Recent Music Stories
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Wilco rekindle their experimental side on Cousin
28 Oct 2023Tony Stamp reviews a reinvigorated collection from the alt-country veterans. Video, Audio
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'It’s constant work but it’s the greatest pleasure of my life'- Alison Mosshart of The Kills
28 Oct 2023Alison Mosshart speaks to Maggie Tweedie about the American English rock duo and the secret sauce to The Kills musical longevity. Audio
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Fat Freddys Drop Joe Lindsay Co Hosts the first hour in celebration of Marauders doco series
28 Oct 2023In 2003, Fat Freddy's Drop embarked on an auspicious debut European tour. Twenty years later, rare and glorious handycam footage of the tour is the base for MARUADERS, a slow-burn web series like no… Video, Audio
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Rolling Stones top UK charts with new album 'Hackney Diamonds'
The Rolling Stones topped the British music charts on Friday, securing their 14th UK No. 1 album with new record Hackney Diamonds.
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Chuck D rapping lyrical
28 Oct 20232023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop, a cultural and political movement that started in the Bronx and went global. As a founding member and main MC for Public Enemy, Chuck D was a pioneer of the… Video, Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
27 Oct 2023Finn Johansson joins us with an array of eclectic music. Audio
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Keeping Auckland in tune: the Lewis Eady story
27 Oct 2023Kay Eady speaks with Bryan Crump about Preludes & Feuds, the history she's written on the Lewis Eady music business. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
27 Oct 2023Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
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NZ Live: Erny Belle
27 Oct 2023Last year Erny Belle's debut album Venus is Home was nominated for both the Taite Music Prize and Best Independent Debut. In the coming fortnight, the Ngāpuhi alt-folk musician will follow that up… Video, Audio
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Aboriginal rapper Kobie Dee in Aotearoa
Kobie Dee is a 25-year-old indigenous Aboriginal Australian rapper, and he's just released a really powerful new single featuring Aotearoa's own Stan Walker. Video, Audio
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First song: Shayne Carter, Pendulum
27 Oct 2023Today's first song is from a new album filled with well known tracks from Shayne Carter. It was recorded and produced by RNZ and our very talented Andre Upston over three nights in Auckland at the… Audio
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New music with Jeremy Taylor
27 Oct 2023A reissue of Tricky's crucial debut album, the first new Stones original music in 18 years, and a fine solo debut from Ebony Lamb. Audio
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'Final' Beatles song will be released thanks to new tech
27 Oct 2023The long-awaited "final" Beatles song - featuring each member of the Fab Four - is due to be released next week thanks to new technology.
"Now and Then" was written and sung by John Lennon in the… Audio
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Classical music: it's not a museum
26 Oct 2023Award winning Kiwi-Samoan violinist Hayden Afele-Nickel talks to Bryan Crump about getting classical music out of the museum and into the lives of all New Zealanders. Audio
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Music Critic: Colin Morris
26 Oct 2023Today Colin talks to Jesse about tracks from Noel Coward and Neil Young Audio
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The TAHI 26 October 2023
On today's show, So’omālō talks to Ben Horlock of Mirage about their debut single, Rebel Reid of Valkyrie gets candid with Evie about grief and her new project, and X (FKA Twitter) costs $1 now! We… Audio
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 25 October 2023
25 Oct 2023In Pocket Edition this week Nina Simone's daughter Lisa speaks with Kim Hill and Grant Smithies spins some new tunes. Audio
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Morcheeba, Gilberto Gil, Nitin Sawhney join WOMAD 2024 lineup
25 Oct 2023The director of the Womad festival in Taranaki has landed a personal favourite among 18 new acts revealed for next March's event at its launch in New Plymouth today Wed 25 Oct.
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Taming the big instrument in the small hours
25 Oct 2023The brilliant English organist Anna Lapwood talks to Bryan Crump about how a chance midnight meeting with electronic artist Bonobo in London's Royal Albert Hall led to a viral TikTok video. Video, Audio
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Laser Kiwis world tour
The Kiwi circus trio, Laser Kiwi, have been travelling the world with their act titled "The rise of the olive". Imogen Stone and brothers Zane and Degge Jarvie have recently made appearances at the… Audio
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2023 Best Jazz Composition Award winner Louisa Williamson
The Wellington Jazz Festival kicks off today. To mark the occasion, last night APRA AMCOS announced the winner of their 2023 Best Jazz Composition Award. The winner is Louisa Williamson. Audio
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Music with Ian Chapman
25 Oct 2023Today Ian Chapman features four new songs from three different Dunedin acts. Two are relative newcomers and one is a well-established band making the best music of their career. From the soul/funk… Audio
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Ross Harris: first the dream, then reality
24 Oct 2023Composer Ross Harris likes ambiguity. Little wonder then, that he latched onto a passing remark his wife made in French: 'Prendre ses rêves pour des réalités – let your dreams become reality'. Audio
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Music feature: Elvis
24 Oct 2023Today's music feature is all about one of the most famous performers of all time, Elvis Presley. We have our very own RNZ First Up producer Jeremy Parkinson, an Elvis super fan, along to talk through… Audio
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