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09/09/2024

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08/09/2024

A fantastic day in the sun (and occasional drizzle) with the lively folks from Pakuranga Tennis Club as they take part in the nationwide Love Tennis Weekend .

08/09/2024

With Sunday a day to always consider others, must acknowledge the great work of the churches, the backbone of our communities, who are voluntarily providing for many more in these tough economic times...

The cost-of-living crisis is placing greater demand on east Auckland foodbanks that are providing much-needed sustenance to families under financial pressures. The Times has spoken to foodbanks run voluntarily by local churches and the response has been they’re seeing higher levels of requests fro...

06/09/2024

Nice to do a Q&A chat with sailing and Olympics legend Barbara Kendall recently... - PJ

As one of the greatest high-achieving sportspeople from east Auckland, there have been many accolades in Barbara Kendall’s illustrious careers and roles in sport. What does the latest, Olympian for Life, mean to you? I just feel proud to receive this accolade as it’s recognising the years of ser...

06/09/2024

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We'll elevate your spirits, and quite possibly your blood pressure too! Fantastic music and the week's best new tunes, plus a spectacularly 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 Ultra 80s track, the Time Tunnel, an Obligatory Beatles Song clue, and the word of the week is 'destroy'... Again! A repeat? No! Total victory? Yes!

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06/09/2024

Saturday at 8am is time for another Budget Breakfast on East FM. We'll be featuring Connie Francis, the album Solar Power by Lorde, 4 Aussie Number Ones from 1956 and a couple of live tracks from Zucchero Fornaciari with Luciano Pavarotti. We'll also have tracks from Bruce Springsteen, George Michael, Renée Geyer, Shalamar, Bic Runga, Pretenders, Led Zeppelin and, and ….oh lots of others. Listen locally or on the TuneIn Radio app or stream from our website.

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05/09/2024

G'day Auckland! Mel Parsons, one of NZ's finest singer-songwriters of this era is headed our way, and is playing at East Auckland's UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture in Howick next Thursday, September 12.
It's going to be a very special night of beautiful music in our acoustically-superb Uxbridge Theatre.
Tickets at www.plus1.co.nz See ya there! - PJ

Here's the chat we had with Mel Parsons about her new album Sabotage and a whole bunch of other music experiences on the She'll Be Right on Saturdays on EAST FM 88.1 107.1

G'day Auckland! Mel Parsons, one of NZ's finest singer-songwriters of this era is headed our way, and is playing at East Auckland's UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture in Howick next Thursday, September 12.
It's going to be a very special night of beautiful music in our acoustically-superb Uxbridge Theatre.
Tickets at www.plus1.co.nz See ya there! - PJ

Here's the chat we had with Mel Parsons about her new album Sabotage and a whole bunch of other music experiences on the She'll Be Right on Saturdays on EAST FM 88.1 107.1

https://eastfm.nz/podcast/podcast-episode/mel-parsons-2/

01/09/2024

PJ's take on the Oasis comeback that's come as a surprise, as has the amount of news coverage it got this week and the talk on the street it generated 18,000 kilometres away from the commotion...

Oasis’ upcoming reunion after a 15-year split because of brotherly feuding has made the headlines and got a ton of coverage from New Zealand media this week. That’s quite extraordinary considering we’re 18,000km from the relaunch of one of Britain’s biggest and most successful bands of the 2...

30/08/2024

So what's in store on this week's Budget Breakfast (Saturday at 8 )? Well for starters we have Ed Sheeran as the featured artist and Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan as the featured album. Also we have 4 US Number Ones from 1995 as we Roll Back The Years, a couple of live recordings by Celine Dion, Reggae from T***s and the Maytals and the instrumental 'Spring Is Nearly Here' (because it is) by The Shadows. A lot more besides of course, a wide selection from the last 70 years or so. Live to air locally and streaming to the World from our website and on the iHeartRadio app on your smart device.

30/08/2024

A fuller Friday read - it's a big day for Rikki Morris Richard Morris with the release of his first solo album in 28 years and a six-date national tour starting tonight at Auckland's The Tuning Fork. Tickets at Plus1 plus1.co.nz
https://www.times.co.nz/art-entertainment/rikki-morris-about-time-to-be-in-spotlight-again/

A great all-rounder of the New Zealand music scene, Rikki Morris has stepped out from behind the sound-control desk to again take the spotlight as star performer. The singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, sound recordist and engineer, producer and mentor to so many, started the week with plenty...

23/08/2024

If you missed it, the interview chat with masterclass Wellington-based Aussie-Kiwi singer-songwriter Rob Joass is now available in the podcast section of our website.
Rob Joass Music has just released a superb new album Faultlines and you can hear it here either side of our chat. Rob is a brilliant thoughtful songwriter and this new solo album represents the very best of his long career's works. You'll find it on most online platforms. Play it once, then play it again. it sounds so good... - PJ

23/08/2024

Saturday's Budget Breakfast this week features The Merseybeats who later became The Merseys, Eric Bazilian the songwriter who wrote for The Ho***rs and others, 4 UK Number Ones from 1985 and two live tracks from The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project. Amongst a whole lot of other stuff we'll also have Reggae from Simply Red, an Instrumental from Jean-Michel Jarre a cover of Lady Marmalade and a couple of records that got stuck at #2. Streaming from our website and on iHeartRadio if you can't pick us up locally, starts at 8.

22/08/2024

This is probably the best publicised concert I've seen in a long time - The Bridge, a fabulous showcase of four singer-songwriters producing top-quality original NZ music, is on this Sunday, August 25, at East Auckland's beloved UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture in Howick, from 4pm, doors open at 3.30pm. Tickets at undertheradar.co.nz search The Bridge, and there will be door sales available. See ya there! - PJ

https://www.times.co.nz/art-entertainment/new-musical-platform-provides-bridge-for-singer-songwriters/

One of east Auckland’s leading arts providers is set to launch a new platform to give singer-songwriters a stage to showcase their talent. The initiative, named ‘The Bridge’, begins at Uxbridge Arts and Culture in Howick on August 25. It takes its name from the stage venue hosting it, a 120-ye...

19/08/2024

If you missed it, the session with Jesse Wilde and Faith Wilde on the She'll Be Right on Saturdays Show with PJ Taylor is now available in the podcast section of our website.
Jesse Wilde Music and Faith Wilde, along with Mema Wilda and Levi Lights On, are featuring at The Bridge, a very entertaining singer-songwriter showcase, at UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture in Howick this Sunday, August 25, from 4pm.
For tickets, go to undertheradar.co.nz search The Bridge. See ya there!
https://eastfm.nz/podcast/podcast-episode/jesse-and-faith-wilde/

17/08/2024

A longer weekend read - MEL PARSONS kindly gave us time to talk about songwriting, her beautifully substantial new album Sabotage and the upcoming tour of New Zealand, starting in East Auckland at UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture on Thursday, September 12.
That's going to be a very special night in Howick of the highest-quality original New Zealand music.
Ticket and tour information for her 20-date regional Sabotage tour is at www.plus1.co.nz

https://www.times.co.nz/art-entertainment/wrapping-listeners-in-cosy-blanket-of-music/

She’s one of New Zealand’s finest singer-songwriters of this era, six albums into a career that has seen her grow and evolve as an artist and person. Her loyal listeners feel the same sense of progression, with her soothing, real music as their soundtrack to life. Mel Parsons writes songs about ...

16/08/2024

Masterclass songwriter Rob Joass, who has a brilliant new album out – Faultlines, and Mema Wilda and her brother Levi Lights On, who’ll be in the spotlight at the singer-songwriter showcase The Bridge, feature on tomorrow’s She’ll Be Right on Saturdays Show with PJ Taylor, midday to 4pm (NZ time, August 17) on East FM.

Rob Joass is a favourite musician of She’ll Be Right, through his solo works and with Hobnail, and Faultlines is a substantive class act. It’s a marvellous album by a worldly thoughtful lyric writer and melody maker, and there’s the always-present ability to pen a memorable hook you find yourself singing along to by the fourth playing. It already comes highly recommended.

Looking forward to talking with Rob Joass Music at 12.30pm and playing Faultlines in entirety either side of our chat. Not to in any way downplay how good his earlier albums are, Rob does say for the first time he’s worked with a producer, “and the results are obvious”.

“Wayne Bell not only added a layer of excellence to the production ethic, he also encouraged me to push arrangements and try some new ideas. Guest vocalists, intricate yet subtle guitar work, keyboard pads, and as you would expect from Wayne Bell, dynamic drums let the songs breathe and draw the listener in,” says Rob.

There are eight beautifully crafted Rob Joass originals on Faultlines, plus a magnificent cover of the Go-Betweens’ classic Bye Bye Pride.

Musicians on Faultlines also include Mark Hughes Bass Player on bass, keyboards by Wayne Mason, pedal steel by Garrett Evans, violin by Jo Moir (Hobnail), cello by Brenton Vietch, and guest vocals from Jenny Mitchell, Nicola Mitchell, Jo Moir, Lynley Christoffersen, Rosie O’Connor and Sean O’Connor.

And Rob was kind enough to use one of my quotes in his media release: “Rob Joass is one of the finest Aussie / Kiwi singer-songwriters you’ll hear. Honest, clever, humorous and real.” – Phil Taylor, East FM (what an honour)

Mema Wilda ( Vaimoana Tumema Sesega ) and her bro Levi Lights On are coming into the studio at 2pm to talk about playing at The Bridge, along with Faith Wilde and her father Jesse Wilde Music, at Uxbridge Arts and Culture in Howick on Sunday, August 25.

Looking forward to catching up with Mema and to meet Levi. Mema Wilda is another SBR favourite, having brought her dynamic band into the studio twice for live sessions a few years back.

The Bridge, presented by the good folk at Brightside Productions, is an entertaining forum where singer-songwriters and musicians showcase their talents and personalities. It has a fantastic vibe. Performers talk about their compositions and the stories behind them, and of their journeys in the wonderful world of music.

The Bridge also works very well in the great venue of Uxbridge UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture, in the superb acoustics of the historic and charming Uxbridge Theatre, and is supporting charity Music Helps.

East FM is East Auckland’s fair-dinkum community-powered public service radio station, on 88.1FM and 107.1FM on local frequencies, nationally and globally at www.eastfm.nz and on app iHeart Radio.
She’ll Be Right - it’s all about the vibe; it’s all about the groove. Providing a platform for NZ music and performance artists to exhibit their talents since ages ago. Ka pai. – PJ

16/08/2024

The menu for the Budget Breakfast this Saturday at 8am includes tracks from The Commitments, songs written by Jeff Lynne but recorded by others and 4 x NZ Number Ones from 1975 as we Roll Back The Years. We will also have a couple of tracks recoded live by Billy Joel, a cover of a Delaney & Bonnie song by Luther Vandross, One Before The Hit by The Carpenters plus heaps of other stuff. Available online from our website and on TuneinRadio.

15/08/2024

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