The Sampler

As per its title, the Manchester-via-Port Chalmers musician's fourth album is loaded with shiny power-pop.

Will Oldham enlists a roster of Nashville alumni to make his most purely 'country' album, that's also one of his most considered.

The UK singer's third album harks back to '80s pop greats, using sex as set dressing to get at something deeper.

The Latin superstar's latest is an album-length love letter to Puerto Rico.

The always consistent Scottish post-rockers deliver another solid collection.

The music on Tamara Lindeman's latest is as tangled and windswept as her inner monologue, but it's always beautiful.

Tony Stamp sits down with Carribean reggae king Dennis Bovell MBE and trails through his many lives in music as a record producer, bass player, innovator and tastemaker in the UK and abroad.

The new book collects food-related stories from around the globe, as shared by a roster of touring musicians.

Tony Stamp is joined by a roster of RNZ music reviewers from Nine to Noon, Afternoons, and Nights, to hear about their favourite tracks of 2024.

Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite singles of 2024, in-cluding te reo Māori hip-hop, Aussie punk rock, and quite a lot of Americana.

Tony Stamp is joined by Sampler contributors Maggie Tweedie, So’omalo Iteni Schwalger, and Elliott Childs, to hear about their favourite tracks of 2024.

Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite international re-leases of the year, including Scottish indie, UK folk, and Canadian pop-punk.