Recent Music Stories
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Spotlight on Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins' cause of death
28 Mar 2022Local music fans are still digesting the news that the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins may not have been, as was initially though, a heart attack, but possibly an overdose.
Hawkins died… Audio
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Taylor Hawkins: Drugs found in body of late Foo Fighters drummer
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had marijuana, opioids and other drugs in his system before he died, Colombian investigators say.
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Mousey
27 Mar 2022Sarena Close, working under the moniker of Mousey is one of the brighter young talents on the New Zealand music scene. William Dart checks out her two albums. Audio
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My Current Song: Jackie Bristow, 'Livin' For Love'
New Zealand-born, Nashville-based country singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow's new album 'Outsider' came out to critical acclaim earlier this month, with IndiePulse Music Magazine rating it as a… Video, Audio
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies
Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for Grammy-winning rock band Foo Fighters, has died at age 50. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 27 March 2022
27 Mar 2022This week’s programme includes some communion hymns, there’s a favourite hymn by Quaker John Greenleaf Whittier – Dear Lord and father of mankind – and we continue our series of Psalm 23 settings with… Audio
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Taylor Hawkins on Foo Fighters and his admiration for Dave Grohl
26 Mar 2022"[When you see a Foo Fighters show] what you're seeing is people having fun but you're also seeing people who genuinely care about making sure that it's really f---ing good." Taylor Hawkins, drummer… Audio
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Blue Smoke: Twist Fever
The New Zealand Truth immediately saw it as a scandal. "Beware of the Twist" they declared, when the swiveling dance first arrived in Auckland. The Twist had more grace than rock'n'roll, the paper… Audio
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Nashville Babylon 26 March 2022
26 Mar 2022On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Aretha Franklin, classic country from Don Williams, reggae courtesy of Gregory Isaacs, plus new music from Calexico and Dean Owens. Audio
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Aldous Harding on her new album 'Warm Chris'
26 Mar 2022Aldous Harding released her much anticipated 4th album Warm Chris Aldous Harding spoke to Charlotte Ryan about the new album from her mothers home in Geraldine. Video, Audio
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Bernstein, Bey, and Byard
26 Mar 2022Lightning-fast improvisation from guitarist Peter Bernstein, sultry vocals from Andy Bey, and Jaki Byard takes on John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps'. Audio
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The Mixtape: Richard O'Brien
26 Mar 2022On the Mixtape today is someone very special. Writer, singer, musician and creator of the Rocky Horror Picture show, Richard O'Brien is celebrating his 80th Birthday this weekend and he celebrates it… Audio
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The Sampler: Rosalía, Mousey, Eden Ahbez
26 Mar 2022Tony Stamp takes on the experimental pop behemoth that is Spanish pop star Rosalía’s third album, a second helping of emotional indie rock from Christchurch’s Mousey, and a serving of exotica from… Audio
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Introducing: Wiri Donna
26 Mar 2022Now it's time for Introducing - This week we introduce you to Poneke based indie musician Wiri Donna.
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Gerry Paul 'We've All Got Bones' Kids album
26 Mar 2022Gerry Paul is best known as the festival director behind extravaganzas like CubaDupa and Coastella is also an accomplished musician and performer. He speaks to Yadana Saw about his new release We've… Video, Audio
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Worlds of Music episode 253 - 26 March 2022
26 Mar 2022Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Silver Scroll winner Troy Kingi
26 Mar 2022On Thursday night Troy Kingi song 'All Your Ships have sailed was awarded the 2021 APRA Silver Scroll Award. The Silver Scroll is one of the most prestigious awards to get in NZ, all based on… Video, Audio
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John Darnielle: the 'Satanic Panic' in words and song
26 Mar 2022John Darnielle's latest novel Devil House looks back to the 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980s, a period of moral hysteria in the US that he has often touched on musically with his indie rock group The… Audio
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CRAYFORD: Impetus
8 Dec 2021Performed by the Jonathan Crayford Trio, Anthology, Auckland, 8 December 2021. Audio
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Kurt ROSENWINKEL: Time Again
8 Dec 2021Performed by the Jonathan Crayford Trio, Anthology, Auckland, 8 December 2021. Audio
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CRAYFORD: Kurt in Berlin
8 Dec 2021Performed by the Jonathan Crayford Trio, Anthology, Auckland, 8 December 2021. Audio
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CRAYFORD: Subito
8 Dec 2021Performed by the Jonathan Crayford Trio, Anthology, Auckland, 8 December 2021. Audio
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CRAYFORD: Bicycles in Space
8 Dec 2021Performed by the Jonathan Crayford Trio, Anthology, Auckland, 8 December 2021. Audio
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