Featured Music Stories
Aussie trio The Necks head to Auckland for a single show, without a plan
What will The Necks play at their Auckland Town Hall show on 7 March? No one - including the three band members - will know until they're actually playing it. Video, Audio
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Chopin by candlelight
27 Feb 2025Australian pianist Piers Lane returns to New Zealand to perform all of Chopin's Nocturnes. Video, Audio
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Making comedy out of the classics
25 Feb 2025Ex-pat Kiwi Robbie Ellis is forging a career in music comedy in Chicago. Video, Audio
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The Mixtape: Artist Dick Frizzell
22 Feb 2025From reimagining the Four Square man to exploring Māori iconography in a pop-art style, Dick Frizzell's work is bold, playful, and deeply embedded in New Zealand’s visual culture. 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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Chamber Music: Duo Enharmonics
9:50 am todayLISTEN: Duo Enharmonics specialise in Piano Four Hands - music played by two performers on one piano. Nicole Chao and Beth Chen formed Duo Enharmonics in 2017 and they’ve been playing virtuosic and emotionally-thrilling music ever since.
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Hymns on Sunday, 2 March 2025
2 Mar 2025You can hear a song by NZ hymn writer and composer Cecily Sheehy O.P. in this week’s programme, from her collection ‘Larksong’. And we mark Transfiguration Sunday with hymns including Immortal, invisible and Christ, whose glory fills the sky. Audio
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Eddie Muliaumaseali'i and the Howard Morrison touch
28 Feb 2025Ahead of his performance in Rotorua's Opera in the Pā, Kiwi Samoan bass-baritone Eddie Muliaumaseali'i remembers how a meeting with a Māori music legend galvanised his singing career. Video, Audio
Featured Music Programmes
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'He was always aware of his mortality' The story behind the final album from The Chills
1 Mar 2025Charlotte Ryan talks to longtime band manager Scott Muir about the album, and the legacy of Martin Phillipps. Audio
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The Mixtape: RNZ’s audio ‘old hand’ Jeremy Ansell
1 Mar 2025The long-time RNZ studio engineer shares his favourites with Trevor Reekie. Audio
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EP2 by Half Hexagon
1 Mar 2025The local indie supergroup continue to hone a very specific vision on their second EP of sparse, krautrock-infused jams. Audio
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DJ Groove Terminator on making house music with Soweto Gospel Choir
1 Mar 2025Groove Terminator — real name Simon Lewicki joins Music 101 ahead of the Auckland show Audio
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The Necks: the trio that don’t rehearse, make eye contact, or have a setlist
1 Mar 2025Pianist Chris Abrahams joins Music 101 ahead of the show. Audio
Recent Music Stories
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Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean dies
"Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can't do justice to the love we shared," wrote Parton.
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Luana Gordon & blindr
Luana Gordon & blindr join us in studio to talk about their new music! Janay gives tips on how to avoid the 'Sunday Scaries' And we talk about what is the highest praise you can get from your barber. Audio
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Taite Music Prize finalists announced
The finalists for the Taite Music prize have been announced. Independent Music NZ general manager Dylan Pellett spoke to Alexa Cook. 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
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'He had an amazing lyrical brain': The story behind the final album from The Chills
3 Mar 2025The Chills' final album Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs was late frontman Martin Phillipps' mission to render his songs as he originally "heard them in his head," the band's manager says. Audio
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Which album will win this year’s Taite Music Prize?
3 Mar 2025Anna Coddington, Delaney Davidson and Fazerdaze are among the top 10 albums in the running for this year's top independent music prize. Video
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Album keeps Maribou State musician 'sane' during health complications
2 Mar 2025The pair have released their first album in seven years.
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Worlds of Music 2 March, 2025
2 Mar 2025Music from the world, for the world, featuring Duo Sabil, Le Trio Joubran, Archie Roach, and a contemporary take on Southern Italy's traditional Pizzica music from Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. Audio
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JID022 by Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge, and Ali Shaheed Muhammed
2 Mar 2025A meeting between an 88-year-old Highlife pioneer, jazz musician, and former A Tribe Called Quest member delivers upbeat, celebratory results. Audio
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Spring Board by The Chills
2 Mar 2025Prior to his death Martin Phillipps re-recorded a selection of early demos, with results much more lush and gentle than they would have been 40 years ago. Audio
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The Sampler: New music from Martin Phillipps, Half Hexagon and Ebo Taylor
2 Mar 2025The final album by Martin Phillipps of The Chills features re-recorded versions of songs he wrote in his 20s.
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Singer Charli XCX wins top prizes at BRIT Awards
2 Mar 2025The ceremony also featured a tribute dedicated to late One Direction singer Liam Payne.
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Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B artist, dead at 63
"Angie Stone's voice and spirit will live on forever in the hearts of those she touched," a statement from her spokeswoman read.
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'This the the house that funk built' - Groove Armada at the Gardens Festival
2 Mar 2025Review: The DJ set could have almost been named: How to bring back the flavours of the noughties with a modern twist.
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New York Dolls frontman David Johansen dies, aged 75
The New York Dolls, alongside the Velvet Underground, paved the way for punk and the cross-dressing glam rock of later bands.
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Nashville Babylon: 1 March 2025
1 Mar 2025On this week's show, there's reggae from the Congos, soul courtesy of Etta James and Sam Cooke, blues from Freddie King, plus an-all time classic from Joni Mitchell. Audio
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Conversations
1 Mar 2025Bahraini trumpet player Yazz Ahmed brings a Middle Eastern sound to jazz; and NZ jazz musicians Alex Ventling and Kim Paterson release a new album called 'Conversations'. Audio
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Like Minds
1 Mar 2025Nick checks out a couple of tracks from the all star album Like Minds, Canadian trumpet players Ingrid Jensen and Kenny Wheeler, and a track from tenor player Johnny Lippiett. Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Featuring music from Cat Clyde, Cameron McCurdy and Farewell Spit. Audio
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This Weekend: Newtown Festival
Nights is heading to the nation's capital for its biggest free musical festival and street fair: Newtown Festival. Audio
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Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
28 Feb 2025A cracker from the forthcoming Perfume Genius album featuring Aldous Harding, the sassy pop of Sabrina Carpenter, and paying respect to two the best who passed this week. Audio
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Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand rock history
'For Today' is one of the classic Kiwi anthems. The song's writer, Nick Sampson, joins Mark Leishman to reflect on a rockin' legacy. Audio
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Sahota Vision & Dani Josie
Today on the show Janay meets sibling duo Sahota Vision to chat about their new waiata 'What You Want', 19-year-old pop-punk-country artist Dani Josie chats with Harry about her latest milestones, and… Audio
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 26 February 2025
26 Feb 2025Your home for music discovery on RNZ tune into Pocket Edition as Maggie Tweedie drops new music from WOMB and Serebii. Later Tweedie speaks to explosive Melbourne pub punk rock band Amyl and The… Audio
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