An interview with Anna Jackson: I, Clodia and Other Portraits
February 3, 2015
On poetry, portraiture, and mourning a Dorking.
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Welcoming Lake Street Dive
December 17, 2014
Ahead of WOMAD 2015, trumpeter and guitarist Mike ‘McDuck’ Olson on recording, going viral, Motown, and the end of a year-long tour.
The Frontman
December 10, 2014
Shihad’s Jon Toogood is still New Zealand’s best frontman.
BOT OR NOT:
An interview with Oscar Schwartz
September 29, 2014
A conversation with the Melbourne-based poet and researcher on robot poetry and what humans can learn from computers.
Facing the Music: A Conversation with Ian Jorgensen (Blink)
September 8, 2014
The trailblazing founder of A Low Hum and Puppies on music as a commodity, the death of live music, mainstream media, and the problem with APRA.
Always been in my blood, in my core
August 22, 2014
Expat New Zealand singer Patrice Tipoki on Melbourne’s re-energised, rousing production of Les Misérables, waiata, and whanau.
The Fiddler and the Arborist
June 3, 2014
An interview with poets Steven Toussaint and Lee Posna.
An Interview with Reza Aslan
May 15, 2014
The acclaimed writer and scholar of religions on comedy, Iranian cinema, and the problem with fundamentalists.
“That is what the ‘thing’ is”
May 13, 2014
Irish writer and Goldsmiths Prize recipient Eimear McBride on her debut novel, A Girl is a Half Formed Thing.
Conversations:
Newer Testaments with Amy Brown
May 4, 2014
On The Odour of Sanctity, sainthood, creativity through faith, and the line between poetry and prose.
Estère Rising
April 24, 2014
A new solo album, a stage shared with Erykah Badu, a passport stamped with international performances—the already prolific Estère is ready to move front and centre. Photography by Daniel Rose.
Thomas Monckton is The Pianist
April 22, 2014
The creator and performer of Circa’s upcoming contemporary circus piece discusses physicality, clowning around, and the comic potential in high culture.
Liam Finn, Wide Awake
April 17, 2014
For his cinematic third album, The Nihilist, an in-depth conversation with Liam Finn.
“I would love to gorge on all your country’s meats”
April 15, 2014
A muscular discussion with hilarious writer/satirist Gary Shteyngart.
“The game’s the same, just got more fierce”
April 7, 2014
An interview with legendary rapper The Tuna, aka Chali 2na, aka Jurassic 5’s Charles Stewart.
Dave on Rita and Douglas
March 10, 2014
Dave Armstrong—the funny three-time winner of Best New Zealand Play—on scripting the lively relationship between Rita Angus and Douglas Lilburn for the stage.
Remembering Tom Crean – Antarctic Explorer
March 8, 2014
Actor Aidan Dooley on recreating the polar adventures of a forgotten Irish hero.
Simon Starling: In Speculum
March 4, 2014
The Turner Prize-winning conceptual artist discusses his practice ahead of a major survey of his work—one of the highlights of the New Zealand Festival.
These Arms of Mine
March 2, 2014
A korero with inspirational soul survivor Charles Bradley.
Fighter, Lover
February 27, 2014
A dialogue with Neko Case, one of today’s great singer-songwriters.