RNZ Music Summer Highlights

Former Fur Patrol frontwoman Julia Deans plays an intimate, show at 'secret' Christchurch music venue The Shelter. Audio

Reggae dons Katchafire joins Music 101 for a special live recording at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studio. Audio

Auckland pop-rockers Miss June join Music 101 for a special live recording at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studio. Audio

Powerhouse Countr Queen Tami Neilson, supported by a 12-piece orchestra and special guests, joined Music 101 for a live recording at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studio. Audio

Persian/kiwi rapper Chaii joins Music 101 for a special live recording at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studio. Audio

If anyone was expecting a total sonic overhaul on this second album they are out of luck. Still, no one writes more memorable, heart-melting odes to self-doubt than Liz Stokes. Best of all is the… Read more Audio

Indie-popsters The Beths play songs from their latest album "Jump Rope Gazers" live on Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan. Audio

Dylan's first album of new material in eight years rambles through blues, jazz, country, ancient folksong and even Tin Pan Alley, while his lyrics, labyrinthine as ever, collage Greek mythology, Roman… Read more Audio

On his second album, the Ghanian-American singer takes his deconstructed soul music a step further, at times going to some unsettling sonic places, yet it all revolves around his extraordinary voice… Read more Audio

Mike Hadreas elaborates on the theme that has driven the work of this queer-identifying artist for a decade: intimacy and the complexity of feelings that follow. But with rich, diverse arrangements… Read more Audio

Epic in both sound and scope, the songs of Wellington's Kiki Van Newtown telescope from domestic heartbreak to mythic visions. Sonically big, conceptually big, but also big as in grown-up, this is… Read more Audio

It's dark, mysterious music Reb Fountain makes; stark chords framing a voice that can switch from a whisper to a wail and does at various times during this brooding, slow-burner of an album. The songs… Read more Audio