Music

L.A.B.'s In The Air is the most popular local single in 2023, according to the end-of-year charts out Thursday from Recorded Music NZ.

The industry group, which compiles the country's music sales… Audio

American musician Sonny Rollins is regarded as one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists. He's been a professional jazz… Audio

Today's bookmarks guest has been in Aotearoa's biggest films in recent years, Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Cousins and Whina. Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne is unstoppable. She's starring… Audio

Enjoy the 11 waiata Māori lyric videos heroing te reo Māori. Video

Elizabeth Chan went to court to trademark dispute to "christmas queen" to make sure no one, not even Mariah Carey, could be declared the only queen of the holiday season. Chan won the case. She talks… Audio

For the last music feature of 2023 we decided to ask the listeners for their favourite, but not usual, Christmas tunes. You did not disappoint. The whole hour is dedicated to Christmas songs from our… Audio

Tony Stamp talks to US singer-songwriter Julia Byrne about her acclaimed second album The Greater Wings ahead of her New Zealand performances in January. Video, Audio

Presented by charismatic Australian mezzo-soprano Jacqui Dark and conducted by the acclaimed Benjamin Northey, the NZSO perform works from renowned classical composers as well as new and traditional… Audio

British pianist Paul Lewis performs all five Beethoven piano concertos with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gemma New Audio

Djs Banty and Nadine talk to Kadambari Raghukumar in this latest Voices episode on bringing African music to the club scene in Auckland.  Audio

Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan talks through her favourite festive tunes ahead of Christmas day - including some new local additions. Audio

Listen to NZTrio perform recent compositions from Philippines, UK, Aotearoa, Japan and Malaysia in this Asian Composers League concert, Te Ihutai, held in Christchurch in 2022. Audio

The Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul presents a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in the 2023 Christmas Season. Audio

Trevor spins Christmas tunes that span the globe featuring Yasmin Levy, Paul Kelly, Big Joe Turner, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Audio

In his penultimate programme of the year, William Dart looks back at some of the local releases he didn't have time for, or didn't have enough time for in earlier programmes. Music by Ebony Lamb, Troy… Audio