Recent Music Stories
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Watch: Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders perform new song
28 Sep 2024The singer-songwriters join Music 101 for a live session from the Futuna Chapel in Karori. Audio
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The Mixtape: The Spinoff Editor Madeleine Chapman
28 Sep 2024Our guest picking the music is writer, ghost writer and editor Madeleine Chapman. Madeleine started as the very first intern at The Spinoff, and is now one of the youngest editors of a major… Audio
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Bob Mould brings solo electric tour to NZ
28 Sep 2024Bob Mould is the founder of legendary hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü and later Sugar, and he's bringing his solo electric tour to New Zealand - his first shows here in 22 years. Bob will be highlighting… Audio
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Rob Ruha joins the effort to beat haka world record
28 Sep 2024Tomorrow Aotearoa will attempt to reclaim the world record for the largest haka. Musician Rob Ruha has been involved with haka all his life. He joins Anika Moa, Topp Twins, Shepherds Reign and Alien… Audio
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Dam Native: 'Our tūpuna wrote that record. I just held the pen'
28 Sep 2024Rapper Danny Haimona reflects with Music 101 on the legacy of Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted - the 1997 Dam Native album regarded as one of Kiwi hip-hop's greatest of all time. Video
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Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders live at Futuna Chapel
Lyttelton's multi-award winning Delaney Davidson, and Barry Saunders - the iconic frontman of The Warratahs, have just released a brand new album Happiness is Near. This is a highly anticipated… Video, Audio
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Dam Native: 'Our tupuna wrote that record. I just held the pen’
28 Sep 2024Dam Native's Danny Haimona (aka Danny D) joins Kara Rickard in the studio to celebrate the re-release of Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted, one of Aotearoa's greatest hip hop albums. Danny talks about… Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
27 Sep 2024He's back, and ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Audio
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Keeping it in the family
27 Sep 2024Visiting cellist Sterling Elliot can thank his mother for his stellar career, although he initially wanted to play the violin. Video, Audio
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Music 101: Kara Rickard
27 Sep 2024Kara is filling in for Charlotte Ryan on Music 101 this week. Kara talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on the show tomorrow and because Friday is new… Audio
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What do we know about Diddy's infamous parties?
The guest list for the white parties was star-studded. But many famous friends are now distancing themselves from the disgraced rapper.
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NZ Live: Holly Arrowsmith
27 Sep 2024Coming out of our Otautahi Christchurch Studio is Holly Arrowsmith & band. She was born in Santa Fe, but raised in the Southern Alps - both influences you can hear in her Americana-tinged Folk &… Audio
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New music with Jeremy Taylor
27 Sep 2024The first new music from The The in 25 years, plus new releases on the Ninja Tunes label from Nilufer Yanya and Floating Points. Audio
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Canterbury student composer's work premieres with Chch Symphony
Alexandra Hope Watson, the Canterbury University maths and music whiz who's transformed Lewis Carroll's nonsensical poems into a musical for the Christchuch Symphony Orchestra.
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Rocker Jon Toogood's 'personal carnage' was brutal
27 Sep 2024He was locked in Melbourne while his mother was dying in Wellington. "It was traumatic… it was all very surreal."
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Singing solo and soul mates: Jon Toogood shares his new direction
27 Sep 2024Shihad lead singer Jon Toogood chats with Anika Moa about his covid crisis and coming out the other side. Video, Audio
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Alexandra through the looking glass
26 Sep 2024Alexandra Hope Watson is many things, from daredevil plane pilot to mathematician, but perhaps her greatest love is writing musicals. Video, Audio
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Music Critic: Matthew Crawley shares his love of Womb
26 Sep 2024Our music critic Matther Crawley plays the new Womb single, and talks Goodapece - the new project from Jefferson Chen. Audio
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Ersha Island ??? & Mental Health Awareness Week
Today on the show sibling duo Dani and Tee from Ersha Island joins us to talk about navigating their culture through music, Janay and Harry are hosting parties on the same day and So'omalo tries to… Audio
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The battle of the barbershops
26 Sep 2024More than 500 singers are about to gather in the capital for massive barbershop battle on a scale that Wellington hasn't seen in years. Audio
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The British brothers balancing cycling and songwriting
UK brothers Felix and Morris Winby recently embarked on a 1,000km cycling tour from London to Lyon. Audio
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Misheard lyrics: The world of mondegreens
25 Sep 2024Pam Peters is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University and joins Emile Donovan to discuss mondegreens and malapropisms. Audio
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The sound of one hand playing
25 Sep 2024Pianist Jian Liu only needs one hand for his next gig, but he's working twice as hard. Video, Audio
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Bookmarks with John Davies
John is an opera and theatre director, directing the opera Verdi Meets Puccini, and he joins Jesse on Bookmarks. Audio
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