Malcolm Gayfer

Hi team. We’re marking the 49th birthday of one of those million dollar songs, yer know, one of those tunes that sound just good, if not better today as they did when first released. Yep, He Ain’t Heavy is one of those. The Hollies recorded the basic track 49 years ago this week at the […]

What has long been talked about has been revealed. A $160 million reshape of central Invercargill was revealed at a briefing for media and city councillors media this afternoon. The plans outlined the redevelopment’s sprawling retail precinct, car parking spaces, diverse and global eatery complex, a

Hey team, it’s 40th birthday time. Yep 40 years ago the other day The Rolling Stones released the LP Some Girls. The album is significant as Keef was in a pile of trouble on drug related matters and it’s the first album that Ronnie Wood played on as a fulltime Rolling Stone. SG also came […]

Greetings one and all. Hope you’ve all had a relaxing, refreshing long weekend. The weekend that marks the Queen’s birthday which is not her actual birthday. That detail just escapes me at the moment. And for those that worked right over or part of the weekend, like me, then we hope you get some tim

Hi team…a double banger as we round off New Zealand Music Month with Little Fire Music Works. Believe me I’ve been toiling over how to farewell the month but I’m going out on a limb and picking two Kiwi gems from either end of the music sphere. First up is a band I first saw […]

Hi there team. We continue with our NZ Music Month theme. What about some local talent to spice up a dreary Tuesday? Here’s top local band from not so long ago Pretty Wicked Head and the Desperate Men doing All New Zealand Heroes from their album New Age Savage. Don’t forget to call in and […]

Hi there team. We go back to the 80’s for this week’s gem from Herbs The band had been around for several years doing good things then the late Charlie Tumahi returned from a long career in the UK to take up the bass and lead vocal duties. In so doing he took Herbs to […]

Hi y’all and welcome to the merry month of May which is also New Zealand Music Month. As the weather is a bit average I thought we’d get a summeree type tune to warm us up on Mal’s Music Memory What better than this tune from exactly 30 years ago, The HolidayMakers hit Sweet […]