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7:30 PM.The Beatles 'White Album' is 50 years old and there's a new 6-disc edition to mark the occasion. Nick Bollinger takes a deep dive. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Wellington hip-hop pioneers Upper Hutt Posse have just been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Members Darryl Thomson aka, DLT and Bennett Pomana, aka MC B-Ware, joined us to reminisce and select songs… Read more Video, Audio

3:45 PM.Tami Neilson performs live at Auckland's Town Hall as part of her SASSAFRASS! tour, August 2018. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.When The Phoenix Foundation's Luke Buda decided to write a protest song to bring attention to the “horrific” situation of children detained in Nauru, he was initially intimidated by the subject… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Wellington supergroup Congress of Animals treat us to a stripped-back acoustic sing-along version of their song 'Shine' and chat to Yadana Saw. Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Sylvia Massy has worked with Prince, Tool, and Johnny Cash; Gil Norton has produced for The Pixies, Foo Fighters and Manic Street Preachers; and Clint Murphy has had his fingers on the faders… Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.RNZ Music's Alex Behan was backstage at last night's Vodafone NZ Music Awards, capturing the winner's reactions. He chatted to Troy Kingi, Alien Weaponry, Six60, SWIDT, Brooke Fraser, Sons of Zion and… Read more Video, Audio

2:40 PM.Henry and Pierre Beasley of Balu Brigada have made New York rather than Auckland's North Shore their home for the last few months busily writing new songs and they swing by RNZ to share one 'Old… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Shannen from Palmerston North band Fruit Juice Parade introduces their song Legislation. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Yoko Zuna bring their absurd talent and tech-heavy musical prowess to the RNZ studios. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Shine Your Light is the literal translation of Kia Kaaterama Pou’s name. It’s also the title of her debut EP, which is out today to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Rātana movement. Read more Video, Audio

12:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition we visit the NZVMA Artisan Awards, and host proto-jazz outfit Yoko Zuna for a live session. Read more Audio

3:43 PM."The Loneliest Girl continues Princess Chelsea’s examination of storybook love and, ever so sweetly, defaces each page" said Nick Bollinger of Chelsea Nikkel's latest album. She talks through some of… Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Julien Dyne knows how to make the people dance, as Nick Bollinger discovers. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, we celebrate thirty years of OMAC - the Otara Music and Arts Centre that has been South Auckland's incubator of creative talent. Tony Stamp speaks with Dunedin trip pop… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Hello Sailor's Harry Lyon joins Trevor Reekie for an hour of chat and some of his favourite tunes. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.With their colourful costumes and trance inducing sounds, Orchestra Of Spheres have built a loyal audience both here and overseas. They show us around their Wellington base The Pyramid Club. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Dunedin alt-pop duo Jaggers x Lines have released their debut album Burn Cycle, which mixes trip hop sounds with serious lyrical topics. Tony Stamp had a coffee with beatmaker Morgan and singer Eliana… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.OMC, Ardijah, King Kapisi and Annie Crummer are just a few of the names that have come through OMAC - the Ōtara Music Arts Centre, which is celebrating 30 years of fostering musical talent in South… Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Slow jams and politics coexist on Neneh Cherry's new album. Nick Bollinger listens. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Tali makes a welcome return to the world of drum and bass with her new album Love and Migration. Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.Pop singer-songwriter Kira Puru is taking off in Australia. Kira – who's of Māori heritage – has recently released her first, self-titled EP on which she celebrates dancefloors and diversity. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Romance and disappointment go hand in hand in the bittersweet pop of Princess Chelsea, as Nick Bollinger discovers. Read more Audio