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1:20 PM.Lily West from Mermaiden's joins Yadana Saw to discuss the bands new single 'You Maintain the Stain' and the process of putting your music on vinyl in 2019. Audio

1:18 PM.We warm up for the release of Cuz I Love You, the third album from booty-shaking self-loving flute-tooting star Lizzo, get tantric with Rosie Lowe, swept away by the charms of Argentinian trio Fémina… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to DJ IllBaz ahead of his performance at the Aroha Nui Christchurch benefit shows, and country music critic Grady Smith tells us about the recent collision… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Controversy erupted this week when 'Old Town Road' by Atlanta Rapper Lil Nas X was removed from the Billboard Country charts for not being Country enough. Yadana Saw talks to country music critic and… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Karyn Rachtman is one of the most influential music supervisors in the world, due to her work on film soundtracks including Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights and Moulin Rouge. Joining us for the RNZ Music… Read more Video, Audio

2:10 PM.Saffron Guinness talks to Yadana Saw about the history of the Leigh Sawmill Cafe. After 22 years of being owned and operated by the Guinness family, the Sawmill Cafe is changing management. To… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Singer/Songwriter Louis Baker plays his new song 'The People' live in the Music 101 studio and talks to Yadana Saw about filming the video for the song in Newtown. Audio

1:05 PM.Viral pop songstress Theia is about to release her new EP Not Your Princess, she speaks to Yadana Saw about growing into her music career. Read more Video, Audio

4:39 PM.The Song Crush team this week listen to new releases ranging from homegrown, colloquial hip-hop to grown-up love songs, Japanese indie pop to British Brexit music.  Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we catch up with Irish singer-songwriter Hozier, Pop songwriter Jenna Andrews, and local dub merchant Christoph El' Truento. Audio

3:30 PM.Christoph El' Truento is perhaps best known as the beat-making brains behind hip hop outfit @Peace, as well as lending his skills to the likes of Homebrew and Avantdale Bowling Club - to name a few. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Booka Shade are one of the most acclaimed electronic acts in the world. In Auckland recently to play a show, the German duo sat down with RNZ's Tony Stamp. Read more Audio

3:18 PM.Jim Pinckney remembers the music and career of The Beat frontman and 80s two-tone and ska pioneer Ranking Roger (born Roger Charlery) who passed away this week age 56. Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.Jenna Andrews works in the Los Angeles pop industry, co-writing with heavyweights like Drake, Jennifer Lopez and Max Martin. In Auckland recently for SongHubs - an event that saw her working with… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.At only 17 years old, gloomy pop merchant Billie Eilish has just released her long-awaited debut album When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?  Last year, Billie played the Laneway Festival and Yadana… Read more Video, Audio

1:40 PM.Adam Hattaway from Adam Hattaway and The Haunters introduces their song 'Turn Around'. Read more Audio

1:05 PM.Ahead of his New Zealand concert, Irish singer-songwriter Hozier talks to Yadana Saw about writing the follow-up to his smash hit of 2013, 'Take Me To Church'. Read more Video, Audio

6:00 PM.Pop prodigy Billie Eilish's long awaited debut LP is out, and who better to give it a first listen than a group of 11-13 year old young women? Plus we have new music from Flume, Lafawndah, SOAK and… Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Persian-Kiwi rapper Chaii, and UK DJ Vadim. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.This week's RNZ Mixtape selectors Broods share their favourite songs. Brother and sister Caleb and Georgia Nott talk about their musical family and unreal Los Angeles life with Yadana Saw. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Cha Wa is a Grammy-nominated Mardi Gras Indian funk band based out of New Orleans, Louisiana. Front man, J'Wan Boudreaux, carries his cultural origins by dressing in traditional Mardi Gras Indian… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Kiwi expat and music industry professional Milly Olykan on her role in bringing country music to the world, and why women in country are often writing more interesting songs than their male… Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.CHAII came to New Zealand as an 8-year-old Iranian immigrant who learned to speak English by rapping to Eminem. Her debut single 'Digebasse (Enough)', with lyrics in both English and Farsi, has taken… Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Traditional Greek music ensemble Rebetien perform the song 'Gineka Pou Psifizi' especially for RNZ Music at WOMAD 2019. Read more Video, Audio