People Of The Sun are a pysch-rock outfit from Taranaki, comprised of seasoned musicians Joseph Anderson (Guitar, Lead Vocals), Djordie Nikolic (Bass, Vocals),and Tom Scrase (Drums, Taonga Puoro, Vocals).

Marty Duda spoke with Tom about how they melded the sounds of Pink Floyd, Tool and Trinity Roots into the seven very original tracks that make up their self-titled debut album.

Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap have teamed up to create Elemental…a spontaneous celebration of the great American composers such as Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. 

Marty Duda found pianist Bill Charlap in Oakland just days after the duo performed at the famed Hollywood Bowl. Watch and listen as Bill explains how he and Dee Dee have a “serious” good time making this music together.

Elijah Johnston has just released his new album, Stupid Soul. Now based in Atlantic, Elijah returned to Athens to record these 12 tracks of sundrenched power pop.

Marty Duda caught up with Elijah in Atlanta and talked to him about his new approach to songwriting and, what he did last summer and covering Bruce Springsteen.

Grayson Hugh has released Save Your Love For Me…the new album was five years in the making, but, as you’ll hear, it was well worth the wait.

Marty Duda spoke to Grayson about making Save Your Love For Me and how session cats like Pete Kennedy and Tony Garnier helped him put some twang in his soul.

Blues-infused hard rockers, The Dead Daises pay tribute to greats like Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker with a new collection of old standards called Lookin’ For Trouble that will rock your socks off. 

Marty Duda spoke to Dead Daisies vocalist John Corabi about the band’s pilgrimage to Muscle Shoals and their take on classics like Crossroads and Born Under A Bad Sign.

Heavenly were, and are again, an indiepop band from England who have just released their first new single in 29 years.

Marty Duda spoke to bandmembers Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey about their new song Portland Town, the reissue of their 1996 album Operation Heavenly and another new song by offshoot band, Swansea Sound, called Oasis v Blur. 

Love Party is Kate Yesberg and Dayle Jellyman. Married for 10 years, they’ve only just formed a band and released their debut album, Wow!

Marty Duda spoke to Kate and Dayle who were home in Wellington and found out how this self-described “recovering lawyer” and in-demand musician formed a punk band and wrote and recorded 8 songs that make up a “time-stamped document of everything we’ve learned about love so far, from the romantic, to the ridiculous, to the universal.”

David Lowery is the chief songwriter and frontman for both Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, his new 'musical autobiography' is a 3-LP set titled Fathers, Sons and Brothers.

Marty Duda spoke to David at length about this impressive project, his personal and musical past and Kim Dotcom and Napster (who he successfully sued). Be sure to stay with this one as David has some valuable advice for artists working in the age of streaming. 

What do you get when you mix a Bangle and a Cowsill? Listen to Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill’s new album and you’ll find it’s a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll.

 Marty Duda spoke to Vicki and John, who are married and living in California where they made Long After The Fire, an album of songs written by John’s brothers, Barry and Bill Cowsill. The project began at Sun Studios in Memphis and took off from there.

Auckland-based alt.folk singer/songwriter Greta O'Leary talks to us about her long-awaited debut album, River Dark and why she calls it "spook folk".

Marty Duda spoke to Greta shortly after she was forced to cancel a concert due to illness. Greta's feeling better now and so are we after listen to these nine new songs produced by a team that includes producer Jol Mulholland and ace players such as Cass Basil, Alastair Deverick, Callum Passells and Anita Clark.