It’s January 15, 1965, and on the pub’s tiny stage the six young men from nearby Canterbury who make up the band called The Wilde Flowers are preparing to make their first public performance. Striking ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The consensus regarding the semi-mythical Canterbury scene is that it comprises a loose ...

At the New Zealand Pipe Band Championships on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 March 2013, the Canterbury Caledonian Society Pipe Band successfully defended the New Zealand Pipe Band Championship. Having won ...

In the late 1960s, a band called Caravan was pioneering a new sound that would later afford them worldwide cult status among aficionados. And it all started in tents pitched up in a field beside a ...

Syd Arthur are back on home ground after touring across the US. The psychedelic pilgrims are fresh from playing California’s Coachella and South by Southwest in Texas, to promote their new album – ...

The Canterbury Caledonian Society's Pipe Band is based in Christchurch, in the South Island, New Zealand. The Society and the Band were formed in 1902 and is one of New Zealand's premier Grade One ...

A Kent-based Salvation Army band is about to celebrate its centenary with a special concert. The young people's band, located in Canterbury, is to hold a celebratory event in the city on 14 July.