The Black Seeds: The 13th Floor interview

Originally published:  https://www.13thfloor.co.nz/the-black-seeds-the-13th-floor-interview/ The 13th Floor’s Tim Gruar talks to The Black Seeds’ Barnaby Weir in anticipation of the release of the band’s new album, Fabric, due out this Friday. Having just arrived back from a 10-date US and Canadian tour, Barnaby Weir, founding member and one of the main songwriting forces behind

Ane Brun – Leave Me Breathless (Balloon Ranger Records)

Leave Me Breathless is the seventh studio release from Norwegian born, Stockholm based musician Ane Brun.  Brun is usually known for dark, introspective brooding work that challenges us and changes our perception.  So what possessed her to take on a collection of covers, half of which are the some of the

Groove Book Report – Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World – Billy Bragg (Faber)

Originally appeared on http://www.groovefm.co.nz and 13thfloor.co.nz “Skiffle is a music genre with jazz, blues, folk and American folk influences, usually using homemade or improvised instruments. Originating as a term in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, it became popular again in the UK in the

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The Comet Is Coming – The 13th Floor Interview

This appeared last month as a promotion for the upcoming Wellington Jazz Festival: http://www.13thfloor.co.nz/?p=88520 Playing the Wellington Jazz Festival this weekend are the London-based psychedelic funk-meisters The Comet is Coming. They mix sounds from the universe including snippets of Parliament, Sun Ra and Afro-funk pioneers like Fela Kuti – all channelled through a digital

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