Music
Helping to revitalise Moriori culture
A Moriori musician, an ethnomusicologist and the Hokotehi Moriori Trust are part of a team helping to revitalise Moriori culture with 3D-printed replicas of traditional bone flutes from Rēkohu the… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 8 November 2023
In Pocket Edition this week, Jon Toogood speaks to Maggie Tweedie about alternative radio, Sudan's war and new music he's writing. Boh Runga and Julia Deans celebrate female rock stars and we hear a… Audio
Split Enz' Mike Chunn to step away from mentoring programme
Split Enz founding member Mike Chunn is not only a skilled bassist - he's also a successful author and respected music mentor.
Twenty years ago, he founded Play It Strange to help nurture… Audio
The sweet sound of Saxcess
Thirty years after she founded it, it looks like Debbie Rawson's quartet Saxcess has lived up to its name. Audio
Finding who owns the rights to music in Aotearoa
Tracking down music rights holders to get the money to the right place can be a challenge, in New Zealand there is a particular challenge with older Maori songs. APRA Head of NZ Operations Anthony… Audio
Composer Profile: Joni Mitchell
LISTEN: to a six part audio overview of the life and music of the renowned singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, presented by Rebecca Blundell, starting with Part One - The Circle Game. Audio
In praise of Wozzeck, opera's original anti-hero
Baritone Julien Van Mellaerts convinces Bryan Crump he can't afford to miss Orchestra Wellington's performance of Berg's opera Wozzeck, in which Van Mellaerts will be singing the title role. Audio
Music feature: Fat Freddy's Drop with Scott Kara
It's not quite summer, but if there's one band that gets you feeling like you're settling into a long summer evening, it's Fat Freddy's Drop. Coming together on the brink of the new millennium, their… Audio
The TAHI 7th November 2023
On today’s show, music video extraordinaires Sports Team chats with Evie about their first-ever feature film, Waimirirangi fills us in on her trip to Te Tai Tokerau, and So’omālō wants us all to go… Audio
MARAUDERS | Season 2 | Trailer
Fat Freddy’s Drop score gigs across London in 2003. The end of six weeks in London is a busy weekend: three shows in two days in the midst of a heatwave. Video
Traditional Maori instruments preserved using 3D technology
Professor Olaf Diegel from the University of Auckland is using 3D technology to preserve taonga puoro - or traditional Maori instruments. Professor Deigal speak to Nights. Audio
Jazz Expert Fergus Barrowman
Nights regular Fergus Barrowman joins the show with some of his jazz favourites. Audio
World Choir Games: Eight months and counting
As choral festivals go, they don't come much bigger than the World Choir Games, and Aucklander John Rosser is right in the thick of it. Audio
MARAUDERS | Season 2
Fat Freddy’s Drop score gigs across London in 2003. The end of six weeks in London is a busy weekend: three shows in two days in the midst of a heatwave. Video
Worlds of Music 5 November, 2023
Music from the world with Romani Balkan brass band Fanfare Ciocărlia and Tokelauan-Tuvaluan singer and dancer Olivia Foa'i. Audio
The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
The world has waited 18 years for a Rolling Stones album featuring new and original material and now it's arrived in the form of Hackney Diamonds. William Dart checks it out. Audio
Toni Childs: ‘It’s all a beautiful noise’
Emmy Award Winner, 3-time Grammy nominated recording artist, installation artist, and environmental activist Toni Childs joins us ahead of her gig with the Corrs next week. She talks about recovering… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 5 November 2023
Celebrating the Feast of All Saints this week, with hymns including For all the saints and Let saints on earth in concert sing. Audio
Nashville Babylon: 4 November 2023
On this week's show Mark has classic blues courtesy of Earl King and Taj Mahal, tracks from John Prine, Lowell George and Bonnie Raitt plus birthday tunes for Joni Mitchell. Audio
Darren Pickering Small Worlds
Ōtautahi quartet Darren Pickering Small Worlds plays works composed by Darren Pickering, which sit somewere between cinematic soundscapes, electronic textures, and contemporary jazz. Nick checks out… Audio