Music
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 5 February 2025
In today's episode, unemployment has risen to the highest level since 2020 as the recession starts to bite; it's been a fiery reception for ACT leader David Seymour at Waitangi; a major upgrade has… Audio
First Song: Susan O'Neill
Up-and-coming Irish singer-songwriter Susan O'Neill joins Jesse live from our Christchurch studio to discuss her music and play a tune. Audio
Charlie XCX headling Laneway Festival
Laneway Festival, a one day event at Western Springs will have party-goers revelling all day and night tomorrow. Charlotte spoke to David Benge from Live Entertainment group TEG, who brought Laneway… Audio
Music with Ian Chapman: Family brands
Within the space of the last five months the second-oldest members of both the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds have passed away. Audio
Adam Chamber Music Festival 2024 - The End of Time ... and Beyond
Two works from the 21st Century and one of the 20th's most transcendent, Olivier Messian's Quartet for the End of Time. Audio
Classical sax education
Saxophonist Michael Jamieson talks to Bryan Crump about encouraging more sax players to go classical. Video, Audio
Music feature: Immigrant Songs
Today we're doing something a bit different for our weekly music feature. If once aspect of New Zealand culture has surprised Afternoons producer and British export Tom Riste-Smith, it's the treasure… Audio
Alayna & Grammy's Recap
Another Tuesday, Another Episode! So'omalo sits down with alayna to talk about her first single in over a year, Janay discovers she has gone viral on TikTok, and Harry comes to grips with the Luka… Audio
Grammy Awards 2025 dominated by women
It's one of music's biggest nights of the year - with this year's Grammy's largely dominated by women. RNZ's Tahi presenter Janay Harding spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Beyonce competes for the big prize - again - at Grammys
The superstar has never won the album of the year award despite winning 32 career Grammys - more than any other musician.
The day The Rolling Stones invaded Invercargill
This weekend marks 60 years since The Rolling Stones toured New Zealand in 1965. Dave Hogan tells Music 101 about meeting them at the airport, their Invercargill concert, and the lasting effects of… Audio
Bad Bunny has a lot to say (about more than Kendall Jenner)
Opinion - Latin superstar Bad Bunny's new album is a love letter to Puerto Rico - not what you'd expect from a gargantuan pop release.
Worlds of Music 2 February, 2025
Music from the world, for the world, featuring Agnes Obel, Issa Bagayogo, Rahul Sharma, and banjo duo Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn. Audio
The Bob Dylan lyric that became a set design mantra on A Complete Unknown
In 'Like A Rolling Stone', Bob Dylan urgently repeats the line "How does it feel?" That question gets to the heart of set design, François Audouy tells RNZ's Culture 101. Video, Audio
The Bad Fire by Mogwai
The always consistent Scottish post-rockers deliver another solid collection. Audio
DtMF by Bad Bunny
The Latin superstar's latest is an album-length love letter to Puerto Rico. Audio
Boundary-breaking composer and musician Briar Prastiti
Among the pieces of music composed by Briar Prastiti for beloved novelist Jenny Pattrick's debut play Hope, which has just opened at Wellington's Circa Theatre, is a track called Dystonia. It's played… Audio
Jan Gradvall: The Book of ABBA
Renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall gained unparalleled access to ABBA after doing a story for a Swedish newspaper in 2013 and subsequently gaining the group's trust. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 2 February 2025
This week’s listener requests include a Brendan Taaffe’s contemporary folk hymn To the hills, a harvest anthem by English composer John Rutter, and Isaac Watt’s well-loved hymn When I survey the… Audio
Alien Weaponry: 'We're all kind of nerdy and geeky'
Brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong were just kids when they formed metal band Alien Weaponry. An intimate new documentary gets inside their world. Video, Audio