Recent Music Stories
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 3 - MARGETIC Ricercar
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 2 - TOKUNAGA Cosmic mosaic
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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2022 ACL 2 NZSQ 1 - LEE Rain Drops Stained Glass
3 Dec 2023Asian Composers League: Te Waipuna New Zealand String Quartet The Great Hall, Arts Centre, Christchurch 29 August 2022 Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 2 December 2023
2 Dec 2023On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic reggae from Horace Andy, a soulful take on Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young courtesy of the Isley Brothers, a brace of tracks from Bonnie Bramlett plus a… Audio
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Another side of Bob Marley - 'We had an instant sort of good vibe'
2 Dec 2023Every photographer needs their muse, and for Kate Simon, Bob Marley has proved a lasting one. Audio
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I Love Being Here with You
2 Dec 2023It's a variety pack this week, as Nick checks out tracks from Diana Krall, Miles Davis, Esperanza Spalding, and the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra. Audio
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The Mixtape: Fiona McDonald
2 Dec 2023Our guest curating their mixtape for the next hour is Fiona McDonald. She has been singing her whole life, but is best known for her work with Strawpeople and Headless Chickens. Video, Audio
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Shane MacGowan's wife hopes 'Fairytale of New York' will be Christmas number one
Victoria Mary Clarke compared the song's tumultuous love story with her own marriage to MacGowan.
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Liam Finn - New Single 'I Want You To Be So Happy'
2 Dec 2023Liam Finn joins us in studio next to share his brand new single - "I Want You To Be So Happy" from his solo project Hyperverse Video, Audio
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Introducing: Ema I'U
2 Dec 2023This week on Introducing we meet Samoan musician, actor and poet EMA I'U who has just released her powerful new 'Flower of Life'. Video, Audio
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Beirut's wordly music is in fine form on Hadsel
2 Dec 2023Zach Condon returns with a frosty collection from Norway. Video, Audio
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LA duo Green-House focus on plant life on A Host for All Kinds of Life
2 Dec 2023The LA duo present an ambient record to connect you to the natural world. Video, Audio
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Local talents PollyHill and Samara Alofa join forces on Aquaries
2 Dec 2023The Tāmaki Makaurau pair reveal a sonic landscape that alternates between spiky and smooth. Video, Audio
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Photographer Kate Simon on Rebel Music & Bob Marley
2 Dec 2023Kate Simon is a well respected American portrait photographer and writer. Musicians and artists respected her and her work - Especially Bob Marley who used her photos for the front cover of his 1978… Audio
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Grime MC Flowdan talks collabs, and his Wellington show reviewed
2 Dec 2023UK grime music pioneer Flowdan talks to Samantha Mythen about his Grammy nomination, recent run of collaborations and what crowds turn up for, just before hitting the stage in Wellington.
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The Little Clay Cart and NZ's first Afro-Kiwi Xmas concert
2 Dec 2023Voices this week looks at some December events to look forward to from the south Asian and African diaspora in Auckland. Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
1 Dec 2023Finn's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Featuring tracks from Judas Priest, Wiki & Tony Seltzer, Wiley, and Javiera Electra. Audio
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Auckland composer on capital assignment
1 Dec 2023Aucklander Eve de Castro-Robinson is Orchestra Wellington's Composer-in-Residence for 2024, and she won't even have to move south. Video, Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
1 Dec 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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Kate Simon Photographer on Bob Marley
1 Dec 2023Kate Simon is a well respected American portrait photographer and writer. She is known for her photographs of influential musicians, artists, and writers, including Bob Marley, The Clash, Patti Smith… Audio
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NZ Live: Come Together
1 Dec 2023This week's NZ Live is with the amazing performers from the Come Together series. Possibly the most successful LOCAL rock music series of all time, the shows have been seen by more than 40,000 Kiwis.
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Music reviewer Grant Smithies
1 Dec 2023Something of an indie "supergroup" containing past and present members of The Bats, The Clean, Tall Dwarfs and Toy Love, the Sundae Painters have just released a cracker debut LP. Grant Smithies… Audio
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Shane MacGowan, hard-drinking poet of The Pogues, dies at 65
The London-Irish punk who penned some of the 1980s' most haunting ballads before sinking into alcohol and drug addiction, has died.
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