Music
TRAD arr Rainey: Coventry Carol
Performed by Frederick Jones and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Leonard Weiss at their 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 16 December 2023. Audio
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Christmas Overture
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Leonard Weiss at their 'Celebrate Christmas' concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 16 December 2023. Audio
Anika Moa: 'It's the simple joys in life'
Anika Moa says she's ready to fight to reclaim her culture as much as possible, but that there are also real benefits in dealing with traumatic events with humour. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 16 December 2023
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark says 'happy 80th birthday' to rock 'n' roll legend Keith Richards! Audio
The Mixtape - Best of 2023 Pt.2
This week is Part 2 of our 'Best of 2023' Mixtapes. Over the next hour we are going to hear music picks and conservation from comedian Guy Montgomery, Fashion Designer Kate Sylvester, Children's… Audio
Music 101 Live Session: Kirsten Morrell
Kirsten Morrell is best known as the vocalist behind the hugely popular NZ band Goldenhorse. Audio
Wellington trio Iti Bubbas are breezy and bright on Idiot Check
Tony Stamp checks out the debut EP from an upcoming local hip-hop outfit. Video, Audio
Peter Gabriel returns with the decades-in-the-making i/o
Tony Stamp looks into the Genesis founder's first album of original material in over twenty years. Video, Audio
Playing Favourites with Anika Moa
Multitalented wahine Anika Moa joins us for this year's final Playing Favourites. Video, Audio
Takács Quartet violinist Edward Dusinberre
Musician and author Edward Dusinberre is first violinist in the renowned Takács Quartet - one of the world's greatest string quartets. Audio
Kennys From Heaven
Nick checks out nine well-known jazz musicians who share the name "Kenny" - in a show called "Kennys from Heaven". Audio
Feel the Barn
Nick plays swingers from Monty Alexander and Bruce Forman, groovers from Carl Tjader and Wolfgang Muthspiel, clarinet jazz from Buddy deFranco and Eddie Daniels, and vocal numbers from Tessa Quayle… Audio
Shan Liu: From YouTube tutorials to concert recitals
At age 13, Shan Liu is the youngest winner so far of the Lewis Eady National Junior Piano Competition. Less than five years ago, he couldn't even read music. Video, 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: Matt Joe Gow and Kerryn Fields
Americana folk duo Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields perform tracks from their upcoming album in our Auckland studio. Video, Audio
Whamageddon - why Christmas is a special month for fans
Whamageddon made headlines this week when a football stadium DJ made an apology for playing Wham!'s Last Christmas, potentially knocking 7000 people out of the viral game. Afternoons producer Sally… Audio
First song: Aacacia
To start our Friday we've got a new track from super talented Taupo singer songwriter Aacacia. She'll be hitting the road with Drax Project in a couple of weeks to play shows with them in Mangawhai… Audio
20th anniversary of Love Actually celebrated in concert
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Christmas classic Love Actually, orchestras in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch will play the soundtrack in a series of concerts entitled 'Why we love to… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) from Animal Collective and Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) from Spacemen 3 released a splendid psych-pop album called Reset last year. British dub producer Adrian Sherwood loved it… Audio
Country singer helps fan he unwittingly sued for $400,000
Luke Combs says he was "sick to my stomach" after winning a lawsuit against a fan.