Recent Music Stories
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Flying Nun champs Vor-stellen deliver their debut Parallelograms
9 Sep 2023Three former Subliminals unleash four exploratory tracks that stretch to nearly an hour. Audio
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Cecile McLorin Salvant returns to NZ for The Wellington Jazz Festival
9 Sep 2023American Jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant is returning to NZ for the Wellington Jazz Festival. Video, Audio
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The Nomad celebrates 25 years of Musical Movement
9 Sep 2023One of the key NZ musicians THE NOMAD is celebrating twenty-five years of musical movement.
He has just released "Infinite" a 'vinyl only' album release, featuring 16 hand-picked tracks representing… Video, Audio -
Bernie Taupin: Elton, music and me
9 Sep 2023Elton John's musical other half, the famously private man behind many millions of record sales and countless hits, lyricist Bernie Taupin opens up about his life in a new memoir. In Scattershot: Life… Audio
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"Good music, great sword fights"
8 Sep 2023RNZ film critic Simon Morris assesses Hollywood's latest biopic on a dead composer. "Chevalier" is the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the son of slave (and a slave owner) who… Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
8 Sep 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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Mercury Music Prize: Ezra Collective become first jazz winners
Ezra Collective have become the first jazz act to win the Mercury Prize, with their album Where I'm Meant To Be. Audio
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NZ Live: Yurt Party
8 Sep 2023Yurt Party fuse Balkan, Latin and Dub sounds into a lively mix that gets people up and dancing. The Christchurch band capture the party vibe of their legendary live shows on a self-titled debut album.
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Music reviewer Ian Chapman
8 Sep 2023Americana is a musical style that is hard to pin down. A broad umbrella term, it can encompass folk, gospel, blues, country, jazz, bluegrass... even rhythm and blues and a bit of rock 'n' roll. Today… Audio
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Meet the new host for RNZ Concert Mornings
8 Sep 2023Andrew Clark is a seasoned broadcaster with a life-long passion for classical music.who will be a wonderful addition to the RNZ Concert Mornings team.
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Marching to the beat of her own drum
8 Sep 2023Being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world can be a lot to navigate. But for one young woman with Aspergers, ADHD, and Tourettes - music has become something of a roadmap. Fourth year Otago… Video, Audio
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Nurturing tomorrow's orchestral stars
7 Sep 2023Bridget Douglas, NZSO Principal Flute and Chair of the Alex Lindsay Awards Trust, talks to Bryan Crump about this year's recipients of grants to further their careers as orchestral musicians. Audio
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The TAHI 7th September 2023
On the pod today we continue our Tongan Language Week Celebrations, Evie shares her hidden talent of insulting people with compliments, So'omālō catches up with Atarangi, and Waimirirangi sits down… Audio
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Rolling Stones announce new album
The band revealed their first album of new material in almost two decades in a YouTube livestream. Video
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition:6 September 2023
6 Sep 2023In Pocket Edition this week Ladi6 is lauded a laureate for her contribution to the arts. Maggie Tweedie sits down with Slowdive to reflect on the bands legacy in the shoegaze scene. And we hear fresh… Audio
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Music 101 Pocket Edition 27 September 2023
6 Sep 2023In Pocket Edition this week grunge musician Kristin Hersh dials in from New Orleans. Ruban Nielson reflects on his family connection to Hawaii and how his heritage has influenced the sound of Unknown… Audio
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Telling Émilie’s story
6 Sep 2023Collaborators Sophie Linday and Peau Halapua talk to Bryan Crump about the incidental music they've created for Sophie's play, ÉMILIE, the story of Émilie Du Châtelet, the woman who translated the… Audio
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Bookmarks with Dr Kerryn Palmer
For Bookmarks this week we talk Dr Kerryn Palmer. She's not a medical doctor but rather has a PhD in devising theatre for and with young people. Audio
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Musician reunited with rare guitar 2 years after it was stolen
Over the past two years Andrew Wilson has experienced love, loss, and rediscovery, and not in the way you might be thinking. He tells his story to Susie. Audio
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Music with Charlotte Ryan
6 Sep 2023This week Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan celebrates the music of Nile Rodgers who has just announced NZ show, and talks us through the Laneway Line up and the changes to the boutique festival. Audio
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Madison Nonoa: playing Cupid
5 Sep 2023Waikato-raised, Portugal-based soprano Madison Nonoa is back home for the first time since the Covid pandemic. She's playing Cupid in Black Grace & NZ Opera's co-production of the dance-opera (m)Orphe… Audio
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Music feature: Songs from Songs from The Front Lawn
5 Sep 2023Before Harry Sinclair moved onto a successful film career and Don McGlashan formed The Mutton Birds, the two founded the iconic Kiwi band The Front Lawn. Musician and writer Matthew Bannister has… Audio
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The TAHI Tuesday 5th September 2023
On today’s show, Sasha Borissenko unpacks the facts about fat with Evie, So'omālō catches up with Samoan country duo The Miti’s, and we figure out what’s going on with the Pak n Save AI which created… Audio
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