Recent Music Stories
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'Death is everywhere in the country. I was a townie' - poet David Merritt's 'rural Gothic' life
24 Aug 2024The poet's job description is "keep your eyes open, your heart alert and allow a little bit of serendipity in," David Merritt says. Video, Audio
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Episode 400: Part 1
24 Aug 2024To celebrate 400 episodes of Inside Out, Nick Tipping plays some of his favourite jazz tracks from New Zealand. Audio
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Episode 400: Part 2
24 Aug 2024In the second hour of his 400th show celebration, Nick Tipping plays some of his go-to pick-me-up tracks - from Joey DeFrancesco and Wynton Marsalis to Tierney Sutton and Hank Mobley. Audio
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The Mixtape: David Merritt's life in poetry
24 Aug 2024The poet's job description is "keep your eyes open, your heart alert and allow a little bit of serendipity in," David Merritt says. Video, Audio
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The Sampler: 1994 - Part 1
24 Aug 2024Tony Stamp looks back at three albums turning 30 this year, in the first of a six-part series. Video, Audio
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KOMMI: On 'WitchHop' & working with Marlon Williams
24 Aug 2024KOMMI (Kai Tahu, Te-Ati-Awa) is a Lyttelton-based rapper who performs in Kai Tahu dialect - the principal Maori iwi of the South Island. They are also a writer, poet, activist and a kaiako - lecturing… Audio
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'A bit kooky': The making of Louisa Nicklin's new album The Big Sulk
24 Aug 2024Auckland musician Louisa Nicklin and producer Shayne Carter talk to Charlotte Ryan about their creative friendship, the upsides of getting older and hanging out in the Coromandel bush.
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Fontaines D.C: 'Romance lives between light and dark'
24 Aug 2024After years of trying to throw their sound "50 miles down the road", Irish post-punk rockers Fontaines D.C. have crashed through a new sonic frontier on their fourth album Romance. Guitarist Conor… Audio
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Fontaines D.C: ‘Romance lives between light and dark’
24 Aug 2024After years of trying to throw their sound “50 miles down the road”, Irish post-punk rockers Fontaine's D.C. crash through a new sonic frontier on their fourth album Romance. Guitarist Conor Curley… Audio
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Playing Favourites with Jan Hellriegel
24 Aug 2024West Auckland singer-songwriter Jan Hellriegel talks her upcoming tour 'If Not Now, When?' and plays favourites. Audio
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Can music policy transform cities?
Does music have the power to make a cities economy, tourism, and quality of life better? Shain Shapiro is a leading music and cultural policy thinker. In his book This Must Be The Place he examines… Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
23 Aug 2024He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Audio
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The Panel with Ed Amon and Catherine Robertson (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon and Catherine Robertson discuss children struggling to learn to speak and open up the Friday Mailbag to respond to your feedback. Also, the… Audio
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The call of the pipes
23 Aug 2024Congratulations to organ building apprentice Julian Shaw, who's the recipient of a Neil Stocker Memorial Fund award. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
23 Aug 2024Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 plays a fave track and clues us into what's on the show this weekend. Audio
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NZ Live: Fin Rah Zel
23 Aug 2024To celebrate the release of their new single 'Carry Me', New Plymouth soul-fusion band Fin Rah Zel perform live in our Auckland studio. Video, Audio
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Music reviewer Grant Smithies
23 Aug 2024Thirty years ago, British production collective The Ballistic Brothers released London Hooligan Soul, a diverse double-LP overview of UK club culture. A remastered 30th Anniversary edition has just… Audio
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Who is Mike Nock? Meet this year's Music Hall of Fame inductee
23 Aug 2024The 84-year-old jazz legend has played alongside some of the genre's greats, including Miles Davis and Dionne Warwick.
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The Shortest History of Music
22 Aug 2024Writer and broadcaster Andrew Ford talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump about his latest book. Audio
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Music Critic: Jim Nothing and Mousey
22 Aug 2024Rachel Ashby brings in two songs for Jesse (and us) to listen to and chat about. The Present by Jim Nothing and Home Alone by Mousey. Audio
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Great album: Nothing Stands Still by Mike Hall
22 Aug 2024Mike Hall's debut album is out, and it's been getting a lot of love, including from Jesse. Audio
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EDY, Albert Latailakepa & Sean Rivera
It's a big one today! Joining us on the show is Award winning producer, now singer, EDYONTHEBEAT! As well as some of the team behind the short film 'Yeah Pare" Albert Latailakepa and Sean Rivera. We… Audio
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'It's hot as hell in here' - Aunties go wild for Jason Momoa in Auckland
22 Aug 2024Review: I wasn't sure what kind of crowd would show up - would it be DC fans wanting to see Aquaman? Metalheads just there for the music? Or excitable aunties, just hoping for a glimpse of a certified…
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UB40: 'He left the band to go solo and has never spoken to any of us since'
22 Aug 2024Ahead of UB40's NZ tour in October we revisit an interview with Robin Campbell who speaks honestly about the departure of the former frontman - his brother Ali. Audio
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