Music
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Big basslines, creamy strings, blazing horns and glorious singers- it's time to warm up the winter with some classic Philadelphia soul from Teddy Pendergrass and The Jones Girls. After that, Grant has… Audio
Earth Tongue's Great Haunting is a willfully weird blast of riff-heavy rock
The local duo generate enough noise to fill several stadiums, and fill their songs with a spooky type of myth-making. Video, Audio
First Gore, Now the World!
New Zealand singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell has won a scholarship to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend global country music summit Americanafest. Audio
RESPIGHI: Roman Festivals
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'The Eternal City', Auckland Town Hall, 13 June 2024. Audio
IBERT: Escales
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'The Eternal City', Auckland Town Hall, 13 June 2024. Audio
RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Premier Series concert, 'The Eternal City', Auckland Town Hall, 13 June 2024. Audio
Celine Dion opens up about stiff person syndrome
The singer felt burdened keeping her diagnosis to herself, saying she felt like she was lying to her fans.
New Zealand Order of Merit for Warner Haldane
Congratulations to arts administrator Warner Haldane, whose work behind the scenes in New Zealand arts and music organistations has been recognised in this year's King's Birthday Honours. Audio
Music Critic: Tony Stamp
Today Tony talks to Charlotte about music from Fabiana Palladino and Waxahatchee. Audio
The TAHI Thomas Rose & Jason Parker
On todays show Evie catches up with rising pop star Jason Parker and gets to bottom of why he’s in a sling and Thomas Rose has a quality chat with So’omālō about his long awaited album, Audio
First song: Jaya
Today's first song comes from 14 year old singer Jaya Jesse played her debut Aotearoa Sun on the show about 18 months ago. When she released her new single "Me He Korokoro Tui", we knew we needed to… Audio
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy: On being relevant...but not too relevant
We’re going back to 2019 when Charlotte Ryan interviewed The 1975 frontman, Matty Healy. The band has blown up since then… due to a famous ex-girlfriend and a lot of good music. Audio
Iconic French singer Françoise Hardy dies aged 80
Hardy bust onto the music scene in 1962, inspiring the likes of Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan.
Kristin Darragh on singing The Angel
“I just revere this work, and the poem, and Elgar. I’m so lucky to be doing it!” Hamilton-based singer Kristin Darragh will be performing the role of The Angel in Edward Elgar's epic work, The Dream… Video, Audio
AYO cellists take centre stage
The cello section gets to shine at the Auckland Youth Orchestra's upcoming concert, which includes a performance of 'Symphony for Eight' by Philip Glass. Young musicians Damon Herlihy-O'Brien and… Video, Audio
Martin Shkreli copied one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album, lawsuit claims
The plaintiff says the notorious "pharma bro" told fans he kept and had shared the album.
Music with Charlotte Ryan
Music correspondent Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to look at the re-release of john Lennon's 1973 album Mind Games. Audio
New Zealand Chamber Soloists: Mōtete
The New Zealand Chamber Soloists continue their commissioning project 7x7 with a new work from Gillian Whitehead, surrounding it with music by Haydn, Shostakovich and Robert Schumann. Audio
Music feature: Paying tribute to Rodger Fox
Rodger Fox was a heavyweight of the Aotearoa New Zealand jazz scene For over five decades he led the Rodger Fox Big Band, championing young kiwi musicians on a global stage. John Dix joins us to… Audio
