Alastair Riddell
NZ Music Month: Spotlight on Space Waltz
This week, for New Zealand Music Month, Ian Chapman celebrates one of New Zealand's most loved but shortest-lived bands from the mid-1970s: Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz. From a #1 smash hit, 'Out On… Audio
All the Madmen - Alastair Riddell
For our M101 David Bowie tribute, Alastair Riddell of Space Waltz performed an acoustic version of All The Madmen. Audio
Space Waltz lead singer on David Bowie
Rock icon David Bowie has died just two days after his 69th birthday. New Zealand musician Alistair Riddell (Space Waltz) recalls Bowie's influence on music and culture from the 1970s and beyond. Audio
The Sampler Summit - David Bowie
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger hosts a Sampler Summit to discuss the David Bowie box set Five Years - 1969-1973. He is joined by glam rock scholar Dr Ian Chapman, writer and cultural critic… Audio
NZ Retro - The Year 1978
Time for our Monday afternoon retrospective, a look back at the year 1978. The politics, the sport, life in the seventies and the music. Audio
Reeling in the years - Alastair Riddell
Alastair Riddell in 1974 gained nationwide exposure from weekly appearances on what was our most watched show on television at the time. These days he is not too far removed from music, though just… Audio
Musical Chairs - Alastair Riddell
Alastair Riddell started the 70s fronting the psychedelic art-rockers, Orb, one of New Zealand's original synth bands. He declined invitations to join his band-mates Eddie Rayner and Paul Crowther… Audio