Recent Music Stories
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Hymns on Sunday, 9 June 2024
9 Jun 2024The New Zealand Youth Choir features in this week’s programme, singing Wairua tapu (a hymn to the Holy Spirit by Ngapo Wehi) and the African-American spiritual Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 8 June 2024
8 Jun 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's a previously unreleased song from Johnny Cash, a folk classic courtesy of Nic Jones, a boogie woogie stunner from Hadda Brooks plus blues from Sonny Boy… Audio
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Rainbow Jazz
8 Jun 2024Nick takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and… Audio
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Big Swing Face
8 Jun 2024Nick checks out tracks from Roxy Coss, Benny Green, and Ingrid & Christine Jensen; an arrangement of a Robbie Burns song by NZ drummer John Rae, and one of the Buddy Rich Band's signature tunes. Audio
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C. Zukey: On creating music from grief
8 Jun 2024C. Zukey is a Canadian-born New Zealand alternative musician from Auckland with an incredible, heartbreaking story. His new album Stonefruut is inspired by some intense family experiences over the… Audio
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The Mixtape: Cratedigger Dujon Cullingford
8 Jun 2024Our guest picking the music over the next hour is Dujon Cullingford, a DJ and record collector based in Ngaruawahia. Dujon is a champion for underground New Zealand funk, soul and disco from back in… Audio
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Journey through grief inspires new album
8 Jun 2024After C. Zukey's wife Lydia sustained a severe brain injury, he ran the gamut of emotions. "I just wanted to write it all down," he says. Audio
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Mount Kimbie: On new music and preparing for Glastonbury
8 Jun 2024Mount Kimbie began their music journey 15 years ago as a duo at the forefront of electronica. Today the beloved English band continue to inspire with their critically acclaimed new album The Sunset… Audio
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C. Zukey: On creating music from grief
8 Jun 2024C Zukey is a Canadian-born New Zealand alternative musician from Auckland. His beautiful new album Stonefruut is inspired by some intense family experiences over the last few years, the birth of his… Audio
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Remembering Sandy Edmonds, a 1960s pop supernova
8 Jun 2024In the mid-1960s, Sandy Edmonds was one of the biggest names in New Zealand music with hits like Daylight Saving Time. Rock'n'roll reporter John Baker reflects on the UK-born pop singer's short but… Video, Audio
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Te Ohorere Williams, I'd love to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera
8 Jun 2024Te Ohorere Williams is a classical soprano who recently graduated with a Masters of Music at Auckland University. She was first drawn to opera while watching a performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute… Audio
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World Choir Games bring 11,000 singers to Auckland
Auckland will be in full voice next month as 11,000 singers hit town for The World Choir Games. 250 choirs from more than 30 countries, representing a diverse range of choral music styles will compete… Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Tonight, a track from Berlin-based Kiwi project Saturns Drive, new music from Norwegian-American auteur Okay Kaya, and a glimpse of the 20-minute lullaby reimagining of gnarly Baltimore rock band… Audio
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Young soprano Sarah Mileham
7 Jun 2024Winner of this year's Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition, Sarah Mileham will be performing in Manukau Symphony Orchestra's next concert as part of her prize. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
7 Jun 2024Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
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'You'll laugh, you'll cry': Dolly Parton working on Broadway musical
Broadway has had great success with Hello, Dolly. Now get ready for Hello, I'm Dolly. Audio
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NZ Live: Mel Parsons
7 Jun 2024Award-winning Christchurch folk musician Mel Parsons performs four songs from her new album Sabotage and a special cover. Video, Audio
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Georgia Lines blends darkness and light on her debut album Rose of Jericho
7 Jun 2024Georgia Lines recently made good on her 2022 win at the Aotearoa Music Awards for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, taking home this year's Tui for Best Pop Artist. Today she releases her debut… Video, Audio
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Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
7 Jun 2024Jeremy Taylor brings new releases from recent tourist Arooj Aftab and Bat For Lashes, plus a reissue of an underrated REM classic. Audio
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Mel Parsons looks inward on her bittersweet, frequently gorgeous new LP Sabotage
7 Jun 2024The Christchurch singer-songwriter delves into darkness on her new LP. It's an exploration of sadness that's more meaningful when framed against Parsons' usual buoyant personality, writes Tony Stamp.
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Hector meets Hector
6 Jun 2024What if 19th-century composer Hector Berlioz met 21st-century Chinese New Zealander Hector Wong? Poet, composer and playwright Cadence Chung has written a new play, Hector, which imagines just that… Audio
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Music Critic: Matthew Crawley
6 Jun 2024Today Matthew talks to Jesse about a new track from T.G Shand and a single out by Richard Hawley. Audio
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The TAHI Podcast - SWIDT & Grecco RomankI
On today's podcast we catch up with SPYCC from SWIDT about their busy May of SWIDT music month. Also joining us were the AMA nominated group Grecco Romank who are about to play JUNK FEST and they also… Audio
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Neil Finn: On endurance and new Crowded House
6 Jun 2024Neil Finn shares stories with his old friend Charlotte Ryan about family, lyrics and the new Crowded House album. Audio
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