Small fish hits big time

Greymouth singer-songwriter Steve Edwards has become a star in the UK without even releasing an album. A copy of One By One, a song from his upcoming Fish out of Water album, was leaked to BBC Radio 2 by the London studio Edwards was recording at. Without the usual support of marketing and publicity, One By One was named album of the week and play-listed for over a month. “It was a very pleasant surprise and at first I felt a slight trepidation as we didn’t have a video or touring set-up to support it but it was great news,” said Edwards, who has just released One By One in NZ. “When people were hearing it on the radio they couldn’t actually buy it and if they could it would have charted.” Edwards has recently returned to NZ from London and hopes to become part of his country’s flourishing music scene.


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Katherine Mansfield, A Magician with Words

Katherine Mansfield, A Magician with Words

American author Roberta Silman reviews Claire Harman’s new biography of Katherine Mansfield, All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything, for The Art…