Bill Direen

We recently reported the National Library had entered into a contract to dispose of up to 600,000 books. Earlier this evening in Wellington, a group of authors protested the Library's actions. The… Audio

Bill Direen of The Bilders fame is back with a new band and an album that bears its name, Ferocious. William Dart looks at some of Direen's new music, together with a few Bilders classics and a… Video, Audio

Bill Direen popped into the studio for a tune on our virtual sofa. Audio

Grant Smithies keeps it local, with music from guitar pop renegades The Beths, itinerant Christchurch writer-musician Bill Direen and Shihad frontman Jon Toogood's multicultural mash-up side-project… Audio

Bill Direen is a polymath: a musician, writer and performer who has been creating work across a variety of media since the late 1970s. He speaks to Nick Bollinger about his music and influences and… Audio

Poet and singer songwriter, Bill Direen joins us to perform a song in our Auckland studio ahead of his show tonight at the Audio Foundation in Auckland, Expendable Animals: Songs and Improvisations by… Audio

In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Alex Behan delves into local drum and bass artists Tali and Shapeshifter. Kiran Dass meets with Flying Nun artist Bill Direen, and some new tunes by Bonobo and The… Audio

With their 1983 album Beatin Hearts, Bill Direen's 'The Builders' were the first group to release a long playing studio album on Flying Nun Records. Beatin Hearts has just been re-issued by Brooklyn's… Audio

Nick Bollinger revisits a Flying Nun classic from Bill Direen's Builders. Audio