Recent Music Stories
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Kiwis soaking up Swift energy in Melbourne
Nights crosses to the Melbourne Cricket Club Reserve where 86,000 people, including thousands of Kiwis, await the biggest popstar on the planet. Audio
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Ōtautahi Live: Marley Sola
16 Feb 2024Marley Sola and the Thursday Collective are recorded by RNZ Engineer Alex Harmer. They're in Marley’s studio for a live performance of some classic gospel covers, exclusively for RNZ Music. Video, Audio
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Farming to the beat of his own drum
Former Wellington Percussionist, Jeremy Fitzsimons, is now based on the family farm in the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames. Bryan Crump paid him a visit. Audio
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Taylor Swift set to perfom to biggest audience yet in Melbourne
16 Feb 2024Taylor Swift is expected to perform to her biggest audience yet when she takes the stage in the first of three sold-out concerts in Melbourne tonight. She arrived in Australia yesterday fresh from a… Video, Audio
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Mastering the baton
16 Feb 2024Budding maestros Kira Oldfield and Reuben Brown join RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump part way through their NZSO conducting fellowships. Video, Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
16 Feb 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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Listening in from under the mountain
16 Feb 2024Ambury shares his request with RNZ Concert Three to Seven host Bryan Crump, and the reason behind it. Audio
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NZ Live: Carnivorous Plant Society
16 Feb 2024For NZ Live today we have Carnivorous Plant Society - a band that defies categorisation The group, led by musician and animator Finn Scholes, coaxes life from a dizzying array of instruments -… Audio
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Swift mania in full force in Australia
16 Feb 2024Swift-mania has hit down under with the arrival of pop icon Taylor Swift in Australia. We speak to one of the many super fans who've made the trek across the Tasman to be part of the Eras Tour… Audio
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Eden Park on the truth behind Taylor Swift's NZ snub
16 Feb 2024The Australian leg of the Eras Tour is kicking off, but questions remain as to why she isn't coming here.
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'Capital of Country Music': New documentary celebrates Gore
Award-winning country singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell has produced a film covering five decades of Gore's country music scene, including interviews with iconic musicians such as Lynda and Donna Topp.
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I Was There When: The first Big Day Out opened
Murray Cammick, then editor of music mag Rip It Up, was there when the very first Big Day Out exploded into Mt Smart Stadium in 1994. Audio
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Joining the dots with the bass clarinet
Anna Koch speaks to Bryan Crump about touring the world with her family and bass clarinet, and making music with indigenous artists along the way, including Aotearoa's Ariana Tikao. Video, Audio
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Music Critic: Marty Jones
15 Feb 2024Today Marty talks to Jesse about music from John Martyn and a Bruce Hornsby & The Range track. Audio
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TAHI 15/02/2024
On today’s episode, comedian Bubbah dishes about the second season of ‘I Got You’, Bigfans' Noema Te Hau III has all the details on new artist programme Ignite, and we reminisce about our first jobs.
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This week's Moment of Calm, out in the country
14 Feb 2024Bryan Crump goes for an early stroll down a country lane to a one-lane bridge to record this week's Moment of Calm. Audio
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The robust cellist
14 Feb 2024Cellist Julian Steckel talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his concert with the Auckland Philharmonia, playing Shostakovich's Second Cello Concerto. Video, Audio
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Bookmarks with Duncan Sarkies
Novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, Duncan Sarkies is best known for his wild plot lines, eccentric and somewhat disturbing characters, and macabre sense of humour. He's our bookmarks guest this… Audio
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Pearl Jam play Auckland show in 2024 world tour
14 Feb 2024Evergreen Seattle grungers Pearl Jam are to play an Auckland show in November as part of a world tour supporting their new Dark Matter album.
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Plan for a national music centre steps forward
Plans for a new music complex in the capital have taken a step forward.
Victoria University of Wellington, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington City Council have been working on plans to… Audio
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The Feelers frontman admits refusing police request after drink-driving
13 Feb 2024Kiwi rocker James Reid has admitted he refused to give police a blood sample after being stopped for drink-driving.
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Tim Wayne-Wright: loving the air down here
13 Feb 2024Former King's Singer Tim Wayne-Wright talks to Bryan Crump about giving up the globetrotting life to settle in New Zealand with his partner and young family. Video, Audio
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Music feature: Herbie Hancock
13 Feb 2024Today for our Tuesday music feature we're celebrating one of the greatest names in jazz, Herbie Hancock. The pianist and composer emerged in the 1960s playing in Miles Davis's quintet. Later, as a… Audio
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Musicians and crew left hanging after music festival collapses
13 Feb 2024The company behind a Hawke's Bay music festival has collapsed, leaving dozens of musicians and crew thousands of dollars out of pocket.
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