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An interview with Bic Runga

Regard this as a little holidays present from Offbeat Music Blog: An interview with Bic Runga! The first time I heard one of Bic Runga’s songs was way back on a compilation of the “Other voices” festival in Dingle, Ireland. Subsequently, “Beautiful Collision”, her second album, became a favourite. That was fourteen years ago. In the meantime Bic Runga has released another three albums and just now “Close Your Eyes” (Wild Combinations), out digitally November 18th and in physical format it will b

18 DEC 2016 · Alice Peters-Burns · 14 min Bic Runga Close Your Eyes

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The Chills - European tour! Interview! Sic!

Billy Connolly, the Scottish comedian, said that the Scottish emigrants to New Zealand did not find it southern enough on first arrival or rather the weather still too clement and decided to venture further south – to the almost southern tip of New Zealand’s South Island, Dunedin. Dunedin might ring another bell, though, as it is also the home of the famed Dunedin sound represented by legendary Flying Nun record label. And this is where The Chills come in! The story of The Chills is one of c

27 MAY 2016 · Alice Peters-Burns · 14 min Dunedin gig