Recent Music Stories
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'Streets of London' singer Ralph McTell returns to New Zealand
26 Feb 2024Influential British singer-songwriter Ralph McTell talks to Sunday Morning's Jim Mora about his career.
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Joys of Bandcamp
25 Feb 2024Where would our New Zealand musicians be without online music platform Bandcamp? William Dart investigates a few choice offerings from Hans Pucket, [Allophones], and CODES. Audio
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Worlds of Music 25 February, 2024
25 Feb 2024Music from the world with Manu Dibango, Beth Gibbons, Duo Sabil and Indian vocal wunderkind, Anandi Bhattacharya. Audio
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The National captivates the crowd at Spark Arena
25 Feb 2024The combination of stately, impeccably-arranged music with rumpled, volatile frontman has plenty of mileage left, writes Tony Stamp.
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Chemical Brothers stun Electric Avenue with 'sensory blitzkrieg'
25 Feb 2024Review - The crowds came for Synthony, and stayed for Six-60 - but it was The Chemical Brothers that blew them away, writes Adam Burns.
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Milking Kiwi Swifties' FOMO
As the biggest pop star on the planet packed out huge Australian arenas this week, the media here milked Kiwi Swifties’ anger over missing out. It also aired confusing blame-game claims about why… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 25 February 2024
25 Feb 2024This week, we've a hymn by Dunedin GP Nigel Eastgate; two different settings of Psalm 130 - Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; and a hymn from Hatea Kapa Haka: E kino koe te ingoa nei. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 24 February 2024
24 Feb 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Hound Dog Taylor and Jimmy Dawkins, classic soul courtesy of Candi Staton, new music from rising folk star Daisy Rickman plus a birthday tune for… Audio
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The Mixtape: Shona McCullagh on the Arts: 'We did everything for nothing'
24 Feb 2024Shona McCullagh is the outgoing artistic director of the Auckland Arts festival. This year’s festival is her swan song.
Shona has received a New Zealand Order of Merit for services to dance, and her… Audio
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Jazmine Mary live with their electric guitar
24 Feb 2024Taite Music Prize winning artist Jazmine Mary brings their electric guitar into the RNZ studio to share a song ahead of their show at the Hamilton Gardens next Sunday. After releasing the album 'Dog'… Audio
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The Sampler - Imitation of War by Itasca
24 Feb 2024The Sampler - Imitation of War by Itasca Video, Audio
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R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura deploy dexterous rhymes on The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap
24 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews a Japanese-American hip-hop collaboration. Video, Audio
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Grandaddy are soft and snoozy on Blu Wav
24 Feb 2024The Sampler - Blu Wav by Grandaddy Video, Audio
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L.A.B. Live with new album
24 Feb 2024Arguably New Zealand's biggest band, L.A.B have released a new album L.A.B VI. After giving us five albums in as many years we had to wait for this one while they toured the world playing sold-out… Audio
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Lisa Tomlins on Pixie Williams: New Zealand's first pop star
Pixie Williams is a National treasure. She was New Zealand's first ever pop star - releasing 'Blue Smoke in 1948. In 2021 a tribute album to Pixie Williams was recorded called 'The New Blue' featuring… Audio
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A week long wananga about opera
24 Feb 2024In April New Zealand Opera will hold a week long wananga at Waikato University with an open invitation to Aotearoa's story tellers to embrace one of music's most challenging genres. Could one of them… Audio
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Stan Walker: 'Our reo is amazing. So spread it wide and far'
24 Feb 2024Stan Walker has a message for Māori in his new new single, 'Māori Ki Te Ao': "This is to say, ‘man, you're incredible. You're amazing. Our reo is amazing. So spread it wide, and far’.” Video, Audio
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Musical goddesses in VIP box and epic duo: Tay Tay's first Sydney show had it all
Review - Chaos hit Taylor Swift's Sydney show after storms and lightning meant fans had to be evacuated but that was no dampener on the mega star's show, writes Sarah Gerathy.
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
New music from West Virginia rock group Tucker Riggleman and the Cheap Dates, American rapper Tierra Whack, and Norwegian jazzy beats-maker Ol' Burger Beats. Audio
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L.A.B perform live, discuss new album VI
23 Feb 2024After two years of writing, recording and tweaking, popular Kiwi band L.A.B released their sixth album today. Watch them play live in RNZ's Auckland studios. Audio
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Five acts to see at Electric Avenue
23 Feb 2024New Zealand's biggest one-day music festival is on in Christchurch's Hagley Park on Saturday, RNZ takes a look at five must-see acts.
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The Panel with Victoria MacLennan and Alan McElroy (Part 2)
Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Victoria MacLennan and Alan McElroy discuss Taylor Swift hysteria and the dangers of overhydration. Finally, Wallace opens up the Friday Mailbag and responds… Audio
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The Panel with Victoria MacLennan and Alan McElroy (Part 1)
23 Feb 2024Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Victoria MacLennan and Alan McElroy discuss the calls for an inquiry into Auckland's rail network and the first year with a temperature rise of less than… Audio
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To Shiver the Sky
23 Feb 2024Christopher Tin's oratorio about the history of flight premieres at this year's Hamilton Arts Festival. RNZ Concert's David Morriss talks with one of the performers, soprano Jayne Tankersley. Video, Audio
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