Graham Reid
Music writer
Graham Reid is an NZ journalist, author, broadcaster and arts educator. His website, Elsewhere, provides features and reports on music, film, travel and other cultural issues.
Graham Reid has been a senior feature writer at the New Zealand Herald (1987-2003), freelance journalist, lecturer (School of Music, University of Auckland), author of two award-winning travel books and a longtime music critic. He writes for audioculture.co.nz and his own website elsewhere.co.nz in addition to The Listener.
Check out Graham’s latest content
Music: Masters of reinvention Bon Iver fail to match their own ambitions
New releases from Bon Iver and The Waterboys.
Kiwi jazzman pays tribute to a version of his father he didn’t know
New releases from Mark de Clive-Lowe and Julien Baker with Torres reviewed.
Songwriters step away from their bands with tales of love lost and found
New releases from Lucy Dacus & Alisa Xayalith.
US bluegrass star Billy Strings rides his success all the way to NZ
Strings’ shows can be like bluegrass-meets-Grateful Dead as he peels off guitar licks.
Music: The wairua is strong on Marlon Williams’ first full te reo album
New releases from Marlon Williams and Tom Lark.
Music: Distinctive new sounds from local talents Womb, Alien Weaponry and Serebii
New releases from Womb, Alien Weaponry and Serebii reviewed.
Music: Avant-garde women offer accessible and challenging albums
New albums from Japanese Breakfast and Circuit des Yeux.
Doing it like Dylan: Timothée Chalamet’s performance has ripple effect in folk fandom
Some (almost) complete unknowns are making an impact with voice and guitar.
Music: Reb Fountain spreads her wings on her latest album
Reb Fountain steps toward seductively ethereal trip-hop.
New Chills album is Martin Phillipps’ last gift of spirited indie rock
A posthumous release of previously unrecorded songs from The Chills’ frontman is joyous.
Music: Downbeat, dancey, art music from Brigton and serene tunes from a Prince
New albums from Squid and Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
Music: The art of reinvention
Three new albums from female artists who scorch with guitar and synth.
Politics and protest mingle with the sounds of summer
This year's BBQ beats have bite, gatecrashing the backyard summer reggae party.
Postcards from Europe: Bagless in Bucharest
Bagless in Bucharest makes for time to reflect on the city’s past and uncertain present.
Sounds of the year: 2024′s best albums
Listener reviewer Graham Reid names his picks of 2024’s contemporary albums.
Why Americans heard the Beatles wrong in the ‘60s
Record company tinkering with the Beatles' early sound distorted it for US audiences.
American left-field rock veteran Kim Deal gets personal on debut solo album
New albums from former Pixies bassist Kim Deal; Beth Hart.
Two new Kiwi releases range from folk-rock and alt-country to 1960s pop
New albums from Arthur Ahbez and Adam Hattaway and the Haunters.
Music: Personal empowerment is to the fore on Fazerdaze’s latest
Fazerdaze's new album Softpower is a culmination of self-discovery and empowerment.
The punks of jazz: Book and tie-in double album celebrate The Primitive Art Group
The band who carried the banner for improvised music in the capital during the 1980s.
Music: Emotional vulnerability shines through from these two Christchurch artists
New albums from Ōtautahi's Mousey and Goodwill.
Creating a global iwi: New releases from Moana Maniapoto and Fat Freddy’s Drop
Collaborations with indigenous voices are drawn into a cohesive whole.
