out of the ordinary. Willem Defoe plays an
Read moreThis week on Built for Speed it’s back to the 80’s, well not quite. We review two remakes of iconic 80’s movies: Footloose and The Thing. There’s also new music from Wilco from their epic album The Whole Love, Royal Headache and Urge Overkill. Desperate to know which gigs to see in the upcoming week? Don’t worry we’ll tell you what’s out there.
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