Nick BollingerNick Bollinger

Nick Bollinger lives in Wellington and works as a writer, broadcaster and musician. He presents The Sampler on Radio New Zealand. His memoir Goneville was published in late 2016 to immediate acclaim. Nick was born in Wellington in 1958.

The Xmas excerpt: Goneville, a rock’n’roll memoir by Nick Bollinger

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Nick Bollinger! He’s ace. He’s written about music with insight and feeling, and a lot of that stems from his background in bands. He recalls going out on the road with Rough Justice in this excerpt from his new, excellent memoir Goneville, which we totally recommend as a Xmas gift for the muso in your … Read more

‘Her shining dark face expresses both imperiousness and terror’: Nick Bollinger on Nina Simone

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Nick Bollinger reviews What Happened Miss Simone?, the biography of black American singer and activist, Nina Simone. If music is some kind of social barometer, then America is brewing a civil war. It would be hard to find a significant hip-hop or R&B record in the past year that hasn’t raised its voice in anger … Read more