Essential Album

Shona Laing was just seventeen when she had her first national hit in 1972. Fifteen years later, she was reintroducing herself as a different kind of artist. In this episode, Nick Bollinger looks at… Audio

If any New Zealand band captured the synth-pop zeitgeist of the mid-90s it was Auckland's Strawpeople. In this episode, Nick Bollinger takes a close listen to their 1994 album Broadcast, which served… Audio

The Only Game In Town launched Kiwi country institution The Warratahs on a career that has spanned four decades. In this episode, Nick Bollinger revisits this debut, talks to some of the people… Audio