For NZ Music Month the last couple of years, we asked bands/artists for a favourite memory of making music in Wellington.

It could involve a favourite gig, a funny story from the recording studio, a moment that led to the inspiration for a song, the fond recollection of a defunct venue, or the piece of music or lyric that they were most proud of creating.

We really enjoyed the stories people told us, so we are doing it again this year.

Next up is future-soul singer Wallace. Wallace Gollan spent her early years in New Zealand, and still has strong memories for her hometown of Wellington. Now based in Sydney she has won a swag of glowing reviews from international taste makers and publications; high profile international supports such as Slum Village; winning the JJJ unearthed Listen Out slot for Sydney; high profile playlist adds on spotify and collaborations with acclaimed international acts such as Kraak and Smaak and outstanding Australian peers such as Sampa the Great. Her latest track Pantone Home is essentially a walk through the duck egg blue house she grew up in, where everything in the song is 100% true.

“Wow, what a voice… Just good soul music” – Gilles Peterson

Wellington is so special to me, my heart has been growing fonder and fonder over the past 7 years I’ve been away. I’ve actually written two songs about our little harbour city. ‘Pantone Home’, which I released last year, takes you on a tour through the colourful house I grew up in high in the hills of Brooklyn.
The other track Ae Fond Kiss is waiting in the wings to be released later this year. It’s inspired (and named after) a Scottish folk song my dad used to sing to me and also features our fierce Wellington wind.