Kiwi Music Gallery
 Occasional moments in New Zealand rock history
 compiled by Keith Newman
 Kiwi Rock exports
 Who made an impact offshore through touring or record sales. A living document detailing the artists who have made an impression offshore. Help me build it?
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The late Ricky May (at right) and Australian horn player James Morrison at a jazz festival in Auckland circa 1987 - pic Keith Newman
 



Leo de Castro (left) and The Browns, a group of kiwi musicians who gained a strong following in Sydney during the early 1970s. Leo gave me the photo when I was working on a TV documentary called Soul Searching for Channel 9 that never quite got past the script stage. Left to right Leo (Kiwi Kino), Harris Campbell (deceased), Suni de Silva, and Billy Ryland.
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  Australian-based Southern Cross (left) featured drummer Jeff Beacham from Hastings group Abraxas which were resident at the Mayfair Hotel in 1972-73. Beacham is now pastor of a Sydney-based church. At right the Renee Geyer Band featuring Wanganui keyboard player Mark Punch (second right) and drummer Greg Tell, now also resident in New Zealand. Greg was drummer in black American group Powerhouse which played Whiskey a Go Go in Sydney (1973-74) featuring guitarist Bobby Warren, later managed by webmaster Keith Newman