Recent Music Stories
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MENDELSSOHN: Kyrie: Ehre sei Gott: Heilig, from Die Deutsche Lit
30 Oct 2022The Graduate Choir New Zealand performing at its 21st Anniversary Celebration Concert conducted by Terence Maskell, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 30 October 2022. Audio
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Blue Smoke: Piano Pop
30 Oct 2022Before the guitar bands came along, the piano was the songwriter's main tool in popular music. In this episode of Blue Smoke, Chris Bourke looks at a period in the 70s and 80s when - inspired by Elton… Audio
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The Graduate Choir NZ 21st Anniversary Celebration
30 Oct 2022The Graduate Choir New Zealand's 21st Anniversary Celebration Concert, St Matthew's-in-the-City, Auckland, 30 October 2022. Audio
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Thrashing Marlin - Wildlife
30 Oct 2022After 11 long years, Wellington's Thrashing Marlin has come up with a new album, Wildlife, more immediate in impact and mellow in tone than the band's previous outings. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 30 October 2022
30 Oct 2022Hymns for All Saints' Day and Reformation Day in this week's programme, and there's a spiritual from Auckland's The Graduate Choir which is celebrating its 21st birthday this year. Audio
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'This is the best album we've ever made' - Six60's Matiu Walters
29 Oct 2022Six60 haven risen to become one of Aotearoa's biggest bands, and frontman Matiu Walters says 'Castle Street' is their best album yet. He talks to Music101 and shares the songs that influenced him. Audio
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Nashville Babylon 29 October 2022
29 Oct 2022On this week’s Nashville Babylon Mark has birthday tunes for Dylan Thomas and Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, blues from Big Mama Thornton, classic soul courtesy of Otis Redding, country from… Audio
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Jørgen Emborg's Swan Songs
29 Oct 2022Danish pianist Jørgen Emborg has Parkinson's disease, and can no longer play. That hasn't stopped him releasing an album called Swan Songs, with a host of top Scandinavian jazz musicians. Audio
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Cliff Leatherbarrow and Jazz Alchemy
29 Oct 2022Nick checks out Jazz Alchemy, a new album by Queenstown-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Cliff Leatherbarrow. Audio
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The Mixtape: Six60's Matiu Walters
29 Oct 2022On the Mixtape at 4pm MATIU WALTERS of Six60 is my guest picking his favourite tunes. Video, Audio
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Introducing: Mini Miller
29 Oct 2022This week on Introducing its Mini Miller is the musical project of Drew Miller (she/her), a 17 year old musician and songwriter based in Ōtautahi (Christchurch). Video, Audio
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The Sampler: Princess Chelsea, Jockstrap, Daphni
29 Oct 2022Tony Stamp reviews Princess Chelsea’s newest mix of sweet & sour songcraft, classical/ EDM madness from Britain's Jockstrap, and the latest by Canadian producer Daphni. Audio
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Worlds of Music 29 October, 2022
29 Oct 2022Music from the world, for the world. Hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Do we really need another album re-release by The Beatles?
For a band that broke up more than 50 years ago, The Beatles have put out a surprising amount of material in recent times.
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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis dies aged 87
Jerry Lee Lewis, the notorious singer behind 'Great Balls of Fire', has died aged 87, his agent has confirmed.
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In With Finn with Finn Johansson
28 Oct 2022Tamaki's resident music nerd steps out of his makeshift recording studio to bring us his favourite tracks of the week. This week Finn shares tracks from Nick Hakim, Favourite People, Wisbands, and Big… Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
28 Oct 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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First song: The Mitchell Twins
The younger twin siblings of well known singer Jenny Mitchell have today released their own debut single, Find A River. Audio
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New music with Jeremy Taylor
28 Oct 2022A wonderful compilation of black music from 60s Britain, the new pop smash from Taylor Swift, and a 20th anniversary for the Libertines debut. Audio
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 27 October 2022
27 Oct 2022In this week's Pocket Edition New York indie rockers The Yeah Yeah Yeahs reflect on their career with Kim Hill, Gareth Shute celebrates 20 years of local record label Lil' Chief, and Aoteaoroa rapper… Audio
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Music Critic: Colin Morris
27 Oct 2022Today music reviewer Colin Morris talks to Jesse about new music from The Unthanks and he takes a look behind the scenes at the track, Here Comes the Rain by the Mavericks. Audio
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Great album: Revolver Special Reissue Edition
27 Oct 2022Today's link 3 winner will get a copy of the new Revolver Special Reissue Edition which is being released tomorrow. It's a newly mixed and expanded Special Edition of the Beatles' 1966 album which… Audio
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Why Stevie Nicks' music matters so much
26 Oct 2022The music of Stevie Nicks matters. This declaration comes from a professor of music at Princeton University, Simon Morrison, who spends his days steeped in Tchaikovsky as an expert in Russian and… Audio
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