Kia ora everyone! Thats Maori for hello – pronounced kee-ah or-rah! Here in New Zealand during the month of May we seek to celebrate, play, purchase, like, enjoy, share, listen to and dig as music New Zealand music as we can – May is New Zealand Music Month! As it turned out I was able to kick off this years NZ Music Month by interviewing Andy Hoy, drummer for Newtown Rocksteady, a 13 piece band from Wellington playing a hybrid of NZ reggae, rocksteady, ska and dub. I talk to him all about their EP release tour. Their new EP is called ‘Goin’ Steady‘ and its available now so please go check it out here.
As this episode went to air Andy and the band were making their way up to Hamilton. Since then I’ve been to the Yot Club to see Newtown Rocksteady perform two-sets of great ska, rocksteady, and reggae with plenty dub overtones. I was DJ in between their sets. They played their new EP for their first set then they let loose on their second set playing loads of classic sounding ska, rocksteady and reggae. What a night!!!! So glad I went. The moral of this story, if there is one, would be to go support local bands when they come to your town/city. I so wish I had recorded their second set now, it was pure magic! Enjoy.
Episode 240, 1 May 2013
1. Newtown Rocksteady – Funny Bones [NZ]
2. Newtown Rocksteady – Bone Dub [NZ]
3. Lee Scratch Perry – Wake The Dead
4. Little Roy – Come As You Are
(((Andy Hoy of Newtown Rocksteady talks with Nate)))
5. Newtown Rocksteady – Something To Say [NZ]
6. Acetones – Atoms Sounds [NZ]
7. Prince Fatty feat. George Dekker – Say What You’re Saying
8. Rude Rich and the High Tones – Have You Ever
9. The Skatalites – Desert Ska
10. The Void Union – Song For Lester
11. Lynn Tait and The Jets – Swing and Dine
12. Rolando Alphonso – Groovy Sax
13. Susan Cadogan and the Craps Corporation – Day After Day Dub
14. Prince Fatty feat. Hollie Cook – and The Beat Goes On
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