Recent Music Stories
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The TAHI 24 October
On today’s show, it’s ADHD awareness month, so beware of Evie. Gussie Larkin joins us to chat about Mermaidens' latest album and the state of Aotearoa’s creative industries, So’omālō gives us a… Audio
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The Settling The Score 2023 Top 30
23 Oct 2023Settling The Score 2023 is a big year for New Zealand composers. It might be the first time we've seen four local compositions in the top thirty, it is certainly the first time homegrown works have… Video, Audio
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Musical Chairs: Harry Harrison
23 Oct 2023In this episode of Music Chairs Trevor Reekie talks to Christchurch composer, musician and educator Harry Harrison A teacher with the Bachelor of Music Arts programme at Ara Institute of Canterbury… Audio
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Settling the Score: The countdown begins
23 Oct 2023What piece of classical music will come out on top as the listener choice of the year on RNZ Concert's Settling The Score this year? The highly anticipated annual audience poll of favourite classical… Audio
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Synth-pop pioneer Phil Oakey on the enduring popularity of The Human League
23 Oct 2023Drifting from one casual job to another, Phil Oakey had zero ambition to be in a pop group. His one instrument, a saxophone, lay abandoned on the floor. But in 1977, everything changed with a single… Video, Audio
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Michael Brown: Disasteradio and the evolution of synth-pop
23 Oct 2023Dr Michael Brown is a music researcher who has spent countless hours listening to tracks you have likely never heard. But it's been an evolution for the boy from the Kapiti Coast to music research… Audio
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Worlds of Music 22 October, 2023
22 Oct 2023Music this week from Mali with master musician and griot Baba Sissoko and Ukrainian folk quartet DakhaBrakha. Audio
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Māori-Samoan rapper Juwan: 'I just love pushing myself'
Māori-Samoan hip-hop artist Juwan describes himself as a "rapper's rapper". Raised between the Auckland suburb of Beach Haven and the Gold Coast city of Logan, the 23 year old is now based on the… Video
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Come to the Cabaret
22 Oct 2023William Dart makes a perhaps unexpected visit to the cabaret, with entertainment from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Finn Andrews and NZTrio, Joan Morris and William Bolcom, along with, in a brand new Rattle… Audio
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US indie band Bright Eyes set to play to Auckland - at last
22 Oct 2023American indie rock band Bright Eyes are excited to finally be making it to New Zealand next month. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 22 October 2023
22 Oct 2023It's World Mission Sunday. This special day in the Catholic liturgical calendar was created by Pope Pius XI in the mid-1920s as a day of prayer for missions. This year’s theme, chosen by the current… Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 21 October 2023
21 Oct 2023On this week's show Mark plays blues from Big Mama Thornton and Muddy Waters, classic country courtesy of George Jones and Gram Parsons plus a new release from rising star Jeffrey Martin. Audio
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Kaiwhakatere - Navigator
21 Oct 2023The Royal NZ Air Force Jazz Orchestra's new album is called Kaiwhakatere - Navigator, and features originals from the band members. Audio
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The Mixtape: Paolo Rotondo
Our guest today picking the music on the RNZ Mixtape is director, writer and actor Paolo Rotondo. Audio
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Maxine Funke's delicate folk songs have earned her a global audience
21 Oct 2023The Dunedin musician has been releasing lo-fi acoustic albums since 2008, regularly drawing acclaim from international music press. Tony Stamp visited her hometown, to meet the person behind the… Audio
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Introducing: Bridges
21 Oct 2023This week we introduce you to Otautahi born Tamaki based musician Rachel Hamilton, AKA Bridges.
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Mary Lattimore ponders the passage of time on Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
21 Oct 2023Tony Stamp reviews the American harpist's latest ethereal outing. Video, Audio
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Tinged with real life tragedy, Sufjan Steven's latest still manages to uplift
21 Oct 2023Tony Stamp reviews a collection of heartbroken ballads from the American singer-songwriter. Video, Audio
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Tirzah's scuffed club sound is at its darkest on Trip9love
21 Oct 2023Tony Stamp reviews the latest experimental collection from the UK singer-songwriter. Video, Audio
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Rodger Fox Big Band featuring King Kapisi with Erna Ferry to Headline at 2023 Wellington Jazz Festival.
21 Oct 2023Rodger Fox Big Band featuring King Kapisi with Erna Ferry are set to headline at the 2023 Wellington Jazz Festival. Charlotte Ryan talks to Roger Fox. Audio
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US indie band Bright Eyes set to play to Auckland - at last
21 Oct 2023Charlotte Ryan catches up with Connor Oberst and his reformed his band Bright Eyes as they return to perform in NZ next month. Audio
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Lisa Simone: celebrating Nina
21 Oct 2023Emmy award-winning singer and composer Lisa Simone is touring Australia with a tribute show to her legendary singer-songwriter and pianist mother Nina Simone with her tour 'Keeper Of The Flame' A… Audio
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2022 Wellington Jazz Festival: Sunday Mixtape
20 Oct 2023The Sunday Mixtape, commissioned by the Wellington Jazz Festival, was an opportunity for three very different Aotearoa jazz musicians to present sets of brand new music. Video, Audio
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Sherry Grant: Katherine Mansfield and me
20 Oct 2023Sherry Grant can't stop. The prolific writer and musician also can't stop thinking about Katherine Mansfield, organising an online festival in the centenary year of the author's death. She's even got… Audio
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