Music
Morcheeba, Gilberto Gil, Nitin Sawhney join WOMAD 2024 lineup
The director of the Womad festival in Taranaki has landed a personal favourite among 18 new acts revealed for next March's event at its launch in New Plymouth today Wed 25 Oct.
Taming the big instrument in the small hours
The brilliant English organist Anna Lapwood talks to Bryan Crump about how a chance midnight meeting with electronic artist Bonobo in London's Royal Albert Hall led to a viral TikTok video. Video, Audio
Laser Kiwis world tour
The Kiwi circus trio, Laser Kiwi, have been travelling the world with their act titled "The rise of the olive". Imogen Stone and brothers Zane and Degge Jarvie have recently made appearances at the… Audio
2023 Best Jazz Composition Award winner Louisa Williamson
The Wellington Jazz Festival kicks off today. To mark the occasion, last night APRA AMCOS announced the winner of their 2023 Best Jazz Composition Award. The winner is Louisa Williamson. Audio
Music with Ian Chapman
Today Ian Chapman features four new songs from three different Dunedin acts. Two are relative newcomers and one is a well-established band making the best music of their career. From the soul/funk… Audio
Ross Harris: first the dream, then reality
Composer Ross Harris likes ambiguity. Little wonder then, that he latched onto a passing remark his wife made in French: 'Prendre ses rêves pour des réalités – let your dreams become reality'. Audio
Music feature: Elvis
Today's music feature is all about one of the most famous performers of all time, Elvis Presley. We have our very own RNZ First Up producer Jeremy Parkinson, an Elvis super fan, along to talk through… Audio
Queens of the Stone Age landing in Aotearoa in 2024
Rock devotee's got some exciting news a couple of hours ago, with the announcement that Queens of the Stone Age are heading to New Zealand. Josh Homme speaks to Jesse. Audio
The TAHI 24 October
On today’s show, it’s ADHD awareness month, so beware of Evie. Gussie Larkin joins us to chat about Mermaidens' latest album and the state of Aotearoa’s creative industries, So’omālō gives us a… Audio
The Settling The Score 2023 Top 30
Settling The Score 2023 is a big year for New Zealand composers. It might be the first time we've seen four local compositions in the top thirty, it is certainly the first time homegrown works have… Video, Audio
Musical Chairs: Harry Harrison
In this episode of Music Chairs Trevor Reekie talks to Christchurch composer, musician and educator Harry Harrison A teacher with the Bachelor of Music Arts programme at Ara Institute of Canterbury… Audio
Settling the Score: The countdown begins
What piece of classical music will come out on top as the listener choice of the year on RNZ Concert's Settling The Score this year? The highly anticipated annual audience poll of favourite classical… Audio
Synth-pop pioneer Phil Oakey on the enduring popularity of The Human League
Drifting from one casual job to another, Phil Oakey had zero ambition to be in a pop group. His one instrument, a saxophone, lay abandoned on the floor. But in 1977, everything changed with a single… Video, Audio
Michael Brown: Disasteradio and the evolution of synth-pop
Dr Michael Brown is a music researcher who has spent countless hours listening to tracks you have likely never heard. But it's been an evolution for the boy from the Kapiti Coast to music research… Audio
Worlds of Music 22 October, 2023
Music this week from Mali with master musician and griot Baba Sissoko and Ukrainian folk quartet DakhaBrakha. Audio
Māori-Samoan rapper Juwan: 'I just love pushing myself'
Māori-Samoan hip-hop artist Juwan describes himself as a "rapper's rapper". Raised between the Auckland suburb of Beach Haven and the Gold Coast city of Logan, the 23 year old is now based on the… Video
Coming up
Come to the Cabaret
William Dart makes a perhaps unexpected visit to the cabaret, with entertainment from Cécile McLorin Salvant, Finn Andrews and NZTrio, Joan Morris and William Bolcom, along with, in a brand new Rattle… Audio
US indie band Bright Eyes set to play to Auckland - at last
American indie rock band Bright Eyes are excited to finally be making it to New Zealand next month. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 22 October 2023
It's World Mission Sunday. This special day in the Catholic liturgical calendar was created by Pope Pius XI in the mid-1920s as a day of prayer for missions. This year’s theme, chosen by the current… Audio
Nashville Babylon: 21 October 2023
On this week's show Mark plays blues from Big Mama Thornton and Muddy Waters, classic country courtesy of George Jones and Gram Parsons plus a new release from rising star Jeffrey Martin. Audio