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4:00 PM.Founding member of the Mutton Birds David Long Joins Yadana Saw to discuss his work as a composer for film and TV as well as his time in one of New Zealand's best loved bands of the 1990s. Audio

2:30 PM.Auckland's Tei introduces us to her song 'Britney'. Audio

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The Hallelujah Picassos were a bunch of happy musical misfits, resident in the Auckland CBD from 1988 til 1996. The Picassos mixed up genres with unabashed glee, slamming them… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Up-and-coming singer Lou'ana and her seven-piece band join RNZ Music's Tony Stamp in the RNZ studios. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.The same day he flew back from the UK Louis Baker joined Tony Stamp in the RNZ studio to talk about his new album: Open. Read more Audio

5:01 PM.The Song Crush team this week has new music ranging from scandipop to jazz. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by RNZ Afternoons producer Emile Donovan, Inside Out host Nick Tipping, and RNZ Music’s… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we meet American outsider artist Lonnie Holley, and learn about Girls Rock Camp Wellington. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Taken from his family as a toddler, Lonnie Holley had a traumatic childhood - neglect, abuse, being hit by a car, put in a prison camp, and living through the Civil Rights movement of mid-60s… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Indira Stewart is the host of RNZ's new 5am news show First Up. She's also a very talented musician. The former music teacher and NZ Idol runner up joins Tony Stamp to discuss healing after… Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.The first Girls Rock Camp in Wellington is happening this July. Yadana Saw talks to the organiser Brooke Singer and student Holly Curtis about what people can expect from the week long programme. Audio

1:10 PM.Elliott Childs talks to Variety's Senior Music Editor Jem Aswad and NZ music expert Simon Grigg about the devastating archive fire that hit Universal Music in 2008 and what it means for New Zealand… Read more Audio

7:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to sixteen year old pop savant Ruel, and Seth Haapu talks us through his new song 'All For You'. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Suzy Cato, anointed as Aotearoa's favourite babysitter, shares her mixtape of tunes and tales while dispensing her charming life advice to Yadana Saw. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.16 year old singer/songwriter Ruel talks to Yadana Saw about his burgeoning career and the ups and downs of collaborative songwriting. Audio

2:10 PM.Nick Bollinger joins Yadana Saw in the RNZ studio to bid farewell to New Orleans music legend Dr John, who died this week at the age of 77. Audio

1:00 PM.Ōtautahi's Marley Sola introduces his new song 'Heaven'.  Read more Audio

5:06 PM.The Song Crush team this week listens to Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker's evolution, new songs from Sleater-Kinney, Purple Pilgrims, Lower Dens and more. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by Tony… Read more Video, Audio

8:00 AM.It’s been 16 years since Scott Mannion released music with his duo The Tokey Tones. Now he's back with his first ever solo album, Loving Echoes. RNZ Music is stoked to the first to share his video for… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Once: The Musical has hit Auckland's Waterfront Theatre. Lead cast members Lisa Crawley and Adam Ogle swing by the RNZ Studio to perform the Academy Award winning song 'Falling Slowly'. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Milly Olykan is a New Zealander who's job is to take Nashville - more specifically country music - to the world. For the RNZ Music Mixtape Milly shares some of the songs that have accompanied her… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Napster, the pioneering file-sharing service that almost destroyed the record industry, turns 20 this month. Music journalist and author Steve Knopper joins RNZ Music to discuss the lasting effect… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz of '60s pop group the Monkees are performing in NZ this month. RNZ Music's Elliott Childs spoke to Nesmith as he was enjoying a somewhat hazy afternoon in the Los Angeles… Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Te Kōtare is a waiata resource for young New Zealanders. The crowdfunded project was dreamed up by the late Jenny Shearer, an early childhood teacher who did not live to see her ambitions fulfilled… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Elroy Finn is the son of one of New Zealand's most beloved musicians, Neil Finn. He's also a musician in his own right and has just released his debut album, Elroy. He spoke to RNZ Music's Tony Stamp… Read more Video, Audio

4:29 PM.The Song Crush team have comebacks from alt-rock greats Sebadoh and Bill Callahan, an educational jam from Jamila Woods, and more fresh musical treats.   Read more Video, Audio