Music

Plans for a new music complex in the capital have taken a step forward.

Victoria University of Wellington, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington City Council have been working on plans to… Audio

Former King's Singer Tim Wayne-Wright talks to Bryan Crump about giving up the globetrotting life to settle in New Zealand with his partner and young family. Video, Audio

Today for our Tuesday music feature we're celebrating one of the greatest names in jazz, Herbie Hancock. The pianist and composer emerged in the 1960s playing in Miles Davis's quintet. Later, as a… Audio

For fans of the dulcet tones of Irish performer Daniel O'Donnell, some good news, he's back on our shores for the first time since 2017. The singing legend is armed with a show full of Irish standards… Audio

On today's show, Pratik is back in the studio to tell us about Palworld, we recap Usher’s Super Bowl show plus uncover the rat takeover of a Dunners supermarket Audio

Taking its inspiration from a famed Taranaki show band, an exhibition in New Plymouth is transporting visitors on a journey back in time through the fashion, music and technology of the 1960s, 70s and… Audio

The company behind a Hawke's Bay music festival has collapsed, leaving dozens of musicians and crew thousands of dollars out of pocket. The two day Nest Fest in Hastings in early January featured big… Video, Audio

Musical storytellers Tanya Batt and Peter Forster talk to Bryan Crump about Bat's Incredible: their celebration of mammals from the order Chiroptera. Audio

The music career of John Oates is legendary. He's in both the Songwriter and Rock and Roll hall of fame as a songwriter, guitarist and one half of the 70's and 80's hit music machine Hall and Oates… Audio

Taylormania has hit the southern hemisphere. The Swifties are out in the thousands.

The megastar's first show across the Tasman will be on Friday in Melbourne. But the fanfare is already here and… Audio

Two AUT academics are taking their Taylor Swift obsession to the next extreme at a Swiftposium in Melbourne, ahead of the star's Australian tour Audio

Music from the world with Jadid Ensemble, Straw People, Wu Man and flamenco Indian band, Indialucia. Audio

For those with a hankering to experience the magic of Joni Mitchell in concert, William Dart looks through 58 years of it from Toronto coffee houses in the mid-60s to her recently released triumph at… Audio

"We're all trying to kind of find some sound that links us together," celebrated New Zealand musician Neil Finn tells Culture 101 in an upcoming interview. Video, Audio

There’s a reflective feel to this week’s selection of listener requests, with hymns including There is a balm in Gilead, Nearer my God to thee, and Margaret Rizza’s Prayer for Peace. Audio