Recent Music Stories
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RNZ Music Pocket: 19 July 2023
19 Jul 2023In the programme this week Bristol punk group IDLES return their grammy nomination rock album to Auckland. Bryan Crump speaks to a global ambassador for Indian Classical music and Maggie Tweedie talks… Audio
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Calla: Patterns of Remedy
19 Jul 2023Composer, electronic musician and operatic soprano, Calla Knudson, talks with Bryan Crump about her latest album. Audio
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Tony Chen Lin and the Sonoro Quartet
19 Jul 2023Pianist Tony Chen Lin is performing Schumann's Piano Quintet in Eb with the Sonoro Quartet around the country for Chamber Music New Zealand. Audio
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Bookmarks with Andrew Hagen
For Bookmarks today we meet Andrew Hagen from the Urban Arts Foundation Trust. He's been there for the past five years but his career up to that point was composing music for film as well as working… Audio
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Matariki music with Dave Wilson
19 Jul 2023Music commentator Dave Wilson joins Kathryn to share some songs in the spirit of Matariki - ones that encourage us to raise our eyes to the skies. Dave Wilson is musician, composer, and… Audio
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In celebration of Rae de Lisle
18 Jul 2023A Piano Extravaganza featuring a host of pianists, both professional and student, all in celebration of their beloved colleague and teacher. Audio
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Music feature: Mike Chunn's favourite bass players
18 Jul 2023For this week's music feature we're looking at some of the best bass players in the world. Bassist Mike Chunn was a founding member of Split Enz and played with group alongside his brother Geoff from… Audio
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The TAHI Tuesday 18th July 2023
Musician’s Frankie Venter, Samara Alofa and PollyHill join us for chats as we continue to bring you the latest in music and culture content. But because life is all about balance we also get you up to… Audio
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New Zealand hip hop legend Ermehn dies
18 Jul 2023Herman Joseph Loto Sakaria was an Auckland-based rapper who performed and recorded under the stage name of Ermehn.
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DSO performs 'Manaaki'
17 Jul 2023The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra has two concerts coming up this weekend, part of the city's Puaka Matariki Festival. Included in the programme is 'Manaaki', a composition by Phil Brownlee and Ariana… Video, Audio
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The clubs that changed the Auckland nightlife forever
17 Jul 2023Our very own RNZ producer Tony Stamp's been busy working away on a project looking at music history in Tamaki Makaurau - narrowing it down to two influential clubs that changed the city's nightlife. Audio
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First song: D.C. Maxwell
17 Jul 2023D.C. Maxwell's got his debut album coming out next month as well as a tour in Australia and New Zealand in September. He shares his single released on Friday from his album Lone Rider. Audio
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'I just want to do exactly what's in my head' - Fontaines D.C. frontman's new solo album
16 Jul 2023Grian Chatten is mostly known as the lead singer of Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C., but has gone back to his childhood for his first solo album Chaos for the Fly. Audio
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SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 1 in D Minor Op 63
16 Jul 2023Performed by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at their concert, 'Mōtete', Auckland Concert Chamber 16 July 2023. Audio
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Gillian WHITEHEAD: Mōtete
16 Jul 2023Performed by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at their concert, 'Mōtete', Auckland Concert Chamber 16 July 2023. Audio
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 1 in C Minor Op 8
16 Jul 2023Performed by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at their concert, 'Mōtete', Auckland Concert Chamber 16 July 2023. Audio
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HAYDN: Piano Trio in E Hob XV:28
16 Jul 2023Performed by the New Zealand Chamber Soloists at their concert, 'Mōtete', Auckland Concert Chamber 16 July 2023. Audio
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Midyear Catchup
16 Jul 2023It's that time of the year when William Dart looks back and considers songs and music that somehow fell on the cutting room floor - little treasures in their way from the likes of Al Green, Tall… Audio
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Box and Cause Celebre: two clubs that changed Auckland nightlife
16 Jul 2023In the 1990s, a flight of stairs on Auckland's High Street led to the pioneering clubs Box and Cause Celebre. Tony Stamp talked to some of the people who were there. Audio
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Motown Drums Mike Enoka
16 Jul 2023We're all familiar with the likes of The Temptations and Stevie Wonder, but these stars weren't the only ones responsible for pioneering the Motown sound. Many great but somewhat underappreciated… Audio
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Manjit Singh
16 Jul 2023Our sister station, RNZ Concert, focusses mainly on Western Classical Music. But there's another classical music tradition, that's growing in strength and popularity here - music from India. This… Audio
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Worlds of Music 16 July, 2023
16 Jul 2023Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 16 July 2023
16 Jul 2023The season of Matariki has begun. It’s a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future. This week’s programme touches on some of those… Audio
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The Strangest of Angels
15 Jul 2023An opera that explores a fictional encounter between author Janet Frame and a psychiatric nurse at Seacliff Hospital near Dunedin. Audio
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