Recent Music Stories
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NZ Jazz Favourites
25 May 2024In the last show for NZ Music Month 2024, Nick plays a mix of his personal favourites from the world of NZ jazz - including tracks from Callum Allardice, Allanah Goldsmith and Alchemy, and Jonathan… Audio
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Hardgroove
25 May 2024Thelonious Monk joins the Jazz Messengers; Carmen McRae sings the classics; and Roy Hargrove grooves hard. Audio
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Shapeshifter celebrates 25 years: Drama, anxiety, "and a ridiculous amount of good times”
25 May 2024Shapeshifter founding members Sam Trevethick and Nick Robinson reflect on the highs and lows of the band's 25 year career. Audio
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Best Country Music Song winner a tribute to a 'real cowboy'
25 May 2024South Island folk songwriter Holly Arrowsmith has won the 2024 APRA Best Country Music Song for 'Desert Dove' - a song about "distance, loss and grief". Video, Audio
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The Mixtape: The Bat’s Paul Kean
25 May 2024Musician Paul Kean from The Bats is picking the tunes on the Mixtape this week. Paul has been a member of several bands, The Basket Cases, Toy Love, The Bats, Minisnap, and more recently a musical… Audio
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Voom’s Buzz Moller: The trick to writing a good song
25 May 2024Indie perennials Voom have been playing their heart-on-their-sleeve music for a long time in Aotearoa and are still releasing perfectly formed pop songs. Buzz Moller from Voom talks about the art of… Audio
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Beth Gibbons is in reflective form on her revelatory solo debut Lives Outgrown
25 May 2024The Portishead singer unveils her first album, tackling motherhood and mortality on an collection that's sometimes gloomy, but often gorgeous. Video, Audio
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Gareth Shute on his favourite Auckland venues
25 May 2024Tony Stamp is in Auckland for a guided tour of the music historian and writer's favourite local venues, in the final of this four part series. Audio
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Shapeshifter celebrates 25 years: Drama, anxiety "and a ridiculous amount of good times"
25 May 2024Shapeshifter formed in Christchurch back in 1999. This year the trailblazing live drum-and-bass band celebrate 25 years of performing around the world. Music 101's Charlotte Ryan - a "very early fan"… Video, Audio
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Mapuna for 25 May 2024
Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Audio
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Mapuna for 25 May 2024
25 May 2024Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Audio
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'Desert Dove' flies to top of country music honours
25 May 2024A contemporary song about "distance, loss and grief" is New Zealand's best country music song for 2024. Video
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Opera director Simon Phillips: A new spin on 'Le comte Ory'
25 May 2024The 1828 comic opera 'Le comte Ory' has been given a facelift by internationally acclaimed director Simon Phillips ('North by Northwest', 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert', 'The Elixir of Love')… Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Tonight Finn's bag of fresh new tracks traverse the full range of musical genres, from Pōneke anarcho-hardcore to midwestern psych-tinged folk-pop. Audio
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Suzanne Prentice star guest performer at Country Music Honours
24 May 2024Country music fans will be celebrating tonight with the Country Music Honours taking place in Gore. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
24 May 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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NZ Live: Vera Ellen
24 May 2024Award-winning local musician Vera Ellen performs a live session in our Wellington studio. Video, Audio
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Country Music Honours premiere event in Gore tonight
24 May 2024Country music fans will be celebrating tonight with the Country Music Honours taking place tonight. As an added treat for country music fans, the original queen of country in Aotearoa, Suzanne… Audio
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Morning Report Essentials for Friday 24 May
24 May 2024On today's episode, Resources Minister Shane Jones joins us to discuss the Government's plans to double the value of New Zealand's mining industry in little more than a decade, the Dunedin mayor says… Audio
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Crowded House announce NZ and Australia 2024 tour
24 May 2024The legendary Kiwi band will tour NZ's main centres in November before heading to Australia, weaving in two shows on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.
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How to cast your vote for the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards
24 May 2024Next week, judges will decide who will win the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards - and you can be one of them.
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Guitarist and designer up for five Aotearoa Music Awards
As well as playing guitar for the Best Group-nominated band Mermaidens, Lily Paris West is the artist behind two of the three album covers in contention for Best Album Artwork. Audio
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The amazing sound of the recorder: from sopranino to baroque bass
23 May 2024Recorder specialist Kamala Bain brings a selection of her instruments into the RNZ Concert studio, from the little sopranino recorder to the baroque bass recorder, and gives us a taste of what a… Audio
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New platform for Pacific choirs to showcase their talents
23 May 2024There's a new choral competition in town: the Musika Moana Choir Competition. Helen Tupai, one of organisers of the competition, talks with Bryan Crump. Audio
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