Music

Live music lovers were stoked to welcome Laneway Festival back to Auckland after an almost three-year long Covid-19 hiatus.

So stoked that tickets sold out in just 90 minutes, a first in the… Audio

RNZ Concert listeners tell us why they chose this year's favourite classical music in Settling The Score 2022. Video

Nick Tipping join Emile Donovan and gives away that we can expect a new piece to come out on top on Settling the Score this year!  Audio

Some singers seem to slot very naturally into acting, whereas with others it's very clear music is their forte. Emile Donovan gets nostalgic with film and TV reviewer James Croot, and looks at the… Audio

It's five years to the day since Fats Domino died. Dr Kirsten Zemke joins Emile Donovan to talk about his influence on modern rock and roll. Audio

New Zealand musicians embraced the blues boom of the 1960s, inspired mostly by British R&B groups emulating their heroes from the Southern United States and Chicago. In this episode of Blue Smoke… Audio

William Dart surveys four decades of the Scottish singer Elizabeth Fraser's career, from the early 80s dreampop of Cocteau Twins through to her recent project Sun's Signature. Audio

Composer Ross Harris has been working on a special commission for the Ka¯piti Concert Orchestra that brings together his many musical skills. Harris who has written operas, symphonies, chamber music… Audio

We’re marking World Mission Sunday this week with hymns including Dan Schutte’s I, the Lord of sea and sky  and the traditional spiritual Who’ll be a witness for my Lord? Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has classic soul courtesy of the Marvelettes, a live track from Bruce Springsteen plus hard-core rhythm 'n' blues from Dr Feelgood. Audio

Tracks from greats including Joe Henderson and Phil Woods, and contemporary jazz leaders Jason Moran and Vijay Iyer. Audio

Nick checks out jazz renditions of famous TV themes, including Phil Woods playing The Flintstones, Sun Ra playing Batman, and famous theme tunes written by Vince Guaraldi, Nelson Riddle, and Bob… Audio

Today’s RNZ Mixtape guest is Roger Marbeck who runs Marbeck’s record store in Auckland with both passion and a love for all genres of music including Classical, jazz, pop and roots music. Audio

This week marks 20 year Anniversary of Lil Chief Records  Video, Audio

This week on Introducing its post punk band Soft Bait from Tāmaki Makaurau.  Audio

On Tuesday 18th of October, the 57th APRA Silver Scroll awards took place at Spark Arena in Tāmaki Makaurau.

It was the first full-scale ceremony since 2019. 

The Music 101 team was there to capture… Audio