Recent Music Stories
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 1 November 2023
1 Nov 2023In Pocket Edition this week Maggie Tweedie meets Alison Mosshart from American English rock duo The Kills. Kim Hill speaks to the legendary hip hop artist, co founder of Public Enemy, Chuck D about… Audio
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'Wallpaper music' front and centre
1 Nov 2023She'd only been composing for a few years, but her big band work Dream Within A Dream was good enough to win Louisa Williamson the 2023 APRA Best Jazz Composition Award. Video, Audio
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Music with Charlotte Ryan
1 Nov 2023Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to talk about a new documentary focused on Fat Freddy's Drop that's been released through RNZ. She'll also play new music from Kali Uchis and talk about Sir… Audio
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The Graduate Choir NZ 21st Anniversary Celebration
31 Oct 2023The Graduate Choir New Zealand and their Music Director Terence Maskell celebrate their 21st Anniversary with a concert in St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 30 October 2022. Audio
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Plenty of symphony for Pasifika harmony
31 Oct 2023Helen Tupai's Signature Choir broke new ground when the Pasifika group sang Pasifika songs arranged and performed with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra last year. This month, they're taking the show… Video, Audio
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Music feature: Aimee Mann
31 Oct 2023For our music feature this week, we're talking about the music of Aimee Mann. She's an American singer/songwriter who's been tackling mental health issues in her lyrics long before it became a common… Audio
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Review: The Chicks fly high in Christchurch concert
31 Oct 2023US country music stars The Chicks are in New Zealand for a good time, not a long time - and the fans lapped up every minute at their Christchurch show last night, Dan Buchanan writes.
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The TAHI 31st October 2023 (Halloween)
On today’s show, it’s Halloween! Comedian Liv McKenzie joins Evie to giggle through a conversation about her show ‘Cubicle Confessions’, Timmy the First talks with So’omālō about his latest single… Audio -
MARAUDERS | Season 1 | Trailer
31 Oct 2023Landing in Tooting, South London. The band is straight into rehearsals, jams, writing beats, networking, and adventuring out for the first shows of the band’s debut European tour, 2003. Video
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King for a decade - so far
30 Oct 2023New Zealand baritone Chris Bruerton talks to Bryan Crump about the joys of being a member of one of the best known classical singing groups in the world, The King's Singers. Video, Audio
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Kiwi Kaylee Bell's 'Keith' a US country smash
30 Oct 2023Homegrown singer-songwriter Kaylee Bell has just exploded onto the U.S country music scene. Her song 'Keith' is sitting at Number 12 on the US Billboard Charts, and has put Kaylee at number 41 on the… Video, Audio
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MARAUDERS | Trailer | OUT NOW
30 Oct 2023Handycam time machine, featuring Fat Freddy's Drop's debut European tour in 2003. Glorious handycam footage from the auspicious tour is the base for MARAUDERS, the slow-burn web series. Video
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MARAUDERS | Season 1
30 Oct 2023Landing in Tooting, South London. The band is straight into rehearsals, jams, writing beats, networking, and adventuring out for the first shows of the band’s debut European tour, 2003. Video
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World of Music 29 October, 2023
29 Oct 2023Trevor features music from Argentine singer-songwriter Soema Montenegro and traditional Malian sounds from Trio Da Kali alongside revolutionary American chamber ensemble the Kronos Quartet. Audio
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'This is about the grit and just doing it for yourselves'
29 Oct 2023When Sarah Hunter filmed Fat Freddy Drop's debut European tour on a handycam 20 years ago, the world was completely different: cigarettes, CDs and nobody was filming concerts from their phones.
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Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith
29 Oct 2023William Dart remembers the late Nanci Griffith and her music, now put in the spotlight by a new tribute album, titled More than a Whisper, with musicians from Mary Gautier and Iris DeMent to John… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 29 October 2023
29 Oct 2023Margaret Rizza’s Prayer for Peace features in this week’s programme: Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace, let peace fill our hearts, our world, our universe: peace, peace, peace. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 28 October 2023
28 Oct 2023On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark plays classic blues from Magic Sam and Slim Harpo, soul courtesy of Marlena Shaw, a reggae smash from Gregory Isaacs plus a birthday tune for guitar legend Peter… Audio
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Matthew Hyde: 'Singing is the only freedom'
28 Oct 2023Matthew Hyde, lead singer of Kiwi metal band Beastwars, tells Music 101 how nurse training and snowboarding have helped him learn to relax. Audio
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They got it covered
28 Oct 2023Jazz covers of great pop songs: Bill Frisell plays Marvin Gaye, Joe Pass plays the Rolling Stones, and Allana Goldsmith and Alchemy cover Herbs. Audio
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Thee Golden Geese - Bird Of The Year 2023
28 Oct 2023Thee Golden Geese - Bird Of The Year 2023 Audio
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The Week in Detail: Pasifika MPs, 95bFM, and comic books
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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Bolted is Forest Swords' most singular work yet
28 Oct 2023Tony Stamp reviews the UK producer's latest crop of boundary-busting soundscapes. Video, Audio
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Enji merges Mongolian vocal style with jazz on Ulaan
28 Oct 2023Tony Stamp reviews a Mongolian/ German/ Brazilian jazz cocktail. Video, Audio
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