Music
1964 in Jazz (part 1)
Nick Tipping checks out the wide variety of jazz from the year 1964. This hour: albums from Shirley Scott, Ben Webster, and Eric Dolphy. Audio
1964 in Jazz (part 2)
Nick Tipping checks out the wide variety of jazz from the year 1964. In Part 2: albums by Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, and John Coltrane. Audio
84-year-old DJ Vika: “Those who dance never grow old”
84-year-old DJ Vika is a star of Warsaw nightclubs - she is a hit with young people and also DJs at a weekly senior citizens club. A new documentary follows Vika on her mission to age on her own… Audio
The Mixtape: Sam Hunt
In a 2021 conversation, New Zealand poet Sam Hunt spoke to Trevor Reekie about music, mortality and creativity while sharing some of his favourite songs. Video, Audio
Earth Tongue Live: Channelling the eerie depths of 80s horror
Heavy psych-fuzz band Earth Tongue channel 80s horror with their powerful sound - think gore, tombstones and hands coming up through the ground. It's the band child of guitarist Gussie Larkin… Video, Audio
Night Reign is another essential album from Arooj Aftab
The Pakistani singer's follow up to her breakthrough Vulture Prince is just as stately and serene, further establishing her as a fiercely unique artist. Video, Audio
NZ's DJ Messie heads to Glastonbury
Wellington-based DJ Messie, aka Tessa Hills, has just been offered a spot on the stage at Glastonbury. DJ Messie, who came to NZ fame when picked by Fred Again to support his massive New Zealand… Audio
DJ Vika: 'Those who dance never grow old'
Meet the 85-year-old grandmother who is one of Warsaw's most popular DJs - spinning techno at nightclubs by night and '70s hits at a senior citizens club by day. Audio
DJ Vika: 'Those who dance never grow old'
An 85-year-old grandmother is one of Warsaw’s most popular DJs - spinning techno at nightclubs by night and ‘70s hits at a senior citizens club by day. DJ Vika’s vibrant, self-directed approach to… Video, Audio
Dr Andrew Faleatua: fusing jazz with Pasifika sounds
Composer, performer, and educator Dr Andrew Faleatua has been announced as the 2024 Jazz Composer-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music. Audio
REM perform for the first time since 2007
The band reunited - briefly - while being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony that also honoured Timbaland and Diane Warren.
Jason Parker: the freeing power of pop
Nothing feels better than a room full of people screaming the same lyrics, Wellington musician Jason Parker tells The Tahi's Evie Orpe. Video
Zakir Hussain: performing on stage is a happy place
Tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain is coming to New Zealand at the end of June as part of the Triveni concert tour. He talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss. Video, Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Big basslines, creamy strings, blazing horns and glorious singers- it's time to warm up the winter with some classic Philadelphia soul from Teddy Pendergrass and The Jones Girls. After that, Grant has… Audio
Earth Tongue's Great Haunting is a willfully weird blast of riff-heavy rock
The local duo generate enough noise to fill several stadiums, and fill their songs with a spooky type of myth-making. Video, Audio
First Gore, Now the World!
New Zealand singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell has won a scholarship to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend global country music summit Americanafest. Audio
Celine Dion opens up about stiff person syndrome
The singer felt burdened keeping her diagnosis to herself, saying she felt like she was lying to her fans.
New Zealand Order of Merit for Warner Haldane
Congratulations to arts administrator Warner Haldane, whose work behind the scenes in New Zealand arts and music organistations has been recognised in this year's King's Birthday Honours. Audio
Music Critic: Tony Stamp
Today Tony talks to Charlotte about music from Fabiana Palladino and Waxahatchee. Audio
