Music
Auckland musician Joe Ghatt is endearingly aimless on Caper
Tony Stamp reviews the local guitar-slinger's psychedelic new LP. Video, Audio
The Banks Peninsula musician who does weather data visualisations
Otautahi- based Annemarie Duff, previously of Melbourne shoegazer band Miniatures, has been producing music under the moniker of T. G. Shand since 2018. T.G Shand's songs have been regulars on student… Video, Audio
Warren Ellis: On how Dirty Three saved him
Australian musician and film composer Warren Ellis has lived many lives, as a teacher, busker, a recovered heroin addict, alcoholic and famously a sonic experimenter in successful bands like Nick Cave… Audio
Morgan Andrew King into semi finals of Lexus Song Quest
Maori bass baritone Morgan Andrew King is one of a handful of opera singers who will compete in the Lexus Song Quest in Wellington at the end of this month. He's currently studying a postgraduate… Audio
Playing Favourites with Marlon Williams
Marlon Williams joins the show to play some of his favourite music. The Lyttelton superstar cut his musical teeth as a member of a church choir. His love of choral music has extended into other… Audio
The Christian music underground
Christian - or worship - music is probably bigger than you think, and its appeal to the young and isolated is undeniable Audio
The Mixtape - Legendary music critic Colin Hogg
Colin Hogg can't live without music - lately a bit of Bill Evans and Claude Debussy - but doesn't like being told what to listen to. The veteran music journalist and writer selects five of his… Video, Audio
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Finn is back with bag of fresh tracks, tonight he's got new music from acoustic improvisers Unknown to Known, singer-songwriter Martha Skye Murphy and Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter Joanna Wang.
…PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 5 in B-flat Op 100
NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Tianyi Lu
Recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
KAPUSTIN: Concert Etude Op 40/8
Shan Liu (piano), recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in D-flat
Shan Liu (piano), NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Tianyi Lu
Recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
LEOV, Jessie: Speculations on a Rainbow
2024 NZSO National Youth Orchestra recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, 5 July, 2024 Audio
NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2024
The 2024 NZSO National Youth Orchestra perform at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, conducted by Tianyi Lu Audio
Kiwis build giant road cone for Burning Man festival
Coney McConeface is a massive road cone that is being built by a team of Kiwis for the infamous Burning Man Festival, Hippathy Valentine describes to Susana Lei'ataua why it's so special. Audio
Matthew Chanwai, spoilt for choice
Spoilt for choice: Hamilton based Matthew Chanwai is about to become an organ scholar at Cambridge University, but he's already principal cellist with the NZSO National Youth Orchestra. 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: Wiri Donna
For NZ Live today we have the multi-talented Bianca Bailey in with her latest project Wiri Donna. Bianca is an event producer, musician and songwriter based in Wellington. Audio
New music with Jeremy Taylor
Forty years on from their debut, The Jesus and Mary Chain are back with a corking new album, plus local baroque-folkers French For Rabbits, and Engelbert Humperdinck. Audio
Why the real music fans pay attention to the APRA award long-list
The newly released APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award contenders long-list is a great cheat-sheet for catching up on the best new music being produced in Aotearoa, Charlotte Ryan tells Nights. Audio
Aotearoa's best songwriting honoured in APRA Silver Scroll shortlist
Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan weighs in on the 20 songs shortlisted for the APRA Silver Scroll award. Audio
