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4:10 PM.Proud was a 1994 compilation of South Auckland artists and it paved the way for OMC's worldwide hit, 'How Bizarre'. Nick Bollinger talks to Proud's producer Alan Jansson. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Nick Atkinson spoke to a DJ, an academic and several musicians to find out about the local take on this Jamaican sound. Read more Audio

9:00 AM.Flying Nun runs as a cooperative, with profits spent on new recordings. Lessons are learned about contracts and initial international forays. Read more Audio

9:00 AM.It took a bright idea, $50, and a lot of good will for Flying Nun Records to start documenting NZ's South Island music scene in 1981. Read more Audio

11:55 PM.Father and son musicians Peter and Tom Scott talk about their shared musical beginnings, and the family ties that bind with Sam Wicks. Read more Audio

11:55 PM.In 1948 20-year-old Pixie Williams became one of Aotearoa's earliest recording stars with 'Blue Smoke', a song written by Ruru Karaitiana. Now 83, Pixie's old 78 RPMs have been dusted off and… Read more Audio

9:00 AM.Paul Diamond explores how Melbourne used music as a means of protest and advocacy for cultural, social and environmental issues. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Great music is timeless and here is a song that remains the same, regardless of which generation of local musicians revisit it: 'She's A Mod'.

Radio New Zealand music reporter Sam Wicks talks to Ray… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Kearney Barton has a CV that dates back to the recordings of The Sonics, The Ventures, The Frantics and umpteen 1960's North Western USA garage bands. In 2009 Trevor Reekie tracked down the cultural… Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Liam has been a surprise musical highlight of 2007, providing some of the catchiest pop songs, a thrilling one-man-band show, and, in the words of one reviewer "the best album by any Finn in the last… Read more Audio

9:00 AM.Enjoy the the laid-back sound of Breaks Co-Op performing live at Leigh Sawmill in May 2006. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.This 2003 episode of Musical Chairs tells the story of one of the pivotal figures from 1960s rock and roll. From his late teens Max was a musician’s musician, both as a performer in his own right, as… Read more Audio