Music
NZ Music Month: Spotlight on Space Waltz
This week, for New Zealand Music Month, Ian Chapman celebrates one of New Zealand's most loved but shortest-lived bands from the mid-1970s: Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz. From a #1 smash hit, 'Out On… Audio
AIsis - new music for Oasis fans...but there's a catch
Calling all Oasis fans... a new album has just dropped... but there's a big catch. The eight-song mixtape, in the legendary 90s band's signature style, is fake... a computer stimulation of what… Audio
Opera trailblazer Sid Chand
Young tenor Sid Chand is the first person of Fijian-Indian ancestry to take part in NZ Opera's Artist Development Programme. Audio
Music feature: Sting and The Police
Marty Jones is back in the studio with Jesse. This week he's in to talk Sting and The Police. Audio
Mel Parsons performs her new song 'Tiny Days'
In her new song 'Tiny Days', folk songwriter Mel Parsons gets real about the highs and lows of parenting for the first time. "It's the hardest thing I've ever done, hands down, and I'm sure it's the… Video, Audio
The TAHI Tuesday 9th May 2023
On this episode of The TAHI we hear from RNZ Pacific journalist Lydia Lewis about Dawn Raids still taking place . Ex NBA Player and culture icon Shaq is making music and we must discuss it. Also the… Audio
Organ and Choir Celebration
Young musicians Zosia Herlihy-O'Brien and Takerei Komene are taking part in a special concert at Auckland Town Hall this weekend. Audio
Jon Toogood on Harvest Come Together concerts
Come Together concerts are back for 2023. This time some of the greatest rock albums of all times will be featured. First up is Harvest by Neil Young with a superstar line up of local musicians… Audio
ISCM World New Music Days - 'Kēkēao'
Mark Menzies and friends perform a programme of music from Aotearoa, Slovakia, Latvia, UK, and Finland. Audio
Coming up
Worlds of Music 7 May, 2023
Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
Remembering Harry Belafonte
William Dart looks the legacy of the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte, along with the thoughts of American writer Hanif Abdurraqib on the personal connections that lie under our musical choices. Audio
Pipi Campbell: My latest track
Pipiwharauroa Campbell , lead singer of the popular Aotearoa group Corrella joins us to talk about their new Te Reo Maori waiata 'Ko Au'. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 7 May 2023
Music plays an important role in the coronation of King Charles III – and there are some hymns in the service. We’ll hear two of them in this week’s programme. Audio
BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73
Performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jessica Cottis in the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium of the Christchurch Town Hall, 6 May, 2023 Audio
DVORAK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53
Performed by Benjamin Morrison (violin), with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jessica Cottis in the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium of the Christchurch Town Hall, 6 May, 2023 Audio
PEACOCKE: White Horses
Performed by the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jessica Cottis in the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium of the Christchurch Town Hall, 6 May, 2023 Audio
What song you wish you had written: Musicians share their favourites
To mark New Zealand Music Month Te Marama O Puoro, Music 101 asked Samuel Scott and Jen Cloher to pick one New Zealand song they wish they had written.
The Kings of Swing
With the coronation in the air, Nick checks out some of the jazz musicians with royal titles - from Count Basie and Duke Ellington to Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues. Audio
Thieves in the Night
NZ jazz from The Jac, Fiona Pears, and the Boptet; and classics from Errol Garner and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Audio