Recent Music Stories
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Don't have tickets to Glastonbury? How to enjoy the festival from home
25 Jun 2024The UK's biggest music festival is back for 2024, with two New Zealand artists on the bill.
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Looking forward to the big picture
24 Jun 2024Two years after winning the Anthony Ritchie Composition Prize for young composers, Georgina Palmer talks to Bryan Crump about her blossoming career. Video, Audio
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Anthony Ritchie announces 2024 Composition Prize winner
Dunedin composer, Anthony Ritchie, announces the 2024 winner of the prize that takes his name, recognising talented young composers based in Otago and Southland. Audio
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Feature Album: Automatic for the People
24 Jun 2024Feature Album: Automatic for the People by R.E.M. Audio
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The K-pop band about to make history at UK festival
They're the biggest selling act in the world, and they're about to play the Pyramid Stage. Video
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Lucien McDermott and Khani Te Mete: Making their mark in the blues
24 Jun 2024Their mums need to supervise when they're playing in pubs, but Taupō teenagers Lucian McDermott and Khani Te Mete are already making their mark in music.
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Review: Brooke Fraser with the Auckland Philharmonia at Spark Arena
24 Jun 2024Katie Fitzgerald is an easy mark for an orchestral reinvention of popular music, but Brooke Fraser's work is well-suited to it, she found out.
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Worlds of Music 23 June, 2024
23 Jun 2024Music from the world, for the world, with The Blind Boys of Alabama, Toumani Diabates, and Tunisian-American singer-songwriter and musician, Emel Mathlouthi. Audio
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Tony Trischka Tributes Earl Scruggs
23 Jun 2024A new recording from master banjoist Tony Trischka is always a delight, especially when he plays homage to the great Earl Scruggs on his new album Earl Jam. William Dart plucks a few choice tunes from… Audio
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Ann Annie on his "epic and fantastical" aural landscapes
23 Jun 2024The Portland musician's new album is an inviting mix of ambient and neo-classical, involving acoustic guitar; upright bass; cello; and clarinet, all of which he taught himself. Video, Audio
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Tiki Taane's personal connection to new film
Composing the score for Ka Whawhai Tonu was extra meaningful for the musician: "We shed DNA on that battlefield." Audio
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Watch: Neil Finn's voice has changed a lot - for the better
23 Jun 2024The Crowded House frontman has "got more control of my voice" nowadays and can sing both higher and lower.
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Hymns on Sunday, 23 June 2024
23 Jun 2024Two hymns inspired by Psalm 23 ‘The Lord’s My Shepherd’ in this week’s programme. Both from the 1800s, one is by a British professor of music, John Goss, the other is by Joseph Gilmore, an American… Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 22 June 2024
22 Jun 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic reggae from Delroy Wilson, a soul smash courtesy of Barbara Lewis, a birthday tune for country legend June Carter Cash, Tex-Mex from Pete Rowan plus… Audio
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Big-Time Large Ensembles
22 Jun 2024Nick Tipping checks out some pioneering large ensembles in jazz. Audio
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Clip Joint
22 Jun 2024Herbie Mann gets groovy, Regina Carter goes to Cuba, and Nick Tipping checks out quartet and quintet tracks by Phil Broadhurst Audio
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Tiki Taane and Arli Liberman: Composing emotion
22 Jun 2024Talented local musicians Tiki Taane and Arli Liberman have composed the score for a new feature film Ka Whawhai (fa fai) Tonu - Struggle Without End, directed by Michael Jonathan. They share their… Audio
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The Mixtape: Writer and poet Romesh Dissanayake
Our guest selecting the songs is Romesh Dissanayake, a Sri Lankan and Kor-yo Saram writer, poet and chef from Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His award winning debut novel, When I open the shop, is an… Audio
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Tiki Taane on scoring new film Ka Whawhai Tonu: 'We shed DNA on that battlefield'
Musician Tiki Taane and composer Arli Liberman went "really deep" while composing the score for the historical Māori film Ka Whawhai Tonu. Video, Audio
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Music 101 on Charlie XCX: How to become a BRAT
Charlotte Ryan speaks to Sam Robinson about Charli XCX’s BRAT, one of the biggest albums of year. Check out Charlotte's favourite albums of 2024 (so far!) here… Audio
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John Lennon speaks in rare NZ interview
This 1964 interview with John Lennon was conducted by Professor Tony Taylor, who at the time had a huge interest in the phenomenon of Beatlemania. Despite Tony's nerves, he managed to get candid chat… Audio
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The Beatles in NZ: 60 Years on
22 Jun 2024This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Beatles historic - and hysterical - visit to Australasia. When We Was Fab: Inside The Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 is the culmination of a lifetime's… Audio
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Manipulate your Spotify feed
It's not perfect, but Spotify is still the dream platform to serve up your favourite (or soon to be favourite) tunes.
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
21 Jun 2024He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Audio
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