Hugh Masekela and the space between

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By Graham Reid in Music

Issue 3797 7th Feb 2013

Borders – geographical or musical – mean little to Womad headliner Hugh Masekela.

I'm Your Man: the Life of Leonard Cohen - review

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By Graham Reid in Books

Issue 3790 20th Dec 2012

Sylvie Simmons pulls away Leonard Cohen’s many masks to reveal a man who has always seen himself as an outsider.

Spotify: Realigning the music industry

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By Graham Reid in Music

Issue 3761 9th Jun 2012

Can Spotify win over a generation that has been used to pirating music?

Field of Vision and The Poet's Embrace album reviews

By Graham Reid in Music

Issue 3751 31st Mar 2012

Auckland keyboardist Kevin Field’s previous album,

Sonny Rollins

By Graham Reid in Music

Issue 3703 25th Apr 2011

For saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the essence of jazz is being a free spirit.

Under our skin

By Graham Reid in Culture

Issue 3700 7th Apr 2011

James Kaplan’s biography charts the rise and fall and rise again of Frank Sinatra.

In for the count

By Graham Reid in Music

Issue 3694 26th Feb 2011

Jack DeJohnette brings his celebration of jazz legend Miles Davis and boxing champion Jack Johnson to New Zealand.

Drawing a line under the dots

By Graham Reid in Art

Issue 3688 15th Jan 2011

Graham Reid negotiates the minefield of Aboriginal art, which accounts for 60% of Australian art sales but is about more than dot paintings, with exciting, powerful work that traverses the traditional and contemporary.

You've got Mayall

By Graham Reid in Music

Issue 3649 17th Apr 2010

Ahead of his New Zealand tour, veteran British bluesman John Mayall explains how he's keeping the form alive, with songs on his latest album, Tough, dealing with the economic recession.

A cavalcade of childhood

By Graham Reid in Music

Issue 3648 10th Apr 2010

Natalie Merchant drew on an eclectic range of poetry and musicians to realise the theme of her new album.