Recent Music Stories
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Ni-Vanuatu musician fulfills 'once in a lifetime' experience
19 Mar 2024Ni-Vanuatu musician fulfills 'once in a lifetime' experience. Audio
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Twenty years of sonic healing
18 Mar 2024Dame Hinewehi Mohi celebrates the 20th anniversary of her first Music Therapy Centre, and the crucial role her daughter's cerebral palsy played in its formation. Audio
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WOMAD wraps up with humour and solidarity
18 Mar 2024Review - Utilising instruments from across the globe to make songs rooted in the folk music of Ukraine, DakhaBrakha had a dramatic stage presence, writes Elliott Childs.
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Tarik Rahim - Making the Mount home for a while
18 Mar 2024Tarik Rahim grew up drawing from a rich pool of cultures and finding expression through surf and music. In this episode, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to him about calling NZ home, for a short while. Audio
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Worlds of Music 17 March, 2024
17 Mar 2024Music from the world, for the world, with Sona Jobarteh, Coşkun Karademir, Helado Negro, and Colombian harpist, Edmar Castañeda. Audio
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The Last Dinner Party
17 Mar 2024William Dart listens to The Last Dinner Party, the five woman band which carried off the Rising Star award at the recent BRITS. Audio
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Skindred's new reggae album
17 Mar 2024The band Skindred have just won Best Alternative Act at the 2024 MOBO Awards - MOBO standing for Music Of Black Origin. Audio
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Homegrown festival: From Kiwi classics to TikTok trends
17 Mar 2024Review - Saturday night was a celebration of some of the best music Aotearoa New Zealand has to offer. And what a night it was, writes Pretoria Gordon.
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James Taylor returns to NZ for two shows
17 Mar 2024Six-time grammy award winner, James Taylor, speaks with Jim Mora about his life and career ahead of his one-off New Zealand show 'An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band' set for April. Audio
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Marley controversy takes centre stage at WOMAD day 2
17 Mar 2024Review - TE KAAHU showed off her musical delicacy, while Ziggy Marley's performance had an increased police presence and silent protesters in the crowds.
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Hymns on Sunday, 17 March 2024
17 Mar 202419th-century English architect James Edmeston wrote around 2000 hymns - it was said that he produced one every Sunday. We'll hear one of his best-known hymns this week: Lead us, heavenly Father, lead… Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 16 March 2024
16 Mar 2024On this week's show Mark has birthday tunes for Wilson Pickett and Ry Cooder, reggae from Peter Tosh, new music from the Hanging Stars plus an all time classic courtesy of Billie Holiday. Audio
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Russ Spiegel
16 Mar 2024American guitarist Russ Spiegel returns to NZ in March and April for nine dates, and Nick checks out Russ' latest album 'Caribbean Blue'. Also this hour: Jane Monheit sings the classics, and Kiwis… Audio
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Filthy McNasty
16 Mar 2024Nick checks out the inventor of vocalese, Eddie Jefferson, singing Horace Silver's 'Filthy McNasty', two classics from Oliver Nelson, and a gorgeous piece by Mike Nock; and Bill Frisell plays Marvin… Audio
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The Mixtape: Katchafire’s Logan Bell
16 Mar 2024To mark the release of Legacy - a new RNZ documentary about the Māori reggae band Katchafire - frontman Logan Bell shares songs that have shaped his life and music. Video, Audio
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Brainorchestra: 'I skipped class to make beats'
16 Mar 2024New Jersey based Brainorchestra is a prolific hip hop producer and one you should watch. The beat maker's first studio was a flash drive that he would plug into the school computer. He's become an… Audio
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Thee Conductor employs Bonnie Prince Billy to sing the romantic songs of Ennoia
16 Mar 2024A meeting of worlds between alt-country superstar Will Oldham and eclectic composer Justin Butler yields fruitful results on this far-flung collection. Video, Audio
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Kim Gordon blends precision and chaos on The Collective
16 Mar 2024Tony Stamp reviews the ex-Sonic Youth member's second solo album, a noisy, hip-hop influenced outing that puts provocateurs her junior to shame. Video, Audio
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Gold dust woman Julia Holter: ‘I come up with new ways to surprise myself’
16 Mar 2024Los Angeles based composer and singer Julia Holter is set to release her sixth studio album, with the inspired title Something in the Room She Moves. Maggie Tweedie talks to Julia about her… Audio
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'Fuemana Mania’: 30 years of New Urban Polynesian
16 Mar 2024In the early 90s, siblings Phil, Christina, Tony and Pauly Fuemana would lay down a fresh and unique record that would soon be dubbed a classic. Thirty years on New Urban Polynesian is set to be… Audio, Gallery
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Australian jazz legend James Morrison
One of the many musicians hitting the stage at Tauranga's National Jazz Festival later this month is Australian jazz legend James Morrison. He's a multi-instrumentalist, playing the trombone, piano… Audio
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Artists make a splash on first day of rain-infused WOMAD
16 Mar 2024Review - The first stages of WOMAD 2024 managed to pull through the downpours and pleased crowds with some legendary jams.
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The man behind NZ's music
16 Mar 2024The Detail's Davina Zimmer discovers she's sitting across from a quiet music legend. Audio
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