Graham Reid

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Graham Reid

The boy’s life rolled out like a bleak American black and white film set in OxyContin County, Kentucky, where fiddlers play on the back porch and fentanyl is the currency. His father died when he was two, his mother remarried but the couple fell prey to meth addiction. The boy left home at 13 and went through his own dependencies. And that could have been where the film reached an abrupt ending.

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Graham Reid |Marlon Williams |Tom Lark

Marlon Williams: Music rooted in Māori concert parties and choral groups. Photo / Ian LaidlawTe Whare Tīwekawekaby Marlon WilliamsAs the kōhanga reo generations have come of age, te reo Māori has become so widespread it has enriched us in ways we perhaps don’t even realise. We’re becoming bilingual by increasing increments and we’re the better for it. That the acclaimed, award-winning Marlon Williams (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) should present this, his fourth album, in te reo is not unexpected.

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Graham Reid

Heading forward (from top left): Alien Weaponry’s take-no-prisoners approach continues, and Womb’s latest is another example of their dreamscape pop. Photos / suppliedOne Is Always Heading Somewhereby Womb The sibling trio Womb – singer-guitarist Charlotte “Cello” Forrester, keyboardist-guitarist Haz Forrester, and drummer Georgette Brown – emerged out of Pōneke Wellington almost fully formed and have been consistent and productive.

4 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Graham Reid |Japanese Breakfast |Circuit des Yeux

Michelle Zauner: A whisper away from a languid bossa shuffle. Photo / Getty ImagesFor Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)by Japanese BreakfastTrying to bring into focus Korea-born, Oregon-raised Michelle Zauner – the 35-year-old author and singer-songwriter of the band Japanese Breakfast – is like being given a kaleidoscope instead of a magnifying glass. The colourful image breaks up into changing patterns, each different, although made of the same elements.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Graham Reid

Although A Complete Unknown – the biographical film of Bob Dylan’s early years in New York – didn’t win any of the eight Oscars for which it was nominated, it has had a considerable ripple effect. It prompted renewed interest in this pivotal period in popular culture.