Recent Music Stories
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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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First song: Daniel O'Donnell
13 Feb 2024For fans of the dulcet tones of Irish performer Daniel O'Donnell, some good news, he's back on our shores for the first time since 2017. The singing legend is armed with a show full of Irish standards… Audio
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The TAHI 13/2/2024
On today's show, Pratik is back in the studio to tell us about Palworld, we recap Usher’s Super Bowl show plus uncover the rat takeover of a Dunners supermarket Audio
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New Plymouth exhibition transports visitors to the 60s and 70s
13 Feb 2024Taking its inspiration from a famed Taranaki show band, an exhibition in New Plymouth is transporting visitors on a journey back in time through the fashion, music and technology of the 1960s, 70s and… Audio
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Nest Fest: Artists and crew thousands out of pocket
12 Feb 2024The company behind a Hawke's Bay music festival has collapsed, leaving dozens of musicians and crew thousands of dollars out of pocket. The two day Nest Fest in Hastings in early January featured big… Video, Audio
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Batt by name, into bats by nature
Musical storytellers Tanya Batt and Peter Forster talk to Bryan Crump about Bat's Incredible: their celebration of mammals from the order Chiroptera. Audio
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John Oates on his legacy and present career
12 Feb 2024The music career of John Oates is legendary. He's in both the Songwriter and Rock and Roll hall of fame as a songwriter, guitarist and one half of the 70's and 80's hit music machine Hall and Oates… Audio
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Taylormania takes over Southern Hemisphere
Taylormania has hit the southern hemisphere. The Swifties are out in the thousands.
The megastar's first show across the Tasman will be on Friday in Melbourne. But the fanfare is already here and… Audio
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Studying the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Two AUT academics are taking their Taylor Swift obsession to the next extreme at a Swiftposium in Melbourne, ahead of the star's Australian tour Audio
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Worlds of Music 11 February, 2024
11 Feb 2024Music from the world with Jadid Ensemble, Straw People, Wu Man and flamenco Indian band, Indialucia. Audio
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Joni Live
11 Feb 2024For those with a hankering to experience the magic of Joni Mitchell in concert, William Dart looks through 58 years of it from Toronto coffee houses in the mid-60s to her recently released triumph at… Audio
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Neil Finn: 'Music will save the world'
"We're all trying to kind of find some sound that links us together," celebrated New Zealand musician Neil Finn tells Culture 101 in an upcoming interview. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 11 February 2024
11 Feb 2024There’s a reflective feel to this week’s selection of listener requests, with hymns including There is a balm in Gilead, Nearer my God to thee, and Margaret Rizza’s Prayer for Peace. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 10 February 2024
10 Feb 2024With Valentine's Day fast approaching this week's Nashville Babylon features some of Mark's favourite love songs from the likes of the Ramones, Leonard Cohen, Aretha Franklin and Candi Staton. Audio
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The Mixtape: Miriama Kamo
10 Feb 2024This week's mixtape is selected by journalist, TV presenter and children's author Miriama Kamo. And as the daughter of two prison chaplains, Miriama started early on a social justice path, mahi which… Audio
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Backstage at Laneway: Blondshell, AJ Tracey and UMO
10 Feb 2024For the first time in four years St Jerome's Laneway Festival has returned to Auckland. Charlotte Ryan was on the field at Western Springs catching up with some of her favourite acts. Audio
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Introducing: Crystal Chen
10 Feb 2024This week on Introducing singer and visual artist Crystal Chen gives us a preview of her dreamy single 'Love Letter' before its official release on Valentine's Day. Crystal is Chinese-Kiwi, born and… Audio
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Peruvian DJ Sofia Kourtesis celebrates family on the joyous Madres
10 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews an infectious collection of club cuts. Video, Audio
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The friendship between Arahi and Jazmine Mary shines through on Pony Baby
10 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews a country-inflected debut by the local duo. Video, Audio
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Future Islands prove there's life in an old formula on their seventh album
10 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews an extra-sincere new release from the Baltimore synth-pop outfit. Video, Audio
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Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: Music to attract aliens
10 Feb 2024Ahead of their NZ tour, singer and guitarist Stuart Braithwaite of cult Scottish band Mogwai talks to Charlotte Ryan about stargazing with his Dad, playing so loud the ceiling caved in, and Mogwai's… Audio
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The National’s Matt Berninger on depression: 'It’s like a flu that just holds on'
10 Feb 2024The National frontman talks candidly to Music 101 about his slow recovery from depression, his songwriting happy place and performing at "magical communal parties" around the world. Video, Audio
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Neil Finn: 'Music will save the world'
Listening to a group of talented Māori musicians trying to discover together "an authentic Aotearoa New Zealand sound" is a joy Neil Finn gets to experience owning a music studio. Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Finn Johansson plays new finds from Japanese punk artist Milk, New Zealand band E.U.G., and American punk stars Paramore covering a Talking Heads classic. Audio
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