Music

There's a focus this week on the Elements - hymns that reference Earth, Wind, Water or Fire. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark celebrates the birthday of legendary songwriter Willie Dixon with tracks from Etta James, Sam Cooke and Muddy Waters. There's also reggae courtesy of the Mighty… Audio

Janaye Henry is a comedian, actor and content creator. She started making waves in the Wellington comedy scene and won Best Newcomer in 2017. She disappeared for a few years to do theatre tours and… Video, Audio

Tamaki artist Paige is no stranger to Music 101, we've had her in the studio several times over the past five years. She's off to Australia this coming week to play her first overseas shows… Video, Audio

Hemi Hemingway is the alter ego of guitarist and singer Shaun Blackwell, who cut his teeth musically with John the Baptist, an alt-country band from Wellington that formed in 2009. Audio

Tony Stamp reviews Idaho indie, Spanish percussion jams, and Glaswegian dream-pop. Audio

Henry Rollins, the actor, writer, radio host and former singer of punk bands Black Flag and Rollins Band, returns to Aotearoa for a series of his spoken word shows next week. From his hotel room in… Audio

James Paul is co-founder (with Tim Booth) of Black Sand Music Retreats in Whanganui which aims to connect hobbyist musicians. Audio

This week for NZ Live we have Aidan Fine joining us from the Auckland studios. Audio

All three artists in today's music session are from right here in Aotearoa, spanning the range from frazzled country to hectic garage punk to summery electronic daydreams. First up, a couple of… Audio

Tamaki Makaurau musician Zoë Larsen Cumming – who performs under the stage name Babe Martin – has just released her first single: ‘Knocked for Six in BHX’.   Audio

On today’s episode, EDY catches up with So’omalo about new music and his PMA nomination, Cassie Henderson gives us advice on heartbreak and takes the Henderson quiz, and we hear about a soup that’s… Audio

Jane Pierard is a Hawkes Bay music teacher who particularly enjoys working with young people. Audio

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response or ASMR is a perception phenomenon that generates a bioelectric current through auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory or perceptive stimuli. When it passes through… Audio

NZ violinist Benjamin Morrison returns from Vienna to perform with the APO in a dynamic performance of Brahms and Schubert conducted by Giordano Bellincampi.