Gareth Shute

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]

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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