Recent Music Stories
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Music feature: Nick Bollinger
7 Mar 2023For today's Tuesday music feature we're going back to the 1970s and revisiting New Zealand music from that era. Someone who knows all about this time for New Zealand music is writer and music critic… Audio
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Music feature: Nick Bollinger
7 Mar 2023For today's Tuesday music feature we're going back to the 1970s and revisiting New Zealand music from that era. Someone who knows all about this time for New Zealand music is writer and music critic… Audio
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Harry Styles fan spending flowing in one direction
7 Mar 2023Thousands of Harry Styles fans flocked to Auckland's Mount Smart stadium yesterday.. but it wasn't to see the English pop star perform.
Fans from around the country gathered 29 hours before the… Audio
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Lorde's Auckland concert: 'I won't be forgetting the Solar Power tour any time soon'
6 Mar 2023Lorde's long-awaited Solar Power World Tour touched down in Tāmaki Makaurau after what felt like an endless string of rescheduling announcements, Liam Brown writes.
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NZSO: Passione
6 Mar 2023A soul-stirring and passionate programme showcasing musical portraits of some of literature’s most famous characters - Romeo and Juliet and the notorious seducer Don Juan. In between, NZ violinist… Audio
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Viola front and centre
6 Mar 2023Usually at the heart of the harmony in the NZSO's string section, Associate Principal viola Alexander McFarlane will take centre stage in the orchestra's upcoming Brandenburg tour, performing… Audio
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DVOŘÁK arr NZTrio: Songs my mother taught me
5 Mar 2023Performed by NZTrio at their Homeland Series concert, 'Songs My Mother Taught Me', Auckland Concert Chamber, 5 March 2023. Audio
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WEINBERG: Piano Trio in A minor Op 24
5 Mar 2023Performed by NZTrio at their Homeland Series concert, 'Songs My Mother Taught Me', Auckland Concert Chamber, 5 March 2023. Audio
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DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: the willing air
5 Mar 2023Performed by NZTrio at their Homeland Series concert, 'Songs My Mother Taught Me', Auckland Concert Chamber, 5 March 2023. Audio
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Daniel TEMKIN: Five Bagatelles
5 Mar 2023Performed by NZTrio at their Homeland Series concert, 'Songs My Mother Taught Me', Auckland Concert Chamber, 5 March 2023. Audio
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DVOŘÁK: Piano Trio No 2 in G minor Op 26
5 Mar 2023Performed by NZTrio at their Homeland Series concert, 'Songs My Mother Taught Me', Auckland Concert Chamber, 5 March 2023. Audio
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Lean on him: Aotearoa artists pay tribute to Bill Withers
5 Mar 2023Bill Withers was one of the great American soul singers, and he left his mark on a generation of musicians in Aotearoa, who will play in a special tribute to him at the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
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Worlds of Music 5 March, 2023
5 Mar 2023Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Lean on him: Aotearoa artists pay tribute to Bill Withers
5 Mar 2023Rio Hemopo of TrinityRoots and Breaks Co-op fame is part of an all-star band of Aotearoa musicians bring us The Bill Withers Social Club. Alongside vocalists Troy Kingi, Dallas Tamaira, L. A… Video, Audio
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SJD's Sweetheart
5 Mar 2023William Dart looks at SJD's new album, Sweetheart, a summation of the obsessive studio ingenuity of Sean Donnelly in the service of thinking person's pop. Audio
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'I've done it all' - Sir Rod Stewart on getting older and staying fit
5 Mar 2023Sir Rod Stewart returns to New Zealand in April with shows in Dunedin, Napier and Auckland. He talks about getting older, how he keeps fit and what keeps him happy. Audio
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Sebastian Bell
5 Mar 2023Wellington singer/songwriter Sebastian Bell has just released his debut four track EP, called WOMB, in the same month he celebrated his twentieth birthday. Dan Slevin spoke to Sebastian about the EP… Audio
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Phillip Rhodes Laureate
5 Mar 2023Acclaimed Kiwi opera singer Phillip Rhodes has been appointed the first Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Laureate in recognition of his outstanding achievements as a classical singer, both in New Zealand and… Audio
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Delaney Davidson: A Local's guide to Lyttleton
5 Mar 2023Delaney Davidson sings the praises of his home-town, Ohinehou / Lyttleton - and takes some time to muse a little on why so many artists of all kinds choose to call it home. Audio
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The Proclaimers: Performing after Covid lockdowns like being released from prison
5 Mar 2023Craig and Charlie Reid from the Proclaimers are 61 years old today and show no signs of slowing down. Audio
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Graham Gouldman: The art of a good song
5 Mar 2023One of the biggest bands of the 1970s is going to be celebrating its 50th birthday in NZ. Audio
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'Love and intensity and fire': Kiwi rockers the D4 far from running on empty
5 Mar 2023Early 2000s Kiwi rock legends the D4 are hitting the road for their first shows in five years, "as fiery as ever". Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 5 March 2023
5 Mar 2023In this week’s programme we’ve hymns for the second Sunday in Lent, and we’re marking some recent dates in the liturgical calendar: World Day of Prayer on 3 March and St David’s Day on 1 March. Audio
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