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2:10 PM.Mississippi musician Cedric Burnside talks to Elliott Childs about his relationship to the Blues and being the grandson of Hill Country Blues legend R.L Burnside. Read more Video, Audio

1:14 PM.Front-person of Auckland Pop band Openside, Possum Plows talks to Yadana Saw about the band's new EP and how their LGBTQI identy influences their music. Audio

3:54 PM.The Song Crush team this week have songs to make you bounce in your chair, others to make you weep. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by Tony Stamp and Brad ‘Sticky’ Warrington for new tunes by Jess B… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Aldous Harding about her beguiling new album Designer, and Troy Kingi tells us about his first te reo Māori song. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.This week's RNZ Music Mixtape selector is Henry Oliver. Currently the editor at Metro Magazine, he's also been the bassist in Die Die Die, a proprietor of popular K'Rd bar DOC, and a budding tennis… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Sydney-born Meg Mac is selling out shows across the world and being compared to the likes of Adele. Ahead of her second New Zealand show at Auckland's Tuning Fork she spoke to Bridie Chetwin-Kelly. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Tiki Taane talks to RNZ Music about one of his many gigs - live sound engineer for Shapeshifter. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Auckland singer-songwriter Lilly Carron introduces her song 'Evaporate The Rain'. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.On this week's Song Crush we delve into UK hip hop, doom rock, alt-country and plenty in between, with help from Wallace Chapman and Leilani Momoisea Read more Video, Audio

9:00 AM.New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding teases with cryptic lyrics and a feather-weight feeling on her third album Designer. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the woman behind the songs.  Read more Video, Audio

10:54 AM.American teen doom-pop sensation Billie Eilish played to a sold-out Spark Arena in Auckland recently. Well-jaded concert goer Yadana Saw chaperones two 12-year-old fans for their first ever concert… Read more Video, Audio

3:35 PM.Originally from Benin, Angelique Kidjo has had a stellar career that saw her begin singing from the age of 6 and after escaping political turmoil in Africa to France. Where she rose from poverty to… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Troy Kingi, Mara TK and Mark Vanilau are Love and Hope. To coincide with Te Matatini, the national kapa haka championships, the trio played Wellington's Old St. Pauls for a special night with friends… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.To mark the end of the Red Bull Music Academy- a yearly worldwide programme of lectures and workshops- we invited four Kiwi graduates to share their experiences. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.The Song Crush squad gets swept away by Weyes Blood, celebrates staying home with Hybrid Rose and Fanfickk, and samples Meer's aural cuisine. Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we speak to Australian chart-topper Matt Corby, and Damon Krukowski from Galaxie 500 explains his podcast Ways of Hearing, which tackles the ways digital audio is… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Ill Baz is one of the acts performing at the upcoming You Are Us/Aroha Nui benefit shows, raising money for those affected by the Christchurch terror attack. He talks to Tony Stamp about growing up… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Auckland rapper Tom Scott's collaborative project Avantdale Bowling Club has taken out the 2019 Taite Music Prize, which recognises outstanding creativity in an album. He joined Kirsten Johnstone to… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 AM.Bob Marley played his first and only NZ concert on Monday, 16 April 1979, at Auckland's Western Springs. Gareth Shute looks back on that visit and the seismic effect it had on this country's… Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Grant Smithies is a music critic, writer, reviewer and record store owner. He shares his favourite songs and tales of alternative careers in his mixtape with Yadana Saw. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Auckland hip hop artist Samson Pax introduces us to his track 'Coast' Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Singer/songwriter Marlon Williams talks to Yadana Saw ahead of tonight's You Are Us (Aroha Nui) concert in Auckland. Audio

2:30 PM.A new book and podcast explores how digital audio has affected our lives. Author and former Galaxie 500 drummer Damon Krukowski talks to Elliott Childs about Ways of Hearing. Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Australian singer-songwriter Matt Corby has won multiple Aria Awards, and spent a good deal of time at the top of the Aussie music charts. He spoke to RNZ's Tony Stamp about being an introverted fella… Read more Video, Audio