Featured Music Stories
Taking opera on tour
Soprano Sophie Sparrow and baritone Jonathan Eyers are one half of a quartet of young singers taking a show of opera highlights around the North Island. Audio
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From computer software to the concert hall
4 Mar 2025Adrien de Croy, businessman turned composer, talks to RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump about his first symphony. Audio
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'He was always aware of his mortality' The story behind the final album from The Chills
1 Mar 2025The final album by Dunedin band The Chills Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a passion project led by the band's late frontman, Martin Phillipps. Audio
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Ashley Brown and music beyond NZTrio
3 Mar 2025After 23 years, cellist Ashley Brown is leaving NZTrio. He speaks with RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump. Audio
RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert is New Zealand’s fine music network. Concert promotes New Zealand music and composition and features live broadcasts of concerts and recitals, as well as international content from other public radio broadcasters, podcasts, and on-demand programmes.
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Hymns on Sunday, 9 March 2025
9 Mar 2025Hymns to mark the first Sunday in Lent, and a favourite setting of Psalm 23 (The Lord’s my Shepherd) by Scottish healer, mystic and poet James Leith Macbeth Bain – known to his peers as ‘Brother James’. Audio
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Inside Out: Māreikura Part 1
8 Mar 2025Some of New Zealand's top jazz women select the female jazz musician who most inspires them. Audio
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Loving the Dunedin Sound
6 Mar 2025Ahead of his performance with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Umberto Clerici explains why he loves playing with semi-professional musicians. Audio
Featured Music Programmes
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The Mixtape: DJ Manuel Bundy
8 Mar 2025Manuel Bundy, born Manuel Matisi, is a prominent DJ based in Auckland, New Zealand. He has held residencies at notable Auckland venues such as Shortland Bar… Audio
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The Mixtape: Artist Dick Frizzell
22 Feb 2025Picking the music is one of Aotearoa's most celebrated and recognisable artists. From reimagining the Four Square man to exploring Maori iconography in a… Audio
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The Mixtape: Dub multi-instrumentalist Pachyman
8 Feb 2025Our guest this week is Pachyman, an LA-based, Puerto Rican DJ and multi-instrumentalist producer. On his RNZ Mixtape, Pachyman pays tribute to legends like King… Audio
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The Mixtape - DJ, engineer and promoter Leesa Tilley
1 Feb 2025Leesa Tilley is a musical polymath who launched and managed the first four years of the Ragamuffin Music Festival as a promoter. Over the years, she has… Video, Audio
Recent Music Stories
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Chaka Khan: 'I'm just in a good place, both mentally, spiritually and musically'
9 Mar 2025Despite 50 years in the business, soul legend Chaka Khan's voice is as strong as ever, she says. Audio
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Worlds of Music 9 March, 2025
9 Mar 2025Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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The Sampler: What to listen to this week
9 Mar 2025Local producer Sola Rosa draws the curtain on his live band, and Japan's Ichiko Aoba softly soothes.
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Interview: Mānuka Recordings
9 Mar 2025Tony Stamp speaks to Dylan Biscuit and Kenny Sterling from Mānuka Recordings, who since 2022 have been outputting excellent funk, soul, and disco, in collaboration with local musicians. Audio
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New Tomorrows by Sola Rosa
9 Mar 2025Andrew Spraggon marks the 25th year of Sola Rosa with a new EP that draws the curtain on this chapter of the project. Audio
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Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
9 Mar 2025A new documentary by Questlove follows the rise and fall of a beloved American perfromer, its soundtrack full of alternate versions of classic tunes. Audio
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Manuel Bundy: 'DJing came to me quite easily as a kid'
9 Mar 2025Thirty-eight years after he first got on the decks in a South Auckland church, DJ Manuel Bundy still loves nothing more than spinning tunes that people dig. Video, Audio
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Chaka Khan gets ready to touch down in Auckland
9 Mar 2025Chaka Khan - otherwise known as The Queen of Funk - is coming to Auckland for a one-off show next month. Video, Audio
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Calling Home: Chris Thompson from Belgium
Chris. Thompson is known for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, specifically for his lead vocal on the hit 'Blinded by the Light'. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 8 March 2025
8 Mar 2025On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Big Maybelle, classic ska from Prince Buster, soul courtesy of Wilson Pickett, plus a brand new track from the Altons. Audio
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Māreikura pt 2
8 Mar 2025Some of New Zealand's top jazz women select the female jazz musician who most inspires them. Audio
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King Charles reveals what's on his playlist
When the monarch gets up in the morning, what tunes does he select to start his day?
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Luminescent Creatures by Ichiko Aoba
8 Mar 2025The Japanese singer-songwriter presents another soothing selection of tunes, inspired by dreams, fictional worlds, and diving expeditions. Audio
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Celebrating 25 years of Sola Rosa with new music
Sola Rosa is celebrating 25 years with a beautiful new EP. The EP New Tomorrows brings in local legends like Julien Dyne, Finn Scholes, and Ben White, plus emerging talents like Melbourne's Akosia and… Audio
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Dr Jada Watson: The eye-opening stats on women in Country music
8 Mar 2025Musicologist Jada Watson is known for her work on the marginalisation of female artists in the country music industry. She joins Music 101 to give us the latest stats on how women artists are doing on… Audio
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How Reb Fountain turned trauma into art
8 Mar 2025Reb Fountain knows what can happen to the best laid plans, she tells Music 101's Nick Bollinger. Audio
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Reb Fountain on the creation of 'How Love Bends'
8 Mar 2025American-born, Auckland-based singer-songwriter Reb Fountain has a new album just out, How Love Bends. On the eve of its release, she spoke to Nick Bollinger for Music 101 about some of the trials and… Audio
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The Beths - how to survive a music festival
8 Mar 2025Beloved Kiwi indie rock band The Beths are set to headline the main stage at WOMAD next weekend, ahead of their upcoming Australian tour. Audio
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Music Review: Stapleton serenades sold-out Spark Arena
8 Mar 2025Country music is here to stay to in Aotearoa, so saddle up and enjoy the ride.
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
7 Mar 2025He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Audio
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Company behind Juicy Fest placed into voluntary liquidation
Juicy Fest had cancelled the New Zealand leg of the tour in December.
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Noel Maginnity: the technical virtuoso
7 Mar 2025Long time RNZ Concert sound engineer Noel Maginnity is recognised by his Australasian peers Audio
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NZ Live: The Veils
7 Mar 2025Each week we invite some of Aotearoa New Zealand's finest song writers into the studio to share their work with us. Audio
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NZ Live: The Veils
7 Mar 2025Each week we invite some of Aotearoa New Zealand's finest song writers into the studio to share their work with us. Today we are joined by The Veils A.K.A Finn Andrews The Veils released their 7th… Audio
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