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7:30 PM.In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger discusses an album that explores the Puerto Rican heritage of Hurray For The Riff Raff's Alynda Lee Segarra; and an unexpected late-career detour into swing-era… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In the Music 101 Pocket Edition DJ Shadow fan Alex Behan speaks with the DJ himself, Trevor Reekie speaks with Benny Paul of New Orleans' brass ensemble Hot 8 Brass Band and Yadana Saw meets Claire… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Love them or loathe them, you can't deny Jethro Tull's rightful place in the pantheon of classic rock. En-route to New Zealand for shows next week, Kirsten Johnstone speaks to Ian Anderson, the… Read more Video, Audio

1:15 PM.DJ Shadow talks about his attitude to hip hop, his influence and his influences ahead of his New Zealand show. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark performs two songs and talks about her recent success. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Claire Duncan used to make music as Dear Time's Waste, but now goes by the name i.e. crazy. She talks to Yadana Saw about relocating to Berlin, mental health and being true to her art. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Mana Magazine editor Leonie Hayden talks us through six of her favourite songs, and her life and career thus far. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.For over 20 years, one of the most popular and visible funk-style brass bands in New Orleans has been the Hot 8 Brass Band. Sousaphone player Benny Pete talks to Trevor Reekie backstage at WOMAD 2017.

3:45 PM.Kelsely Abaza introduces us to his experimental, classical track 'Alike are Brotherly Veins' Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Drum & Bass icon Andy C talks with mega-fan David Ridler ahead of his upcoming New Zealand shows. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Tony Stamp picks through the legacy of Roland founder Ikotaru Kakehashi, who died on April 1st. Read more Video, Audio

2:35 PM.Nick Bollinger talks to Joshua Tillman - the artist better known as Father John Misty - about comedy, tragedy and the human condition. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.The Map Room perform songs from their second album Weatherless and talk about travel, music and staying in the moment. Read more Video, Audio

1:50 PM.RNZ Music is proud to present the first look at Ria Hall's brand new video for her latest release 'Tell Me', featuring Che Fu. Read more Video, Audio

1:15 PM.Lord Echo AKA Mike Fabulous gets grilled by Yadana Saw about the challenges he set himself in the making of his new album Harmonies. Read more Video, Audio

1:05 PM.Damian Vaughan from Recorded Music New Zealand helps Music 101's Alex Behan break down recent figures showing a double digit rise in music earnings for the second year running. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger decodes the Latin quote behind Laura Marling's new album Semper Femina. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.A fixture of Wellington's musical landscape, a pioneer in this country's experimental and jazz scenes, Drummer Anthony Donaldson comes armed with a clutch of rare records for the mixtape. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw and Nick Bollinger speak with one of Living Colour, Sam Wicks checks in with fellow ex-pat Melburnian Jon Toogood and Tony Stamp is on the phone to Future Islands'… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Wellington musician Lake South performs a few songs from his debut solo album before he heads over to France for shows with his duo Wellington Sea Shanty Society. Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.Jon Toogood has called Melbourne home for the last 18 years, and it's here that he's readying his forthcoming Solo & Acoustic tour, a nine-date run that will see the Shihad frontman reduce and refine… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Nick Bollinger and Yadana Saw speak with Living Colour's Vernon Reid and Doug Wimbish. Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.American synth-pop outfit Future Islands are about to release their 5th album The Far Field. Frontman Samuel Herring talked to Music 101 about his vast array of influences. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.The small settlement of Te Mata, just south of Raglan in the Waikato, is the home of new label, Red Robin Records.  The label’s founders - Michael ‘Red Robin’ Robins and producer Naram - are using… Read more Video, Audio

11:00 AM.Fran/ Bar Group introduce their song 'Same Name'. Read more Audio