Kiwi MusicTalk: New Zealanders Talk About Their Music

Flea Miller is a 16-year-old singer/songwriter/musician and record label owner. Flea will make his way to The 13th Floor's performance space this Saturday, treating fans to an acoustic/spoken word set, something a little different for the young artiste.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda spoke to Flea a few days before the event to find out what the youthful indie rocker has planned. As it turns out, Flea's been inspired by the poetry of one J. Morrison...but who's gold record is that on his wall?

Luna Shadows is a US/NZ artist based (mostly) in LA, at least that's where we found her when we tracked her down to talk about her new album, titled, bathwater.

Marty Duda spoke to Luna Shadows about making this new record under the restrictions of the pandemic, weighing the pros and cons of working with her co-producer Bradley Hale via Zoom. Our Zoom link was working fine and so you can see and hear as Luna talks about being reflective rather than reactive. 

Georgia Lines has just released her debut album, The Rose Of Jericho and its a beauty.

Marty Duda spoke to the AMA "Best Pop Artist" about making the record with producer Nic Manders and revealed how early Disney animated films inspired her to make The Rose Of Jericho. 

Mel Parsons is just about to release her new album, titled Sabotage and we thought we’d take the opportunity to talk to Mel about how it came to be.

Marty Duda spoke to Mel, who was at home in Lytttleton, just days before Sabotage is to be released. Unlike previous albums, Mel and producer Josh Logan played and sang everything on the recording, using no outside musicians.

Lehali is Rosalie Norton a 19-year-old singer/songwriter from Hamilton who was in Auckland for Youth Week. We were lucky enough to have her up to our studio to hear her perform her song Venus and the Moon.

Marty Duda sat down with the teenager who already has one album under her belt, has been mentored by Troy Kingi, opened for Hollie Smith and  performed her original music as a part of the Chengdu International Sister Cities Music Festival in China. Lehali has just released a brand new single titled Company, but, after a brief chat we are treated to another Lehali original titled Venus and the Moon.

West Auckland band Park Rd have just released their debut album titled The Novel and we caught up with front man Tom Chamberlain on release day!

Marty Duda spoke to Tom on “a moody day in West Auckland” about how the five budding musicians found each other at a Titirangi high school and how they then produced The Novel. 

Vera Ellen has just released her new EP, Heartbreak For Jetlag on Flying Nun and she's set to go on tour with Reb Fountain and Voom.

Marty Duda spoke to Vera about making Heartbreak For Jetlag, winning the Taite Prize and what she and her band have planned for these shows with Voom and Reb....it sounds like we are in for a few surprises!

Marty Duda sat down with Steffany Beck and went through the new EP, Pillars, track by track, with Steffany getting “dolled” up to sing and play a special acoustic version of her new single, What Would Dolly Do.

The 13th Floor's Marty Duda sat down with Jenni and had a brief chin-wag about her life, her music and her song before Jenni treated us with this exclusive acoustic version of her latest single T-Shirt.

El Hula is Kiwi musician Blair Jollands. Now based in London, Blair is back in New Zealand to play a string of solo dates throughout the country.

Marty Duda spoke to Blair on the eve of his show at Auckland’s Wine Cellar. Watch and listen as El Hula opens up about his film work in London, collaborating with Delaney Davidson and thoughts on his days in Bike with Andrew Brough.