A Christmas Playlist (with xylophones and without bells)
We love Christmas here at The Bread and Butter Letter (ESPECIALLY Sarah! She goes crazy for some of that Christmas)! And to help get us into the Christmas spirit, we have made a Christmas playlist. Wait! Stop! Don’t go! I haven’t finished! This collection of songs is not like your usual cheesey, mall tunes (bleurgh!), [...]
Lydia Cole: Favourite Things
We are so proud to do this feature on one of New Zealand’s best singer-songwriter sweethearts, Lydia Cole! She’s recently been nominated as a Top 5 Silver Scroll nominee, which is an amazing honour! She’s also toured with New Zealands sweetie Brooke Fraser, recorded in the finest of studios, and worked with New Zealands finest producers [...]
Nana Night – July Edition
We had such and amazing time at our first Nana Night! Thank you to everyone who came along and knitted, played board games and danced your little hearts out. You can see more pictures here. We have already started preparing for the next one on the 16th of August which we hope will be even [...]
BABL Presents: Nana Night!
We, The Bread and Butter Letter, are putting on our first ever gig – and gosh darn, is it gonna be a goodie! Right smack bam in the middle of our coldest months, we thought it would be a good idea to put on something fun to lure people out of their homes, and to [...]
The Audience
NZ on Air have a great site going for NZ Music Month called The Audience. Its where you can listen to NZ Artists from all genres and then vote for who YOU link should get funding. What a great idea, there really is only one way to fund music the public will embrace, and thats by [...]
NZ Music Month – Part II
As promised, here is another installment of great NZ music to celebrate the end of ‘NZ Music Month’! Opossum – Get Away Tonight Spring Break – No Tengo Deniro Tom Lark – All Night Long Banglade$h – Karaoke Popstrangers – What Else Could They Do And an oldie but a goodie: The Chills – Pink [...]
NZ Music Month: Our Favourites
May is the month where New Zealand celebrates music, so we thought we’d like to share some of our very favourites, and some of our dearest friends. I love how New Zealand has such an amazing music heritage, and we are still creating great music with a real unique sound.. Cool Rainbows – Southern Summer [...]
Cool Rainbows!
Summer may have decided to say farewell a little earlier than expected, but we have a secret to making it feel like summer every day, listening to the debut album from Auckland based band Cool Rainbows, proudly released through NZ label Lil’ Chief Records. Cool Rainbows have technically been lurking around the Auckland music scene [...]
The Lady Music
I thought I’d share a couple of great women musicians from around the world who are getting recognized by blogs and critics alike for going somewhere new, musically! There are so few lady-musicians out there that are pushing boundaries and exploring new territories, that when they do, it’s kind of like: “one small step for [...]
