http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Scott Kara en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:20:11 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/headlines.cfm?a_id=154 The Dead Weather is not Jack White's band. Yes, the White Stripes leader and modern day guitar hero, is the most famous name in this 'cool kids of rock' super group. And his distinct clash of blues, American folk, and wailing garage... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10632761&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:12:29 +1200 Shoulder pads are back in vogue then. Preferably big jutting ones like American football players might wear. Lady Gaga looked hot in them, at least. And her many other outfits, including a black leather bikini, a mint coloured Cubist... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10631954&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:24 +1200 Fourmyula drummer Chris Parry went from Nature to A Forest - he was instrumental in the success of The Cure. He signed Robert Smith's band in 1978 to his Fiction Records label and maintained a long relationship with them until... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10631594&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The Fourmyula recorded and released many songs during their five-year reign at the top of the Kiwi pops. But because of Nature - their "airy fairy hippy" track which won the title of the best New Zealand song ever - their other... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10631591&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 They were 20 years late, and playing an album they wrote as 20-somethings, but the Pixies finally made it to New Zealand last night for their first show. The tour is in celebration of the 20th anniversary of that album, Doolittle,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10631493&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:07 +1200 I knew Stefani Germanotta before she was famous. It's not like we grew up together or anything. Stefani - who you might know these days as Lady Gaga - was a cool and eccentric New York kid, prone to singing to strangers in restaurants... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10631323&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:00 +1200 The name Nick Page might not be as well-known as Paul Simon, Damon Albarn or Ry Cooder. But the British music producer, who was best known as one of the main players in world fusion dance band Transglobal Underground from the early... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10630055&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:05 +1200 Francis Falceto still remembers the night in Paris he heard a record by Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed. It was April 1984, and he was at a party with some friends and Ahmed's unique soothing wail caught his attention. He took the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10630059&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:02 +1200 Lavishly packaged in a cardboard box and adorned with pictures of the fetching harp player, pianist and singer Joanna Newsom's third album is very easy on the eye. However, the 18 tracks inside - that's more than two hours across... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10630053&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:00:02 +1200 Paramore's Hayley Williams comes out kicking, screaming, and flailing right from the start - and she hits the high notes of the band's staunch hit song Ignorance straight away too. The 21-year-old might look like a petite, pretty,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10630004&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:20:01 +1200 Until this year, Ketch Secor of Nashville's Old Crow Medicine Show had never bothered to watch American Idol . But when a young Tennessee country girl named Vanessa Wolfe sang Old Crow's Wagon Wheel , he couldn't help himself. For... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/scott-kara/news/article.cfm?a_id=154&objectid=10629881&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200