Music
Fat Freddys Drop Joe Lindsay Co Hosts the first hour in celebration of Marauders doco series
In 2003, Fat Freddy's Drop embarked on an auspicious debut European tour. Twenty years later, rare and glorious handycam footage of the tour is the base for MARUADERS, a slow-burn web series like no… Video, Audio
Rolling Stones top UK charts with new album 'Hackney Diamonds'
The Rolling Stones topped the British music charts on Friday, securing their 14th UK No. 1 album with new record Hackney Diamonds.
Chuck D rapping lyrical
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop, a cultural and political movement that started in the Bronx and went global. As a founding member and main MC for Public Enemy, Chuck D was a pioneer of the… Video, Audio
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Finn Johansson joins us with an array of eclectic music. Audio
Keeping Auckland in tune: the Lewis Eady story
Kay Eady speaks with Bryan Crump about Preludes & Feuds, the history she's written on the Lewis Eady music business. Audio
Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
NZ Live: Erny Belle
Last year Erny Belle's debut album Venus is Home was nominated for both the Taite Music Prize and Best Independent Debut. In the coming fortnight, the Ngāpuhi alt-folk musician will follow that up… Video, Audio
Aboriginal rapper Kobie Dee in Aotearoa
Kobie Dee is a 25-year-old indigenous Aboriginal Australian rapper, and he's just released a really powerful new single featuring Aotearoa's own Stan Walker. Video, Audio
First song: Shayne Carter, Pendulum
Today's first song is from a new album filled with well known tracks from Shayne Carter. It was recorded and produced by RNZ and our very talented Andre Upston over three nights in Auckland at the… Audio
New music with Jeremy Taylor
A reissue of Tricky's crucial debut album, the first new Stones original music in 18 years, and a fine solo debut from Ebony Lamb. Audio
'Final' Beatles song will be released thanks to new tech
The long-awaited "final" Beatles song - featuring each member of the Fab Four - is due to be released next week thanks to new technology.
"Now and Then" was written and sung by John Lennon in the… Audio
Classical music: it's not a museum
Award winning Kiwi-Samoan violinist Hayden Afele-Nickel talks to Bryan Crump about getting classical music out of the museum and into the lives of all New Zealanders. Audio
Music Critic: Colin Morris
Today Colin talks to Jesse about tracks from Noel Coward and Neil Young Audio
The TAHI 26 October 2023
On today's show, So’omālō talks to Ben Horlock of Mirage about their debut single, Rebel Reid of Valkyrie gets candid with Evie about grief and her new project, and X (FKA Twitter) costs $1 now! We… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 25 October 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Nina Simone's daughter Lisa speaks with Kim Hill and Grant Smithies spins some new tunes. Audio
Morcheeba, Gilberto Gil, Nitin Sawhney join WOMAD 2024 lineup
The director of the Womad festival in Taranaki has landed a personal favourite among 18 new acts revealed for next March's event at its launch in New Plymouth today Wed 25 Oct.
Taming the big instrument in the small hours
The brilliant English organist Anna Lapwood talks to Bryan Crump about how a chance midnight meeting with electronic artist Bonobo in London's Royal Albert Hall led to a viral TikTok video. Video, Audio
Laser Kiwis world tour
The Kiwi circus trio, Laser Kiwi, have been travelling the world with their act titled "The rise of the olive". Imogen Stone and brothers Zane and Degge Jarvie have recently made appearances at the… Audio
2023 Best Jazz Composition Award winner Louisa Williamson
The Wellington Jazz Festival kicks off today. To mark the occasion, last night APRA AMCOS announced the winner of their 2023 Best Jazz Composition Award. The winner is Louisa Williamson. Audio
Music with Ian Chapman
Today Ian Chapman features four new songs from three different Dunedin acts. Two are relative newcomers and one is a well-established band making the best music of their career. From the soul/funk… Audio
