Music

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

Played by guitarist Russ Spiegel with Finn Scholes (tpt), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums) at CJC, 24 May 2023. Audio

American guitarist Russ Spiegel leads a group of local musicians in a couple of sets of mostly his own tunes at CJC in Auckland. Audio

Nigel Collins explores the intersection between classical and popular music. This episode features music from Fleet Foxes, Johnny Greenwood, Jakob and Joni Mitchell. Audio

Director Janine Hosking has made a documentary film on Australian conductor Simone Young. It's screening at this year's Doc Edge Festival. Video, Audio

This week for Bookmarks we meet co-founder of Letterboxd, Matthew Buchanan. As well as running the online social networking service for movie buffs he's also a designer. He talks to Jesse about his… Audio

This week for NZ Music Month Ian Chapman revisits two of Christchurch's favourite and most flamboyant bands from the 1970s: Ragnarok and Odyssey.  Audio

Today's music feature is celebrating New Zealand Music Month. Multi-award winning director, producer and documentary maker, Dan Salmon has written a piece for Audioculture about the vast collection of… Audio

On today’s episode, Coast Arcade’s Bella chats with Evie about the bands new EP, So’omalo catches up with Tori from new fundraising group Tea Towel Takeover, and boss man Harry gives our dynamic duo a… Audio

Enjoy the best of British music and two of its biggest names - composer / conductor Sir James MacMillan, and percussionist Colin Currie join the NZSO to celebrate the 2017 British & Irish Lions rugby…

William Green is interested in New Zealand musicians who've reached 100 - and he's already interviewed ten of them. Audio

In 1989, Double J & Twice the T brought the hip-hop genre to the mainstream with their hit "She's a Mod [Mod Rap]," featuring Ray Columbus. Video

In 1996, influential hip-hop collective Lost Tribe confronted the mistreatment of Pasifika people in their classic track, "Summer in the Winter." Video

Acclaimed 1996 single "Chains" was rapper Che Fu's first solo outing, and confirmed producer DLT's pedigree. Video

In 2002, the family-friendly hip-hop track "It's On" by Nesian Mystik ushered in The Golden Age of New Zealand Hip Hop. Video

In 2004, with "I Got," the Fast Crew "came out of nowhere" to bring party music to the NZ hip-hop scene. Video