Recent Music Stories
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WALTON: Symphony No 1 in Bb minor
8 Sep 2022Played by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alpesh Chauhan at their Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 8 September 2022. Audio
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ADÈS: Three-piece Suite, from Powder Her Face
8 Sep 2022Played by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alpesh Chauhan at their Premier Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 8 September 2022. Audio
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Finalists announced for songwriting and composition awards
8 Sep 2022The APRA Maioha Award recognises songwriters who are telling their stories in te reo Māori with contemporary music, while the SOUNZ Contemporary Award celebrates excellence in contemporary…
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Music Critic: Dianne Swann
8 Sep 2022Today Dianne Swann talks about the recently released solo album from the other half of her musical duo The Bads, Brett Adams. The session guitarist's album is instrumental and like so many projects in… Audio
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The director of the new David Bowie documentary
Jesse talks to Los Angeles filmmaker Brett Morgen about going through the thousands of photos, recordings and written material from Bowie's personal archive to make this special documentary. Audio
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Karyn Hay named new host of RNZ weeknights
7 Sep 2022RNZ has announced that Karyn Hay will replace Bryan Crump on RNZ National's weeknights show.
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Childrens songwriter says children need joy in their ears
7 Sep 2022Michal Bush is an award winning Christchurch children's songwriter and performer who says kids need joy in their ears.She writes and performs music for pre schoolers to 10 year olds under the name… Audio
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Music with Charlotte Ryan
7 Sep 2022Its Waiata Anthems week (Maori Music Week) - Charlotte plays one of the re-worked songs, as well as introducing new singles by Marlon Williams and a new local artist called Summer Vee. Audio
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Music feature: The music of Fela Kuti
6 Sep 2022Fela Kuti is a Nigerian born multi-instrumentalist and bandleader who pioneered the genre that came to be known as Afrobeat. To tell us more about the influence of Fela Kuti Jesse speaks to hip-hop… Audio
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Peace train welcome in garden city
5 Sep 2022The singer Yusuf Islam made the song Peace Train famous, but now he's taken it one step futher: he's donated a physical peace train to the city of Christchurch.
The singer donated a miniature… Audio
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Sir Peter Jackson wins big at Emmy Awards
What's a cheeky half-dozen Emmys? All in a year's work for Sir Peter Jackson.
His Beatles documentary, Get Back, won all five categories it was nominated for this year.
Jackson also won the Emmy for… Audio
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Sir Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' scoops up five Emmy awards
Sir Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary, Get Back, has won all five categories it was nominated for in the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys. Video
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Bannister & Dickinson
4 Sep 2022William Dart looks at Matthew Bannister's literary adventure of setting the poetry of Emily Dickinson into song. Audio
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Review: Midnight Oil burns bright on final tour
4 Sep 2022Midnight Oil blazed through Auckland on their farewell tour last night. Nik Dirga celebrates the legacy of a band that changed his way of thinking about the wider world. Audio
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My Current Song - Nadia Reid
4 Sep 2022On our My Current Song segment today, one of our great NZ voices and songwriters, Nadia Reid. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 4 September 2022
4 Sep 2022The Season of Creation has begun (1 September to 4 October in the church calendar) and this week’s programme includes some creation-themed favourites. Sing along to How great thou art, All things… Audio
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Nashville Babylon 3 September 2022
3 Sep 2022On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has soul from Dusty Springfield and Otis Redding, a Beatles cover courtesy of Ike and Tina Turner, reggae from Milton Henry plus birthday tunes for Loudon… Audio
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Ryan Brake's Solipsis
3 Sep 2022Nick checks out Solipsis, a new album from NZ composer Ryan Brake, featuring music inspired by the film 'Synechdoche New York'. Audio
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Georgia on my Mind
3 Sep 2022Nick checks out tracks from Elmo Hope, Alexa Tarantino, and Harold Mabern - plus a number from Regina Carter's album "Swing States", featuring music about the political swing states of the USA. Audio
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The Mixtape: The Casketeers
3 Sep 2022Charlotte Ryan talks to Francis and Kaiora Tipene from the hit show The Casketeers. Video, Audio
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The Sampler: Cass McCombs, DOMi & JD Beck, Andrew Tuttle
3 Sep 2022Tony Stamp reviews Cass McCombs' satirical songs about sadness, Domi & JD Beck's hyperactive jazz, and the ambient banjo music of Andrew Tuttle. Audio
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Worlds of Music 3 Sepember, 2022
3 Sep 2022Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Toody Cole: Return of the living Dead Moon
3 Sep 2022Back in 1992 cult Portland garage rock trio Dead Moon skipped the chance to play with Nirvana to do a 20-show tour of New Zealand, gaining many ardent fans here in the process. This month sees the… Video, Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
2 Sep 2022Charlotte 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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