Recent Music Stories
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New piano festival brings major musical stars to Hamilton
26 Jan 2024A new piano festival in Hamilton, which brings Chinese and New Zealand students together with famous pianists, has attracted major international stars to the city.
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It was the Summer of '95
James Donaldson from the Nelson School of the Musical Arts speaks to Bryan Crump about preparing to host the Adam Summer Music School, and remembers how being part of the first school in 1995 changed… Audio
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Music Critic: Zac Arnold
25 Jan 2024Today Zac Arnold talks to Jesse about new music from Hannah Everingham and Caru. Audio
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The TAHI 25/01/2024
On today’s show, central Auckland musician Nauti talks about the hustle, Evie gets to catch up with Gracie Moller in person and So’omālō shares the rite of passage of red heads Audio
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Mazbou Q - the rap scientist breaking down hip-hop
25 Jan 2024Auckland hip-hop artist and academic Mazbou Q is becoming an international authority on the burgeoning science of rap. Video, Audio
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Pocket Editiion: 24 January 2024
24 Jan 2024In Pocket Edition this week Maggie Tweedie introduces us to fresh music, Jon Toogood shares the song he listens to on his summer roadie and we meet experimental Wellington musician Sonya Waters. Audio
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Choose life. Choose an instrument.
Australian classical music broadcaster, musician and writer Ed Le Brocq extolls the virtues of learning an instrument, no matter how late you take it up. Audio
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Aotearoa's Tiki Taane lights up Cook Islands' music scene
24 Jan 2024Aotearoa's Tiki Taane lights up Cook Islands' music scene. Audio
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Amanda Palmer pops in for a quick catch-up
23 Jan 2024American songstress Amanda Palmer was unexpectedly marooned in New Zealand during the Covid-19 pandemic and left our shores changed. Now, she's back for a series of small, intimate shows reflecting on… Audio
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Looking after the big picture at the smaller scale
The new CEO of Chamber Music NZ, Michelle Walsh, talks to Bryan Crump about some of her favourite tunes and the art of marketing 'intimate' classical music. Video, Audio
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The TAHI 23/01/2024
On today’s episode, In-depth Te Ao Māori journalist Ella Stewart gives us all the info on the 12,000-strong hui at Tuurangawaewae over the weekend. It’s summer, so Evie and Waimirirangi figure the… Audio
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Grammy award winner Arooj Aftab
23 Jan 2024Grammy-award winning singer, composer and producer Arooj Aftab will be in New Zealand in March. Audio
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Dunedin conductor dispenses musical medicine
New Zealand born conductor Tecwyn Evans talks about his new role planning the concert schedule for the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra in Denmark. Audio
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Blue Smoke: Songs for New Zealand Films
For years, the idea of a thriving New Zealand film industry was a dream that seemed against the odds: financial, and the cultural cringe. But eventually regular film production began. This episode of… Audio
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Worlds of Music 21 January, 2024
21 Jan 2024Trevor plays music from Roopa Panesar, Lido Pimienta, Plaza Francia Orchestra, and Malian kora player, Toumani Diabaté. Audio
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Pseudo Echo's Brian Canham on taking NZ to Funky Town
21 Jan 2024Australian band Pseudo Echo's biggest hit was their 1985 cover of Lipps Inc's Funky Town which topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand. The band was at the peak of its powers in the 1980s and… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 21 January 2024
21 Jan 2024A memory of the Pope's visit to Cardiff in the 1980s, a favourite hymn from Bible Class days, and a dedication to a beloved grandfather: some of the inspirations behind this week's hymn requests. Audio
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Nashville Babylon Summer Speical: 20 January 2024
20 Jan 2024On this week's summer edition of Nashville Babylon there's classic soul from Aaron Neville, blues courtesy of Big Maybelle, a reggae smash from KC While plus a track from Leonard Cohen's Live In… Audio
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Postcards: DJ Kava McIntyre reports back from Berlin's musical melting pot
20 Jan 2024On this episode of Postcards, Wellington expat Kava McIntyre reports back from the musical melting pot of Berlin. Home to more than just 'rave tourism', he shares tracks ranging from dub to drum song… Audio
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Scott Kirkland on 30 years of The Crystal Method
20 Jan 2024Rangi Powick talks to Scott Kirkland, now the sole member of the pioneering big beat outfit, about the origins of their electrifying sound. Video, Audio
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Rapper and producer Waguan on Zulu Milk
20 Jan 2024Zimbabwean-born artist Waguan is a 23-year-old whose music merges Afrobeat and hip hop. He spoke with Maggie Tweedie. Audio
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Ōtautahi Live: Agnes Aleesy
19 Jan 2024Agnes Aleesy joins Alex Harmer in the RNZ Christchurch studio for a chat about her story and to perform some of her music with the band. Video, Audio
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Ōtautahi Live: Ngā Reo Tīoriori
19 Jan 2024Ngā Reo Tīoriori bring you a set of their recordings and chat about their music with RNZ engineer Alex Harmer. Video, Audio
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