Gareth Shute

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Gareth Hal Shute (born 1 September 1973) is a non-fiction author, [1] [2] musician and journalist from New Zealand.

Career

Shute's first book, Hip Hop Music In Aotearoa was published in 2004, [3] [4] and won an award at the NZ book awards in 2005. [5] [6] [7] [8] He went on to write four more books: Making Music In New Zealand, [9] Insights: New Zealand Artists Talk About Creativity, [10] NZ Rock: 1987-2007 [11] and Concept Albums. [12]

Shute has also been a music columnist for New Zealand Music Magazine and continues to write for the music history website, Audioculture. [13]

Over this time, he was also a member of a number of local bands including: The Tokey Tones, The Ruby Suns, [14] The Brunettes, [15] The Cosbys, The Conjurors, Dictaphone Blues, [16] and The Broken Heartbreakers. He currently plays in garage rock two-piece Fever Party and all-star quartet Thee Golden Geese [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "TV review: Rocked the Nation: 100 NZ Music Moments". New Zealand Herald, By Greg Dixon 13 May 2008
  2. ↑ Karen Stevenson (2008). The Frangipani is Dead: Contemporary Pacific Art in New Zealand, 1985-2000. Huia Publishers. pp. 210–. ISBN   978-1-86969-325-1.
  3. ↑ Henry Johnson (16 April 2010). Many Voices: Music and National Identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 34–. ISBN   978-1-4438-2182-7.
  4. ↑ Atholl Anderson; Judith Binney; Aroha Harris (15 November 2014). Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History. Bridget Williams Books. pp. 535–. ISBN   978-1-927131-41-1.
  5. ↑ Hip Hop Book Wins Montana Award Archived 18 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine . NZ Musician.
  6. ↑ New Zealand Book Awards - Winners 2005 | Literary Festivals
  7. ↑ Montana New Zealand Book Awards – Literature – Christchurch City Libraries
  8. ↑ "Past Winners". New Zealand Book Awards.
  9. ↑ "Making Music in New Zealand". WorldCat.
  10. ↑ "Friday November 10". Breakfast, TV One, New Zealand.
  11. ↑ Gareth Shute on New Zealand Book Council Website
  12. ↑ Reekie, Trevor. "Self-published musical authors". Access All Areas: Radio New Zealand.
  13. ↑ Shute, Gareth. "Writing the Book on Hip Hop". Audioculture.
  14. ↑ "Tunes jump on the 60s bandwagon". South China Morning Post, 4 February 2007
  15. ↑ "His sound history". New Zealand Herald, 22 May 2008.
  16. ↑ "Dictaphone Blues" By Courtney Sanders. Under the Radar, 11 April 2012
  17. ↑ "Premiere: Thee Golden Geese" By Chris Cudby. Under the Radar, 20 January 2020
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