Recent Music Stories
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Listen live: 2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 2
28 Jul 2024New Zealand's finest young voices compete for the country's most coveted singing prize - listen now on RNZ Concert.
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 2, Arias
28 Jul 2024Austin Haynes (counter-tenor), Tayla Alexander (soprano), Samuel McKeever (bass), Felicity Tomkins (soprano), Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimoano (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by… Audio
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 2, Songs/Lieder
28 Jul 2024Austin Haynes (counter-tenor), Tayla Alexander (soprano), Samuel McKeever (bass), Felicity Tomkins (soprano), Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimoano (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by… Audio
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 1, Arias
28 Jul 2024Alfred Fonoti-Fuimoano (baritone), Katie Trigg (mezzo), Morgan-Andrew King (bass), Madison Horman (soprano), Manase Latu (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by pianist Terence… Audio
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 2
28 Jul 2024Finding the opera voices of tomorrow, here is RNZ Concert's recording of the second of two semi-finals for the Lexus Song Quest 2024. Soprano Tayla Alexander and Felicity Tomkins, counter-tenor Austin… Audio
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Georgia on my mind
28 Jul 2024William Dart looks at the phenomenon of Georgia Lines, from winning the Smokefree Rockquest as teenager in 2014 to her extraordinary debut album, The Rose of Jericho, ten years later. Audio
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Cassandra Jenkins rubs against profundity on My Light, My Destroyer
28 Jul 2024The New York singer-songwriter presents a hyper-literate mix of indie-pop and found sounds. Video, Audio
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Rapsody's Please Don't Cry is littered with poetry and hard truths
28 Jul 2024Maggie Tweedie explores the latest from American hip-hop musician Rapsody. Video, Audio
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Auckland beatmaker SR Mpofu is chasing the perfect groove
28 Jul 2024Tony meets Auckland beatmaker SR Mpofu to find out how he released 12 projects in one year, learn about his childhood in Zimbabwe, and receive a lesson in music production. Audio
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Synthony: the orchestra-dance mashup going global
28 Jul 2024With her trademark ponytail, blazer and comfy shoes, Sarah-Grace Williams is in control of Synthony. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 28 July 2024
28 Jul 2024You can hear hymns based on the psalms in this week’s programme, including All people that on earth do dwell (Psalm 100), O God, our help in ages past (Psalm 90), and I to the hills will lift mine… Audio
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Black Seeds members are tripping out with new venture
27 Jul 2024Kiwi musicians Barnaby Weir and Andrew Christiansen go for a psychedelic-and-jazz-infused adventure on their new self-titled album TRiPS, they tell RNZ's Music 101. Audio
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2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 1, Songs/Lieder
27 Jul 2024Alfred Fonoti-Fuimoano (baritone), Katie Trigg (mezzo), Morgan-Andrew King (bass), Madison Horman (soprano), Manase Latu (tenor), compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by pianist Terence… Audio
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LIVE: 2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 1
27 Jul 2024Finding the opera voices of tomorrow, here is RNZ Concert's recording of the first of two semi-finals for the Lexus Song Quest 2024. Soprano Madison Horman, mezzo Katie Trigg, tenor Manase Latu… Audio
Coming up
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Nashville Babylon: 27 July 2024
27 Jul 2024On this week's show Mark has classics from Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin, live tracks courtesy of Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen plus a birthday tune for Mick Jagger. Audio
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South Africa's Young Lions
27 Jul 2024The South African jazz scene is incredibly exciting and diverse, as its younger musicians explore ways of fusing the urban roots of jazz with traditional music. Audio
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The Black Seeds' Barnaby Weir is back with TRiPS
27 Jul 2024Charlotte talks with Barnaby Weir about starting a new musical project TRiPS midlife and the meanings behind the name; psychedelic sound and having an adventure. Audio
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Timberlake 'not intoxicated' during arrest, lawyer says
The 43-year-old pop star was detained in New York for running a stop sign and failing to stay on the right side of the road.
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The Mixtape: Beloved book reviewer Kiran Dass
27 Jul 2024Our guest picking the music is Kiran Dass, one of New Zealand's most trusted book reviewers and director of WORD Christchurch. Audio
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'Like something out of Thunderbirds' - Sinead O'Connor wax statue comes under fire
The National Wax Museum in Dublin is "committed" to creating a new wax figure of Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor after significant public backlash.
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Cassandra Jenkins on her midlife crisis: ‘Music seemed like a foolish thing to follow’
27 Jul 2024Cassandra talks to Charlotte Ryan about the challenges of making music and touring midlife, and how she's doing things on her terms. Audio
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Still Here Season 2 is a warm reflection of Auckland's Pasifika community
27 Jul 2024The soundtrack to the web series focusing on Auckland's inner-city Pasifika community features music performed by members of Leao and Noa Records. Audio
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X marks the spot: The forgotten generation remembers
27 Jul 2024Remember cassette tapes? Buying Docs from overseas? Fearing being a sell-out? Gen Xers look back.
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Lady Gaga, Celine Dion rumoured to perform at Olympics opening ceremony
27 Jul 2024Paris is abuzz as thousands arrive for the Games - but it isn't just the athletes who are generating excitement.
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