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2:00 PM.Kiwi musician Maddie North AKA So Below talks about her new EP II. Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.The genre-agnostic Grammy-winning musical chameleon that is Beck sits down for a frank exploration of his humble beginnings and his musical legacy. Read more Video, Audio

4:00 PM.Hugh Sundae started his career as a volunteer at Auckland's 95bFM when he was fourteen. Twenty five years later he's just finished a three year stint as General Manager. In this week's Mixtape Hugh… Read more Video, Audio

3:40 PM.Hybrid Rose introduces her song System Corrupt. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Thundercat AKA Stephen Bruner speaks with Yadana Saw about Erykah Badu, why he loves comedy and how he might work for us. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Jack Antonoff is perhaps best known as the co-writer and producer of Lorde's album Melodrama. He's also worked with Taylor Swift, St Vincent and recently played New Zealand with his solo project… Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.Director Sophie Fiennes spent five years making Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami - a film that gets close to the Jamaican icon, both on stage and off. Read more Video, Audio

9:09 AM.A lawyer who left the profession after suffering years of inappropriate sexual behaviour from male colleagues is appalled at what she calls 'inaction' by the Law Society in the wake of the Russell… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.The King's Arms Tavern was built in the late 1800s and has been hosting the who's who of New Zealand music since the mid 90s, but it's being bowled for apartments. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Elemeno P frontman Dave Gibson is this week's RNZ Music Mixtape selector. He chooses some songs and has a yarn with Yadana Saw. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's pocket edition, Number 1 Outkast fan Alex Behan speaks with Big Boi. Tony Stamp is on the phone to Meghan Remy of U.S. Girls and we meet the Wesley Intermediate Steel Drum band. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Auckland musician Merk has interned with Neil Finn, attended the Red Bull Music Academy, and just signed an Australian record deal.

He performed two songs live in the RNZ studio. Read more Audio

3:15 PM.On a hot summer's night in Wellington, Israel Starr and his backing band Newtown Rocksteady record some tunes and sit down for a korero with Yadana Saw. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Meghan Remy has been making lo-fi pop music for a decade now under the name U.S. Girls.
On her eighth album In A Poem Unlimited she's delivered her most accessible, highly acclaimed album so far, but… Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.Big Boi AKA Sir Luscious Leftfoot AKA Daddy Fat Sax AKA one half of Outkast AKA the man who invented being cooler than a polar bear's toenails is visiting New Zealand to play two shows in mid-March. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.RNZ Music visited Wesley Intermediate where a group of young students are learning to play steel pans, to perform as part of a band at Aotearoa's first-ever Steel Band Festival. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger discusses the golden voice and grief-soaked second album of Marlon Williams. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Trevor Reekie talks to Jim Wilson, founder and owner of New Zealand's most successful poster and publicity company, Phantom Billstickers. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Jordie lane is an Australian singer-songwriter and storyteller. He and his band The Sleepers are touring New Zealand at the moment, playing diverse venues, from sitting rooms to music festival… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.A Tribe Called Red are a Canadian electronic duo who draw heavily on indigenous First Nations music. Ahead of their appearance at Auckland Arts Festival, RNZ Music's Tony Stamp spoke to founding… Read more Video, Audio

2:20 PM.The surprise release of a collection of songs by Celia Mancini is the result of a project orchestrated by the musician herself, shortly before her sudden death last September. Melbourne-based… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Lyttelton's Marlon Williams has just released his second album Make Way For Love. It meditates on love, jealousy, the difficulties of relationships and having your heart broken. Marlon speaks with… Read more Video, Audio