Recent Music Stories
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Classical:Pop - Episode 5
17 May 2023Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Sigur Ros, Barry Manilow, Rhian Sheehan and Esperanza Spalding. Audio
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NZ Hip Hop Stand Up | Season 3 | Trailer
17 May 2023Discover the stories behind some of Aotearoa's most influential hip-hop songs in this award-winning video series. Video
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Bringing the music of Lyell Creswell back home
17 May 2023New Zealanders are finally getting to hear the fruits of a collaboration between Aotearoa-born composer Lyell Cresswell and the Scottish accordion player James Crabb, with the premiere in this country… Audio
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Bookmarks with James Acheson
For Bookmarks today we're finding out about the favourite things of Academy Award Winner costume designer Jim Acheson. He was one of the designers on Monty Pythons's The Meaning of Life - which is… Audio
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'Good evening, citizens': Radio legend Barry 'Dr Rock' Jenkin dies at 75
17 May 2023Radio legend Barry Jenkin, aka Dr Rock, has died at age 75.
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Music with Charlotte Ryan: Oh Dolly!
17 May 2023Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan goes a little bit country! She'll talk about the news Dolly Parton has a new album that sees her join forces with some of rock music's most legendary artists. The 30-song… Audio
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Music to bring us together
16 May 2023Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's Chief Executive, Dr Graham Sattler, talks with Bryan Crump about the orchestra's community engagement programme. Audio
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Music feature: Tina Turner
16 May 2023For today's music feature we're looking at the life and music of the super star widely regarded as the 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll', Tina Turner. Audio
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Don McGlashan doco in the works
An ward-winning documentary maker is hoping to uncover the secrets of one our top artists - singer, composer, front man and euphonium player Don McGlashan. The project, directed by Shirley Horrocks. Audio
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The TAHI Tuesday 16th May 2023
Rei joins us to chat about his latest single All We Got, So’omalo discusses Aotearoa hip-hop at large, and Evie has a plan to get famous on The Bachelor. Audio
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Music: Where the money comes from
Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster. Audio
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NZSO: Heavenly
15 May 2023Mahler’s Fourth - a picture of the perfect childhood - is paired with Gabriella Smith's Tumblebird Contrails, a hauntingly evocative work inspired by the hallucinatory sounds of the Pacific Ocean. Audio
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"Music needs people"
15 May 2023In New Zealand to play all five Beethoven Piano Concertos with the NZSO, Paul Lewis talks about the uniqueness of a live music performance experience. Audio
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Australian Correspondent Brad Foster
15 May 2023Brad Foster reports on the winners and losers of the Australian Federal Budget, the reintroduction of the platypus - Australia's cutest egg-laying mammal - into the Royal National Park near Sydney… Audio
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Reconciling worlds - vocalist Briar Prastiti
In this episode, composer and vocalist Briar Prastiti talks about bridging her two worlds through her music - Greece and New Zealand. Audio
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ISCM World New Music Days - 'Ngā Kaiwaka'
14 May 2023Andrew Beer and Sarah Watkins perform a programme of music from Aotearoa, Belgium, Canada, Israel, and Switzerland. Audio
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Worlds of Music 14 May, 2023
14 May 2023Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie.
This week Trevor remembers musicologist and founder of Arhoolie Records, Chris Strachwitz, who passed away aged 91 on 5th May, 2023. Audio
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Kiwi Music in Great Variety
14 May 2023New Zealand Music Month is in full swing and to celebrate it, William Dart features the music of Douglas Lilburn (courtesy of guitarist Gunter Herbig), along with Seth Haapu, Lips, Robbie Ellis and… Audio
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Alison Goldfrapp goes it alone, heads for the dance floor
14 May 2023At 57, it's hard to believe the voice behind synthpop duo Goldfrapp is only just now dropping her first solo album. Audio
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Alison Goldfrapp goes it alone, heads for the dance floor with The Love Invention
14 May 2023Alison Goldfrapp has gone solo with her new album The Love Invention. Video, Audio
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Eurovision 2023: Sweden's Loreen takes top spot for the second time
Sweden's Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time after a nail-biting finish, with a massive 583 points. Video
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Laura Daniel: Should New Zealand be in Eurovision?
14 May 2023As the Eurovision song contest reaches its auto-tuned crescendo in Liverpool, comedian Laura Daniel cast a discerning pop-diva eye over the proceedings and looks ahead to her and her husband Joseph… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 14 May 2023
14 May 2023We're marking Mother's Day with hymns to Mary, and Shirley Murray's Loving Spirit. Audio
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PURCELL: The Fairy Queen, selections
13 May 2023Performed by soprano Jayne Tankersley, speaker Erin Atchison, and NZ Barok at their concert 'Hark, Sweet Music', St Luke's Church, Remuera, Auckland, 13 May 2023. Audio
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