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The epic and lavish comedy podcast, The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium, has remained largely unheard of in Aotearoa. Until now.  Audio

Tony Stamp reviews poetic British post-punk, local space-folk, and the return of a Canadian great. Audio

William Dart looks at songwriter Hollie Fullbrook and the new Tiny Ruins album, Ceremony. Audio

Curated by Charlotte Yates, In Her Own Words is a concert of selected poems by Katherine Mansfield, set to contemporary music. The music was written by several of Aotearoa's leading songwriters. The… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews Jonathan Bree's latest faceless pop confection, Brandee Younger's tribute to an iconic jazz harpist, and the debut of local post-punks Ringlets. Audio

On Music 101 we celebrated the best albums of 2022. 

Instead of doing a countdown, we have collated the best albums from the music you loved hearing this year, and some of our friends. 

Here is the…

For our last live music session of the year, Auckland supergroup Half Hexagon fill the RNZ studio with their distinctive Krautrock-inspired sound. Video, Audio

Tony Stamp catches up on four recent local releases from Wellington and Auckland: ornate guitar pop from Hans Pucket, Goodnight My Darling’s icy shoegaze, electro pop by Boycrush, and exuberant indie… Audio

Lawrence Arabia plays us his new song 'The Developed World' and chats to Jesse Mulligan. Video, Audio

SJD is the musical project of Sean Donnelly, a musician and songwriter from Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland), and currently based in Otepoti (Dunedin), under the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University. SJD… Audio

Lawrence Arabia is the pseudonym of Christchurch, singer-songwriter James Milne. His tour 'Chant Darling' begins this week after being rescheduled multiple times last year. Throughout January… Audio

Charlotte Ryan talks to Marlon Williams about life in Lyttelton, singing and touring with Lorde and his new Christmas song collaboration on Paul Kelly's new Christmas album "Paul Kellys Christmas… Video, Audio

Tony Stamp mulls over the second EP by Iranian-NZ rapper Chaii, a dance-influenced outing from NYC rockers Parquet Courts, and Alec Bathgate's 1996 solo debut. Audio

Jeremy has tracks from a vinyl reissue for Lawrence Arabia's Taite Prize winning Chant Darling, Canadian singer songwriter Allison Russell, and the 50th anniversary of David Crosby's solo debut. Audio

Lorde on her new album Solar Power, fame, and growing up. Video, Audio

Lawrence Arabia joins Charlotte in the studio to choose his favourite Flying Nun songs, and chat about his upcoming tour 'Lawrence Arabia Does Chant Darling'.  Audio

Pōneke indie rock trio Soft Plastics perform live for Music 101.  Audio

William Dart looks at New Zealand poets set to music by New Zealand songwriters - including Sam Hunt set by the late Fane Flaws with his band The Bend. Audio

A selection of poems by Katherine Mansfield have been set to contemporary music composed by some of Aotearoa’s leading songwriters. Curated by Charlotte Yates, the album was originally released in… Video, Audio

Some of the biggest names in New Zealand music are throwing their names in a hat. The Aotearoa Rock Lottery  is coming up on the 19th of June. Organiser Fen Ikner and musician Fiona Campbell explain… Audio

Chabs and Milky (AKA Lawrence Arabia and James Dansey) join Charlotte live in the studio to chat about their live stream tour which is happening around the country this month.  Audio

This week we're celebrating the best of The Mixtape in 2020. We've chosen some of our favorite song choices and discussions. Over the next hour, you'll hear from musicians Benee, Bic Runga, Lawrence… Audio

RNZ Music is delighted to present ‘Tonight We Could Go Out Dancing (As If It’s The Last)’. It’s the third release from King Sweeties, the new project from Bic Runga and Cass Basil of Tiny Ruins. Video

RNZ Music was lucky enough to record an intimate show with the one and only Julia Deans, at ‘secret’ Christchurch music venue The Shelter. Video

William Dart takes a look at Charlotte Yates' splendid new Mansfield album with a host of Kiwi musicians responding to one of New Zealand and the world's finest writers. Video, Audio

Love Square is the new project from former Supergroove sax player Nick Atkinson, and we’re proud to be the first to share their new track and video ‘Mercy Mercy Mercy’. Video