Recent Music Stories
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Interpreting the landscape of classical music
30 May 2024Rachel Leach - composer, music educator and animateur - is in New Zealand to present a series of children's concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Video, Audio
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The TAHI 30/5/24
it's Aotearoa Music Awards day! we chat to Christy Whelan from Recorded Music NZ about every new at this years awards. Tune into the RNZ livestream from 6pm tonight! Audio
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Backstreet Boys star denies 'outrageous' sex assault claims
Lawyers for singer Nick Carter have described claims of sexual assault made against him in a new documentary as "outrageous".
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NZ musicians prepare for Aotearoa Music Awards
Plenty of household names will be mingling with new artists at Auckland's Viaduct Events Centre on Thursday for the Aotearoa Music Awards. RNZ's own Jesse Mulligan will be co-hosting the festivities… Audio
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Sanctuary: Soundscapes by Kodama 木
29 May 2024Sound artist and experimental musician Gabriel Byrne has created a soundscape to be listened to at three green spaces in Wellington, as part of this year's Loemis Festival. Audio
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Music with Ian Chapman: Diamond Dogs turns 50
29 May 20242024 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Diamond Dogs; one of David Bowie's more unusual albums and a work that is widely regarded as the last of his glam rock era. Audio
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Celebrating twenty years of the Wine Cellar
Hardly a month goes by in New Zealand without a venue announcing it's shutting up shop, so when a venue reaches the 20-year milestone, it's something to celebrate. Audio
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Wu-Tang Clan's rare album to be played at Tasmanian museum
The US rap group's legendary seventh studio album is set to be briefly housed at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art from next month.
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Fergus Byett: composing for choirs
28 May 2024Fergus Byett, Choirs Aotearoa's 2024 Composer-in-Residence, talks with Bryan Crump about what he loves about writing music when there's words involved. Audio
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The Pre-Panel for 28 May 2024
28 May 2024Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Sam Hollis joins to discuss how pre-phone kids today discover music. Audio
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Rodger Fox: a tribute to the champion of New Zealand jazz
28 May 2024Nick Tipping, host of RNZ’s jazz show Inside Out, pays tribute to NZ jazz great Rodger Fox who has died at the age of 71. Audio
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Music feature: Pixies
28 May 2024Emerging out of Boston in 1986, alternative band the Pixies was, and still is, a jarring mix of surf rock, punk, pop and usually a good bit of screaming. The Phoenix Foundation co-founder Samuel Flynn… Audio
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What you need to know about the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards
28 May 2024Prepare to close out Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa (New Zealand Music Month) in style - the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards are almost here. Here's everything you can expect on the night.
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The TAHI 28/5/24
On today’s episode, we’re celebrating Samoan Language week, so Talofa. Poet and fashion icon Tayi Tibble opens up about her renewed commitment to her mahi, Christchurch singer/songwriter Michelle… Audio
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NZ jazz legend Rodger Fox dies
New Zealand jazz legend, Rodger Fox, has died at the age of 71. Fox founded the Rodger Fox Big Band in 1973 and toured extensively here and overseas, playing at international jazz festivals including… Audio
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NZSO: Legacy
Pianist Stephen De Pledge and the New Zealand SO performed this concert as part of the Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebrations. It includes the premiere of a Gillian Whitehead work with a timely… Video, Audio
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The Countess and the Page
27 May 2024Emma Pearson and Hanna Hipp, two of the lead roles in NZ Opera's season of Le Comte Ory, join Bryan Crump to talk about the production and their characters. Audio
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Nicki Minaj fans fume as gig is axed after drugs arrest
Fans in the UK were left angry after the American rapper's gig in Manchester was called off at the last minute, following her arrest at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
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Kiwi Surprise and Joy
26 May 2024In his fourth programme for New Zealand Music Month, in reaction the sometimes depressing seriousness of the world around us, William Dart takes a trip around some music from our land that will… Audio
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NZ Music Month Live: Byllie-jean at the Christchurch Art Gallery
26 May 2024Byllie-jean at the Christchurch Art Gallery Video, Audio
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Five artists who prove there's more to south Auckland than hip-hop
26 May 2024Think you know the sound of south Auckland? TAHI presenter (and proud resident) So'omalo Iteni Schwalger introduces five musicians who show the local scene's range. Video
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Hymns on Sunday, 26 May 2024
26 May 2024Celebrating Trinity Sunday this week with a selection of hymns including Holy, Holy, Holy and Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us. And we mark the start of Samoan Language Week with a hymn of praise and… Audio
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Award-winning song a tribute to a 'true cowboy'
25 May 2024Holly Arrowsmith's grandfather traded belt buckles with Elvis Presley and had a sabre-tooth tiger skull in his home. Video, Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 25 May 2024
25 May 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Junior Wells and RL Burnside, swamp rock courtesy of Tony Joe White, reggae from Susan Cadogan plus an Americana classic from the Willard Grant… Audio
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