Music

Collaborators Sophie Linday and Peau Halapua talk to Bryan Crump about the incidental music they've created for Sophie's play, ÉMILIE, the story of Émilie Du Châtelet, the woman who translated the… Audio

For Bookmarks this week we talk Dr Kerryn Palmer. She's not a medical doctor but rather has a PhD in devising theatre for and with young people. Audio

Over the past two years Andrew Wilson has experienced love, loss, and rediscovery, and not in the way you might be thinking. He tells his story to Susie. Audio

This week Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan celebrates the music of Nile Rodgers who has just announced NZ show, and talks us through the Laneway Line up and the changes to the boutique festival. Audio

Waikato-raised, Portugal-based soprano Madison Nonoa is back home for the first time since the Covid pandemic. She's playing Cupid in Black Grace & NZ Opera's co-production of the dance-opera (m)Orphe… Audio

Before Harry Sinclair moved onto a successful film career and Don McGlashan formed The Mutton Birds, the two founded the iconic Kiwi band The Front Lawn. Musician and writer Matthew Bannister has… Audio

On today’s show, Sasha Borissenko unpacks the facts about fat with Evie, So'omālō catches up with Samoan country duo The Miti’s, and we figure out what’s going on with the Pak n Save AI which created… Audio

A worldwide search has been launched to find one of the planet's most iconic musical instruments - Paul McCartney's original Höfner bass guitar.

It's called the Lost Bass Project and they're… Audio

A worldwide search has been launched to find one of the planet's most iconic musical instruments - Paul McCartney's original Höfner bass guitar. It's called the Lost Bass Project and they're appealing… Audio

Performed by violinist Bella Hristova and pianist Michael Houstoun at a recital in Auckland Concert Chamber, 4 September 2023. Audio

Performed by violinist Bella Hristova and pianist Michael Houstoun at a recital in Auckland Concert Chamber, 4 September 2023. Audio

Performed by violinist Bella Hristova and pianist Michael Houstoun at a recital in Auckland Concert Chamber, 4 September 2023. Audio

New life springs forth in the much-loved 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' by Ralph Vaughan Williams, which is paired with the lush and deeply moving Fifth Symphony by Sibelius. And NZ pianist…

NZTrio pianist Somi Kim takes time out to speak to Bryan Crump about her busy schedule of solo and chamber performances including Homeland, the trio's three-part concert series. Audio

A local queen of hip-hop, soul and R&B, Ladi6 (MNZM) has released several critically acclaimed albums spanning multiple genres. Now she has received this year's Arts Foundation Laureates 'Theresa… Audio

This week Trevor features new music from NZ singer-songwriter Ebony Lamb and a classic from the father of 'Ethio jazz', Mulatu Astatke. Audio

It's been 33 years since Guy Wishart carried off a Silver Scroll for rock 'n' roll, but his latest outing, released on the arthouse label of Rattle Records, finds the weathered singer-songwriter… Audio

The UK band Slowdive is now considered one of the most influential shoegaze bands in the world.

Bass player Nick Chaplin has been a member of Slowdive since its formation and talks to Maggie Tweedie… Video, Audio