Recent Music Stories
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Lilburn Research Fellowship for 2025 announced
9 Jul 2024Congratulations to music scholar Professor Samantha Owens, who's just been awarded the Lilburn Research Fellowship for 2025. She talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about her research topic for the… Audio
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The TAHI Jess B & Eva Whiu
We are joined by awesome guests JessB and Eva Whiu on this episode of The TAHI. we also chat about facebook memories and one team member has big news! Audio
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Music feature: Celebrating 20 years of Play It Strange
For 20 years the Play It Strange Trust has been supporting and encouraging young songwriters. To measure the success: over one thousand finalists have had their songs professionally produced. Audio
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Morning Report Essentials for 5th July
In the show today, we speak to ReliefAid founder Mike Seawright who is in Ukraine, where Russia has carried out a series of bombings across cities, we also talk to Greens co-leader Darleen Tana, who… Audio
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Wellington school auctioning off Taylor swift trip
Would you enter a raffle to to see Taylor Swift in London, with flights and seven nights accommodation included? Wellington's Clyde Quay School is guessing a lot of people will... with the raffle on… Audio
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Country's newest music venue gets ready for business
9 Jul 2024"We'll be ready in time... we don't have a choice," promises the owner of Meow Nui, whose self-imposed deadline is approaching fast.
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Troye Sivan is coming to New Zealand
9 Jul 2024The pop sensation has announced he will light up stages in New Zealand and Australia at the end of the year.
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Celebrating brass banding at the Pacific Festival of Brass
8 Jul 2024The 2024 national brass band championships begin on Wednesday. This year, the contest is widening participation to outside New Zealand and into the Pacific. RNZ Concert's David Morriss talks with two… Audio
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Jazz legend Herbie Hancock to perform in NZ in October
8 Jul 2024The 'Cantaloupe Island' composer will play shows in Auckland and Wellington.
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It's been 25 years since TrueBliss - but it feels like it was 'just yesterday'
8 Jul 2024Five young women were swept to stardom off the back of the TV show Popstars - but not everyone had their best interests at heart, band member Joe Cotton says.
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Worlds of Music 7 July, 2024
7 Jul 2024Music from the world, for the world, with Asha Bhosle, Punch Brothers, Addictive TV, and Mexican acoustic guitar duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela.
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The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed
7 Jul 2024William Dart features an enticing new tribute album reminding us of the magic and the loss of Lou Reed. The Power of the Heart has a stellar line-up of contributors: Keith Richards, Rufus Wainwright… Audio
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Salvia Palth's follows the worldwide sensation of his debut with a surprise second LP
7 Jul 2024Eleven years after his incredibly successful first album, the Wellington-based musician returns with a slightly more hi-fi collection of bedroom pop. Audio
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Kaytranada is sonically sweaty on Timeless
7 Jul 2024The Grammy-winning producer returns with a dancefloor behemoth, crammed with special guests. Video, Audio
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Jess Coenelius: 'It’s not like there’s a huge canon of rock musicians singing about parenthood, you know?'
7 Jul 2024The NZ-born singer-songwriter is now based in Los Angeles after 18 years in Melbourne, and receiving glowing reviews for the first two albums released under her own name. Video, Audio
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Iva Davies: From oboe player to punk-rock legend
7 Jul 2024Icehouse is one of Australia's best-known and beloved rock bands. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 7 July 2024
7 Jul 2024You might think the life of a 19th century hymn translator was pretty uneventful. Not so for John Mason Neale, who translated our first hymn in this week’s programme, Christ is made the sure… Audio
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The Banks Peninsula musician who does weather data visualisations
6 Jul 2024Lyttelton creative TG Shand is not a "city person", and instead loves to watch the weather change over Banks Peninsula. Video, Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 6 July 2024
6 Jul 2024On this week's show there's blues from Bessie Smith, Jimmy Reed and Elmore James, classic country from Kris Kristofferson plus some jumpin' jive courtesy of Louis Prima. Audio
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Rodger Fox's Last Album
6 Jul 2024Before he passed away in late May, Rodger Fox recorded one final album with his big band. Fittingly, it's called "Alive in New York". Audio
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Anna Coddington: Retraining the voice from Long Covid
6 Jul 2024Despite some serious challenges, Anna Coddington has created a bilingual album for the dancefloor. She celebrates with Charlotte Ryan. Audio
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In the Winelight
6 Jul 2024Nick Tipping checks out sultry ballads from Kurt Elling, Kenny Burrell, and Phil Woods; Benny Green and Red Garland swing hard; and the SFJazz Collective takes on Horace Silver. Audio
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Auckland musician Joe Ghatt is endearingly aimless on Caper
6 Jul 2024Tony Stamp reviews the local guitar-slinger's psychedelic new LP. Video, Audio
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The Banks Peninsula musician who does weather data visualisations
6 Jul 2024Otautahi- based Annemarie Duff, previously of Melbourne shoegazer band Miniatures, has been producing music under the moniker of T. G. Shand since 2018. T.G Shand's songs have been regulars on student… Video, Audio
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