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WOMAD: The weekend the world comes together for a party in Taranaki

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Rosie Morrison travels to WOMAD where colour and music and dance and food define the spirit of Taranaki’s famous festival. Heading north from Wellington, my festival companion and I knew we were getting closer to WOMAD territory when we stopped in Whanganui for a kebab and the woman at the counter told us they’d had … Read more

The Album Cycle: New releases reviewed from Syd, The Bats, Tinariwen & more

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Every Friday, ‘The Album Cycle’ reviews a handful of new releases. ALBUM OF THE WEEK Syd – Fin Last week, Syd – of Odd Future and The Internet fame – released her solo debut, a digestible 12 tracks called Fin. It’s R&B sex-mix fodder in the vein of Aaliyah, D’Angelo and, more recently, Solange – … Read more