Music

RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump talks with Dr Kira Omelchenko. She's a conductor from Kansas, USA, and her interest in indigenous and classical music has brought her to Aotearoa as a Fulbright Scholar. Audio

Music commentator Dave Wilson joins Kathryn from New York to talk about the Long Play Festival, held over three days in Brooklyn.  Audio

89 days of travel, 33 trains, 19 countries. Greg Hill, former French horn player with the NZSO, has written a book about his journey from his home in Wellington to its antipodes - the furthest point… Audio

Ray Charles was a pioneer of soul, jazz, gospel and rhythm and blues music, and according to Frank Sinatra "the only true genius in show business". Audio

Todays on the show So’omālō and Evie chat outfit ideas for the upcoming national Beyblade tournament, we meet Kirikiriroa-based Pasifika island pop artist Lehali who tells us about her new single, and… Audio

Head of music at Newlands College in Wellington and chair of Mātauranga a Puoro o Aotearoa of Benjamin Lau talks to Emile Donovan about workshops being run during New Zealand music month encouraging… Audio

Hannah Neman is Orchestra Wellington's Marketing & Engagement Manager. She talks with Bryan Crump about what the job involves, and the Orchestra's free Symphony in the Hutt concert that's coming up in… Audio

Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Tom Riste-Smith joins to discuss "BBL Drizy" and whether AI art has become soo good even the pro's can't tell. Audio

Reb Fountain is paying tribute to an incredible musician who's no longer with us, but was the genuis behind one of Aotearoa's most successful songs of all time... How Bizarre. Audio

Delaney Davidson's Out Of My Head is his first solo album for a long six years and tenth in total. William Dart checks it out in the context of the singer's earlier partnerships. Audio

Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including contemporary hymns by NZ hymn writer Bill Wallace (Wild wind of the Holy Spirit) and the UK's Bernadette Farrell (Spirit of God, rest on your people).

On this week's show there's ska from Joya Landis, classics courtesy of Joni Mitchell and Look Blue Go Purple plus a birthday tune for Big Joe Turner. Audio

Jazz musicians often explore their own identity through their music. Nick looks at the connection between jazz and whakapapa through the music of Harry Harrison, Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Umar Zakaria… Audio

Nick checks out Lester Young's signature tune, Benny Green playing Sonny Clark and Sonny Clark playing Miles Davis, some classic Coltrane, and two songs about yesterday. Audio

Dame Hinewehi Mohi has been welcomed into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. She talks to Charlotte Ryan about her remarkable life, and her brave moments that put music in te reo Māori on the world's stage. Audio