Over the last seven years, emergent singer/songwriter Nadia Reid, has become one of the most significant voices to emerge from New Zealand’s burgeoning modern music scene.
Martyn Pepperell
Martyn Pepperell is a freelance music journalist, radio broadcaster and DJ from Wellington.
For 24-year-old Auckland singer/songwriter, guitarist and producer Amelia Murray, the dreamy indie pop artist better known as Fazerdaze, 2017 was a victory lap of sorts, and the culmination of several years of hard work and focus.
Viewed as a body of work, New Zealand singer/songwriter and sonic experimentalist Aldous Harding’s “Party” album takes it cues from the likes of Scott Walker, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom and Vashti Bunyan.
New Zealand Ghanaian singer-songwriter and producer Leila Adu brought us two new EPs this year: “Scary Love Monster” in March, followed by “Love Cells” in May.