Nick Bollinger

Guest writer

Nick Bollinger lives in Wellington and works as a writer, broadcaster and musician. He presents The Sampler on Radio New Zealand. His memoir Goneville was published in late 2016 to immediate acclaim. Nick was born in Wellington in 1958.

The Xmas excerpt: Goneville, a rock’n’roll memoir by Nick Bollinger

19th December, 2016

The Xmas excerpt: Goneville, a rock’n’roll memoir by Nick Bollinger

Nick Bollinger! He's ace. He's written about music with insight and feeling, and a lot of that stems from his background in bands. He recalls going out on the road with Rough Justice in his new, excellent memoir Goneville, which we totally recommend as a Xmas gift for the muso in your life.

By Nick Bollinger

UNSPECIFIED – 1968: This studio portrait shows American pianist and jazz singer Nina Simone reclining on the floor circa 1968. Simone, whose deep, raspy voice made her a unique jazz figure and later helped chronicle the civil rights movement, died in her sleep on April 21, 2003 of natural causes after a long illness. She was 70. (Photo by Getty Images)

16th August, 2016

‘Her shining dark face expresses both imperiousness and terror’: Nick Bollinger on Nina Simone

Nick Bollinger reviews What Happened Miss Simone?, the biography of black American singer and activist, the strange and brilliant Nina Simone.

By Nick Bollinger