Malcolm Gayfer

Hiya team. It’s New Zealand Music Month and we continue with another double banger with compliments from Little Fire Music Works This time it’s 2 from They Don’t Make ’em Like This Anymore storage box. First up its Hogsnort Rupert’s Pretty Girl. Pretty Girl performed by Hogsnort Rupert at the Centur

Some will be asking who is Malcolm Black? Well Malcolm fronted Dunedin band The Netherworld Dancing Toys in the 80’s. Malcolm helped craft what has become a true Kiwi anthem, For Today (I remember your smile). Malcolm Black passed away in Auckland after a battle with cancer. The NDT’s were the busin

Hi there team, a bit late in getting this going this week but we’ll make it worth your while with two from Dave Dobbyn’s DD Smash days. First up is a true Kiwi Klassic The Outlook For Thursday……your guess as good as mine. Second is a track from The Optimist album Magic What She Do, […]

Hiya team, well last day of April today and we wind up our season of Songs of April with a gem from a bygone era. Billie Holiday (the late) had one of the smoothest voices at the time and recorded some wonderful songs all the while battling her demons of drink and drugs. And her […]

Hiya team, sorry but running a tad late this week. gets a bit confusing when we have a week of holidays. Anyway hope that you enjoyed your Easter break and are now feeling refreshed and raring to go for the next few weeks until Queens Birthday weekend comes around. Check out the latest musical gear

A rousing standing ovation. That was the richly deserved accolade accorded to a true trouper of music and musical theatre in Invers. The Standing O was accorded as the funeral for the late Di Lenihan drew to a close on Monday afternoon. Mourners came from near and far to honour and celebrate the lif

Hi team, how’s your week been treating you so far? A short week too as the Easter break approaches. Our series of Songs of April continues with Three Dog Night’s Pieces of April. While not one of their biggest hits Pieces Of April had good chart success when it came out in the early 70’s. […]

What has become a stalwart of local radio in the south celebrates a notable milestone today. The Gore based station previously known as 4ZG had been around for several years before relaunching as Hokonui Gold under the stewardship of Lee Piper and Jamie McKay. Lee Piper woke everybody up with his en