Recent Music Stories
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"We need the arts and we need music to be fully human."
12 May 2023Elizabeth Kerr talks with Bryan Crump about her online music review blog, Five Lines. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
12 May 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: Mohi
12 May 2023This week Mohi stops by our Auckland studio to play for NZ Live. Last year Mohi was awarded Most Promising Emerging Artist of 2022 at the Waiata Maori Music Awards. Audio
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'They broke the rules for Australians, why can't they do it for us?': The New Zealand push to enter the Eurovision song contest
Eurovision is back this year, although the tradition of the winning country hosting has been broken due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Instead, it's taking place in Liverpool, with the second… Video, Audio
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 11 May 2023
11 May 2023In the Pocket Edition this week Jesse Mulligan speaks to Jon Toogood about the upcoming Come Together concerts. We hear the story of how a local Americana band landed a spot performing their song in a… Audio
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Marmen Quartet: in the round, down under
11 May 2023Bryony Gibson-Cornish, NZ-born viola player in the Marmen Quartet, is in Melbourne taking part in a string quartet festival with a unique venue. Video, Audio
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Music Critic: Colin Morris
11 May 2023Today Colin talks to Jesse about music from Taj Mahal and talks about a hidden gem on Joe Brown's album Concert for George. Audio
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The TAHI Thursday 11th May 2023
In this episode, Musician and Comedian, Savanna Calton (Ngāi Tahu), shares her thoughts on tokenism in the arts. We update you on the current flood situation, and ponder how much you can get your… Audio
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BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No 6
10 May 2023Performed as an encore by NZTrio at their 21st birthday celebration concert for CMNZ, Auckland Concert Chamber, 10 May 2023. Audio
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BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8
10 May 2023Performed by NZTrio at their 21st birthday celebration concert for CMNZ, Auckland Concert Chamber, 10 May 2023. Audio
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Gareth FARR: Forbidden Colours
10 May 2023Performed by NZTrio at their 21st birthday celebration concert for CMNZ, Auckland Concert Chamber, 10 May 2023. Audio
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Arvo PÄRT: Mozart-Adagio
10 May 2023Performed by NZTrio at their 21st birthday celebration concert for CMNZ, Auckland Concert Chamber, 10 May 2023. Audio
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MOZART: Piano Trio No 3 in Bb K502
10 May 2023Performed by NZTrio at their 21st birthday celebration concert for CMNZ, Auckland Concert Chamber, 10 May 2023. Audio
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NZTrio - CMNZ Tour 2023
10 May 2023To celebrate their 21st birthday, NZTrio toured the country for Chamber Music New Zealand with a series of concerts that featured all three of Brahms's Piano Trios. In Auckland they performed the… Audio
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Classical:Pop - Episode 4
10 May 2023Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Beck, Tori Amos and Talk Talk. Audio
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Eurovision mission
10 May 2023Katie Chalmers, a founding member of the Wellington choir Note Bene, caught some Eurovision Song Quest action in Liverpool recently. Audio
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Bookmarks with Simone Nathan
Actor, writer and executive producer Simone Nathan, who has worked with Amy Schumer and written for Taika Waititi, share her favourite books, music and films. Audio
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NZ Music Month: Spotlight on Space Waltz
10 May 2023This week, for New Zealand Music Month, Ian Chapman celebrates one of New Zealand's most loved but shortest-lived bands from the mid-1970s: Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz. From a #1 smash hit, 'Out On… Audio
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AIsis - new music for Oasis fans...but there's a catch
9 May 2023Calling all Oasis fans... a new album has just dropped... but there's a big catch. The eight-song mixtape, in the legendary 90s band's signature style, is fake... a computer stimulation of what… Audio
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Opera trailblazer Sid Chand
9 May 2023Young tenor Sid Chand is the first person of Fijian-Indian ancestry to take part in NZ Opera's Artist Development Programme. Audio
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Music feature: Sting and The Police
9 May 2023Marty Jones is back in the studio with Jesse. This week he's in to talk Sting and The Police. Audio
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Mel Parsons performs her new song 'Tiny Days'
In her new song 'Tiny Days', folk songwriter Mel Parsons gets real about the highs and lows of parenting for the first time. "It's the hardest thing I've ever done, hands down, and I'm sure it's the… Video, Audio
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The TAHI Tuesday 9th May 2023
On this episode of The TAHI we hear from RNZ Pacific journalist Lydia Lewis about Dawn Raids still taking place . Ex NBA Player and culture icon Shaq is making music and we must discuss it. Also the… Audio
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Organ and Choir Celebration
8 May 2023Young musicians Zosia Herlihy-O'Brien and Takerei Komene are taking part in a special concert at Auckland Town Hall this weekend. Audio
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