Music

Pianist Stephen De Pledge and the New Zealand SO performed this concert as part of the Orchestra's 75th anniversary celebrations. It includes the premiere of a Gillian Whitehead work with a timely… Video, Audio

Emma Pearson and Hanna Hipp, two of the lead roles in NZ Opera's season of Le Comte Ory, join Bryan Crump to talk about the production and their characters. Audio

In his fourth programme for New Zealand Music Month, in reaction the sometimes depressing seriousness of the world around us, William Dart takes a trip around some music from our land that will… Audio

Byllie-jean at the Christchurch Art Gallery Video, Audio

Celebrating Trinity Sunday this week with a selection of hymns including Holy, Holy, Holy and Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us. And we mark the start of Samoan Language Week with a hymn of praise and… Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Junior Wells and RL Burnside, swamp rock courtesy of Tony Joe White, reggae from Susan Cadogan plus an Americana classic from the Willard Grant… Audio

In the last show for NZ Music Month 2024, Nick plays a mix of his personal favourites from the world of NZ jazz - including tracks from Callum Allardice, Allanah Goldsmith and Alchemy, and Jonathan… Audio

Thelonious Monk joins the Jazz Messengers; Carmen McRae sings the classics; and Roy Hargrove grooves hard. Audio

Shapeshifter founding members Sam Trevethick and Nick Robinson reflect on the highs and lows of the band's 25 year career. Audio

South Island folk songwriter Holly Arrowsmith has won the 2024 APRA Best Country Music Song for 'Desert Dove' - a song about "distance, loss and grief". Video, Audio

Musician Paul Kean from The Bats is picking the tunes on the Mixtape this week. Paul has been a member of several bands, The Basket Cases, Toy Love, The Bats, Minisnap, and more recently a musical… Audio

Indie perennials Voom have been playing their heart-on-their-sleeve music for a long time in Aotearoa and are still releasing perfectly formed pop songs. Buzz Moller from Voom talks about the art of… Audio

The Portishead singer unveils her first album, tackling motherhood and mortality on an collection that's sometimes gloomy, but often gorgeous. Video, Audio

Tony Stamp is in Auckland for a guided tour of the music historian and writer's favourite local venues, in the final of this four part series. Audio

Shapeshifter formed in Christchurch back in 1999. This year the trailblazing live drum-and-bass band celebrate 25 years of performing around the world. Music 101's Charlotte Ryan - a "very early fan"… Video, Audio

Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Audio

Ngai Tahu academic Matthew Scobie has co-written a new book with Anna Sturman from the University of Sydney, called The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation in which they write 'the future of… Audio