Kia ora and nau mai! Happy new year and welcome to the first Music 101 of 2022.

Tony Stamp will be hosting a show bursting with great tunes and summer vibes!

Tony Stamp

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12:00 Massive Attack's Blue Lines: The near perfect debut album turns 30

Massive Attack's Blue Lines is considered to be the beginning of trip hop/chill out music. To mark its 30th anniversary Guardian UK's Alexis Petridis reflects on one of Britain's most influential albums.

1:00 The Sampler: Best reissues of 2021

Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite reissued albums and archival compilations of 2021, including Japanese ambient, West African funk, grunge icons and more.

2:00 Reb Fountain - The Boy Next Door Auckland Arts Festival 2021

In this concert NZ singer Reb Fountain pays tribute to another outstanding songwriter: Nick Cave. Together with her band and The Black Quartet, she presents her interpretations of some of Nick Cave's greatest songs

3:00 Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History

In this six-part series Phil Bell presents a deep dive into the origins and stories of this country’s love of Hip hop – talking to the originators the instigators, and the influencers about how Hip Hop has imprinted itself on the fabric of New Zealand’s music culture.

All 6 episodes in this series are currently available on demand at Rova.

4:00 The Mixtape - Sam Hunt

Sam Hunt talks to Trevor Reekie about his enduring passion for words and rhyme and includes a tasteful selection of songs that continue to resonate with him.