Recent Music Stories
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Grayson Gilmour: RNZ Music Live Session
9 Dec 2023Poneke musician Grayson Gilmour has released his new album ‘Holding patterns’ and is currently celebrating with a nationwide tour.
We invited Grayson - and his band to come into the RNZ studios in… Video, Audio
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Home Brew's Tom Scott on their first new music in 11 years
9 Dec 2023HOME BREW 'Run It Back' Video, Audio
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French For Rabbits navigate treacherous terrain on their latest EP
9 Dec 2023Tony Stamp reviews a string-laden set from the Wellington band. Video, Audio
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There's beauty in the murk of Damien Jurado's Motorcycle Madness
9 Dec 2023Tony Stamp reviews a mysterious collection of retro jams by the American singer-songwriter. Audio
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Home Brew return older and wiser on Run It Back
9 Dec 2023Tony Stamp reviews a reflective selection from the acclaimed local hip-hop duo. Audio
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SAMPHA- ‘I had a very nutritious musical upbringing’
9 Dec 2023Sampha Sisay, A.K.A SAMPHA is a British singer, producer, musician and songwriter known for his smooth and rich voice. He first burst onto the music scene working with electronic music producer… Video, Audio
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Crisis and Opportunity
9 Dec 2023The fourth album in NZ drummer Myele Manzanza's Crisis and Opportunity series reflects on life as a musician in London during Covid. Audio
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Out Late with Finn
8 Dec 2023He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. It's Finn Johansson. Audio
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RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op 32
8 Dec 2023Performed by Read Gainsford at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 8 December 2023. Audio
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SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16
8 Dec 2023Performed by Read Gainsford at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 8 December 2023. Audio
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BACH: Sarabande, from Partita No 1 in Bb
8 Dec 2023Performed by Read Gainsford at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 8 December 2023. Audio
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Liliya UGAY: Raqs ("Dance")
8 Dec 2023Performed by Read Gainsford at the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival, University of Auckland Music Theatre, 8 December 2023. Audio
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Music Alive: Whakatipu Festival 2022 Young Artist Recitals #4
8 Dec 2023This festival was created to give early-career NZ musicians a performance opportunity during COVID. In this concert you’ll hear music by violinist Hazuki Katsukawa, viola player Zephyr Wills, and… Audio
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Lewis Eady International Piano Festival 2023: Read Gainsford
8 Dec 2023Florida-based NZ pianist Read Gainsford performs a recital themed around the idea of 'fantasy'. Audio
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'Trying to recapture their glory days' - Why vinyl still spins us round and round
8 Dec 2023In an age of cloud downloads and endless streaming, there's still a love for the physical media, as RNZ's Robin Martin found at the New Plymouth Record Fair. Audio
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Christmas at the cathedral
8 Dec 2023"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" goes the popular Christmas song. David Morriss finds out what the lead-up to Christmas is like for Wellington Cathedral Music Director, Michael Stewart. Audio
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Music 101 with Kara Rickard
8 Dec 2023This week Kara Rickard is hosting Music 101 here from 1pm. She shares with Jesse what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on the show tomorrow and because Friday is new… Audio
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NZ Live: The Teskey Brothers
8 Dec 2023This week for NZ Live we have the super talented Australian band The Teskey Brothers. The band, started by brothers Josh and Sam, are on tour here with their new album The Winding Way. Their concerts… Audio
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First Song - Mel Stevenson
8 Dec 2023Mel Stevenson is an award-winning teenage, horn-driven, long-haired, funk band from Wellington. Growing a reputation in the Wellington music scene while also being Cuba street regulars, they draw huge… Audio
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New music with Jeremy Taylor
8 Dec 2023Jeremy plays tracks off debut solo albums from Harp and Andre 3000, plus the epic prog-folk of Dublin's Lankum. Audio
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The Barber Shop Sessions | Episode 5: Rachel
8 Dec 2023Rachel pays homage to one of her adored ancestors, Matiretoha, in a waiata composed by Troy & Huia Kingi, before taking to the mic and performing her original love song, I te Pō. Video
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Music Alive: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra - "Dvořák Cello Concerto"
7 Dec 2023French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière joins the APO to perform Dvořák's ever-popular concerto in a programme that also includes the bracing Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski and a… Audio
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NZSO: The Art of Fugue
7 Dec 2023NZSO Sessions 2022: Art of Fugue
Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen and principle oboe Robert Orr join with members of the NZSO to perform extracts from Bach's The Art of Fugue, his Concerto for… Audio
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Taking a walk on the dark side
7 Dec 2023It's been a good year for the brilliant young musician Henry Meng. First he placed second in the National Concerto Competition, now he's just won the Todd Young Composer Award for 2023. Video, Audio
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