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Brenda Liddiard has been a performer and songwriter since the 1970s, and is a respected mandolin player (she also plays guitar) and singer. More
David Lyle Morris is a singer, songwriter and gospel musicican, from New Zealand, having returned home in 2001 after being based in the UK for 15 years. More
She has the voice of an angel – an angel who sounds like Karen Carpenter. More
Denise Cassidy incorporates over 30 years of music experience from a jazz, R&B and rock background to bring you tunes from her heart. A very unique sound for such a unique... More
Originally from the deep south (Invercargill and Dunedin), music and singing has been a huge part of Hannah's life. More
John Michaelz was born in Motueka, New Zealand, in 1965 and moved to Iceland at the age of five. His father was a travelling evangelist so it seemed natural that... More
Jules Riding has been a full-time Christian musician since 1988 and has toured extensively throughout New Zealand and many other countries including Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Canada, United Kingdom, South... More
Malcolm Gordon (26) has been writing songs and sporadically touring for the past 8 years. More
Mark Laurent is a professional musician and writer. He's recorded and produced many albums over nearly 30 years, published 3 collections of poetry, and is also the author of an... More
Acoustic Oriented Music with Passion. More
Matthew Raymond was born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1951, the fourth son of missionary teachers. More
Drawing heavily on modern classics like Coldplay, Muse, DeathCab for Cutie and The Killers, the primalband happily wear their influences on their collective sleeve without sounding trite. More
Really Brave Thing are a rock/pop fusion band from the Kapiti Coast, Wellington, New Zealand. Their live show brings their strong rock anthems alive, and yet they can still present... More
Formed out of a true heart of worship, Shootingstars hail from the south side of the city of Auckland, New Zealand and are a side project of Mumsdollar featuring vocalist... More
Steve Apirana is a gifted communicator, highly skilled guitarist and vocalist, with an extraordinary sense of humour. From opening line to curtain fall he holds the audience in the palm... More
The past year has certainly been busy for The Ember Days. From releasing their debut album with a New Zealand tour, to an extensive three month tour of the United... More
Releases
The 6th Derek Lind album was recorded in collaboration with long-time friend and musical cohort Steve Garden (one time Producer Of The Year, NZ Music Awards). More
139 was co-written with a number of Kiwi artists including talented Hamilton writer/producer Regan McKinnon (The Porch Recording Studio), Tauranga break-though artist Luke Thompson (Here on the Ground), with contributions... More
Shootingstars debut album, A Whisper In My Ear released in 2003, features twelve songs, each beautiful, some tear inducing. More
Box of Memories is Brenda's second solo album. More
Denise Cassidy brings her 30 years of music experience to Breakloose. Incorporating jazz, reggae, pop and rock, the EP has five tunes delivered from her heart. A very unique sound... More
After five long, hard years of musical and ministerial "silence", multi-award-winning and prolific singer/songwriter, Jules Riding returns with his most profound work to date. More
A musical presentation of the words of the prophets by Matthew F. Raymond, one of New Zealand's most celebrated sacred-setting composers. More
Mike has teamed up with friends from Tauranga City Elim Church and
Christchurch - where Defining Moments was recorded - to produce an album
"inspired by God's revelation both to...
Strahan's first single of the forthcoming album Posters, which is to be released Fri 25 Jan 2013. More
Released in 1996 - a mixture of David's classic singer-songwriter-style ballads and rock songs, and some worship tracks that hint then of the increasing direction that he has since taken... More
Devotion is David Lyle Morris' latest release, produced by Evan Cooper (Detour180, The Black Dahlias, Season Pass, Edge Kingsland) and mixed by Evan Cooper and Nic Manders (Luke Thompson, Nathan... More
Having been nominated an exceptional third time as finalists for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, The
Ember Days now release their fourth album, Emergency.
2012 sees the release of David Lyle Morris' 14th album Endlessly, recorded
with friends in Finland.
"Eternal Word is a setting of selected passages from the Psalms that comes from my own search for encouragement and wisdom in Scripture."
- Matthew F. Raymond
David's debut album, released in 1993, contains songs of hope, songs of faith, and songs of healing, that have touched many people through the years, live in concert and through... More
Powerful instrumentals, haunting vocals and an incredibly evident passion are all pieces of the intricate, yet simple, makeup of The Ember Days. More
This is Cindy Ruakere's third album after 1999's Tara and follow up, Treaty. Haruru' features the music of Ruakere and young Taranaki musican Craig Jones. More
As the sounds of Heartspeak attest, music is an integral part of Debbie's life: it comes clearly and directly from her heart. More
Recorded by Jules Riding in South Africa in 1992. More
Steve Apirana's, It's Inevitable. More
Jules Riding's eighth album, from 2001. More
Journey Closer More
Indigenous musical alchemist Cindy Ruakere releases Karakia, a prayer album that invites the people of
Aotearoa to re-enter the story of their land with a fusion of European soundscapes and...
Karanga from Cindy Ruakere. More
The ever-popular Kids-time 1 and Kids-time 2 with Jules Riding have been boxed up at a price to please everyone! More
The first volume in the popular childrens music series. More
The follow up to Jules Riding's first childrens album. More
Released in 1986. More
Having spent several years playing a diverse range of shows in New Zealand, Australia and the USA Shootingstars refined their live show to a beautiful display of their music, in... More
Both A Whisper In My Ear and Letters To God were so popular that they completely sold out, and so a combined Letters/Whisper album was released. More
Celebrate 20 years of worship recordings with the 2010 release of David Lyle Morris' 11th album Life Story. More
This is a song about finding God where you least expect Him to be. More
Love Blur - Single More
Released in 1982. More
Released 1998. More
Steve Apirana's, No Turning Back album. More
2008 sees the release of the album One Voice, which moves away from the youthful vibrance and raw electric charge of Somebody's Cousin, but also retreats from his recent experiment... More
Released in January 2006, this is the latest album from Shootingstars, considered by the duo to be their best work to date. More
A collection of nineteen songs from Jules Riding. More
This musical collaboration with Wayne Huirua has produced a fine set of great songs that highlight Really Brave Thing's musical excellence and vocal skills. More
2005 single from Cindy Ruakere, which at the time represented a significant phase in her recording and ministry focus. More
Jules Riding's third solo album went gold after its release in 1991. More
This is the "best of" Derek Lind's six album career. A career that spans fifteen year thus far. More
Rudy Cullen's album Set the Record Straight delivers a fresh gospel sound, with hints of jazz, which Rudy describes as 'raw, but hopeful'. More
Join Liberty Lane in this honest expression, exploring the raw realities of Christian faith. More
The 13 songs on this most recent joint album, recorded at Wellington's Braeburn Studio, draw inspiration from a fair range of sources. More
Derek Lind's album from 1994. Recorded at various home studios and the long gone Progressive Studios, once located on Anzac Ave in Auckland. More
Self titled album. More
Surely He Was The Son is a musical setting of the Easter story using text quoted directly from the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as translated into... More
Cindy's first album was released in 1999. More
New Zealand folk song/carol for Christmas. Written in 1957 by Willow Macky (Katherine Faith Macky), commemorating the first Kiwi Christmas in 1814, and recorded by David Lyle Morris. Te Harinui... More
The follow-up to the Tui Nominated, Your Eyes Light Up, this self-titled EP has arrived in time to coincide with their eagerly anticipated
performances at Parachute 09.
Recorded in 1994, The Fisherman is Jules Riding's fifth album. More
Fourth album The Hope Beyond The Skies from 2007, features Shootingstars' trademark of consistently singable tunes and emotive lyrics, with production and performances to rival any international act. More
Cindy was so inspired after finishing her first album Tara, that she went on to record her second album The Treaty in 2000. More
The culmination of three years of recording, twenty years of writing and over thirty years of experience on the road, these thirteen new songs reflect Steve's culture, personal convictions, faith... More
The heart and vision of this piano-driven praise and worship album is to offer songs for the body of Christ that are God centred and have Scripturally-based lyrics, and to... More
This is David's 10th album but his first recorded in New Zealand, at his home church of St Georges Anglican in Auckland in 2007. More
Mark Laurent's fourth solo album, is dedicated to all those who've hassled him over the years to do another album with lots of electric guitars and big drums – this... More
This is the debut album from popular live performer Hannah Donald. More
Walk on Water is both an exuberant celebration of vibrant, bluesy rock music and a deeply-held statement of faith. More
Your Eyes Light Up More
The latest release from the primalband, Your Way was recorded by Neil Baldock (Crowded House, Parachute Band, Anna Coddington) and mixed by Nic Manders (Luke Thompson, Spacifix, Parachute Band). More










































































