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1:00 PM.The astonishingly talented Australian musician Tash Sultana is in New Zealand for four shows. RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone caught up with her to dicuss feminism, mental health and the crazy-big setup… Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.Opetaia Foa'i is the leader of Te Vaka, the group that created the sounds and songs of the Disney hit Moana. He joins us to share six of his favourite songs and reflect on 20 years of bringing Pacific… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Vincent Lum has been playing in Auckland bands for a decade now, and has just released his first solo album. Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Local hip hop heavyweights Illbaz, Melodownz, and Raiza Biza join us in the studio for an interview and live performance, featuring special guests Che Fu and Dirty. Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.Wellington songwriter and producer Josie Moon introduces her new single 'After Hours' Read more Audio

10:53 AM.A love story that transcends culture and faith lies behind a new collaborative album from Shihad’s Jon Toogood. Read more Video, Audio

9:23 AM.The crowd at Kendrick Lamar's Dunedin show kept bouncing and dancing the whole way through the set. Yadana Saw was amongst the thousands at the award-winning rapper's first date in his DAMN. album… Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Benin-born singer Angelique Kidjo pays tribute to an African-inspired classic by Talking Heads. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Gurrumul's producer, collaborator and friend Michael Hohnen talks about the Aboriginal and blind-from-birth musician who was described by Rolling Stone Magazine as "Australia's most important voice".

4:00 PM.The frontman of The Mockers and intrepid sailor Andrew Fagan joins Trevor Reekie for an hour of chat & six of his favourite songs. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Bully are a Nashville based indie-rock band led by Alicia Bognanno. They've released two kick-ass albums in 2013 and last year, and they're in the country to play a couple of shows. Kirsten Johnstone… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Wellington's Club 121 have opened the doors for their biggest rave. Yadana Saw investigates "the rebirth of dance music culture". Read more Audio

12:00 PM.On this week's Pocket Edition the RNZ Music team discuss last week's Silver Scroll nominations, and we talk to Alicia Bognanno, fontwoman for the Sub Pop band Bully. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger delights in the lush folds of a fairytale concept album by Clean founder Hamish Kilgour, but fails to follow the storyline. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Upon the release of his solo venture, The Clean's Hamish Kilgour shares the story of the imaginary kingdom of Finklestein that inspired this latest record. Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.Lance Ferguson,head honcho of Aussie funk outfit The Bamboos on why big bands don't make big bucks. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Tui-winning folk musician Holly Arrowsmith joins us for a live performance. Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.Paul Kennedy from Recorded Music New Zealand explains the rationale behind the new addition to the music sales charts, the Hot 40 and NZ Hot 20 and explains how it aims to freshen up the chart… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Eddie Johnston, under his Lontalius moniker, has just released his first new music in two years. The two songs ‘I Wanted Him’ and ‘That Includes You’ are personal inquiries into lust and love, things… Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger celebrates the 50th anniversary of Music From Big Pink - the debut album of The Band - by taking a deep look at its influences and its effects. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Tony Stamp hosts Dictaphone Blues for a live session. We meet Auckland band Skilaa and a special Matariki treat from Ponguru. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Ponguru is a unique New Zealand recorded work conceived, composed and performed by nga taonga puoro artist Alistair Fraser and double-bassist Phil Boniface, that brings together the low voice of the… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Auckland band Skilaa introduce their song Bluffin'. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Edward Castelow has been making music under the name Dictaphone Blues for around a decade now. His new EP Elastic Meditation is out now, so we invited Ed and his all-star band into the studio to play… Read more Video, Audio