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Nashville Babylon: 21 September 2024
21 Sep 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classic blues courtesy of Etta James and Howlin' Wolf, new music from Peter Bruntnell and Billy Troken plus birthday tunes for Leonard Cohen. Audio
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La vie en rose
21 Sep 2024Many of the most popular jazz standards around have their origins in French chansons. Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' started life as 'Comme d'habitude'; Tony Bennett's 'The Good Life' began as 'La belle… Audio
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4pm The Mixtape: DJ, Producer, Musician Mark de Clive Lowe
21 Sep 2024Our guest picking the music is musician, DJ, composer and producer Mark de Clive-Lowe. Mark started his career in the late 1990s as a central player in Auckland's jazz scene and has gone on to make a… Audio
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Jamie xx drops album of anthems
21 Sep 2024It's the album that promises to own the dance floor this summer. Jamie xx talks to Charlotte Ryan about collaborating with some incredible artists, and how time spent in New Zealand influenced his… Audio
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Sandringham Samba
21 Sep 2024Nick checks out music by NZ legends Phil Broadhurst, Julie Mason, and Dog, and some Italian-American standards from Joe DeFrancesco's Goodfellas. Audio
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The Mixtape: DJ, Producer, Musician Mark de Clive Lowe
21 Sep 2024Our guest picking the music is musician, DJ, composer and producer Mark de Clive-Lowe. Mark started his career in the late 1990s as a central player in Auckland's jazz scene and has gone on to make a… Audio
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Katy Perry drops new album. Does it stack up?
21 Sep 2024RNZ's resident pop expert Sam Robinson weighs in on Katy Perry's new album 143 in a year of giant pop releases. Read a review of 143 here. Audio
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Laurie Anderson pays tribute to an aviation pioneer on Amelia
21 Sep 2024The legendary avant-garde artist's latest release is a musical retelling of Amelia Earhart's final flight. Audio
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Bright Eyes on new album: ‘Music is cool when it’s outside the sterile recording studio’
21 Sep 2024Conor Oberst and his friends have released a new Bright Eyes album Five Dice, All Threes, featuring some beautiful collaborations with Cat Power and The National's Matt Berninger. Singer Conor and… Audio
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The best of NZ Jazz announced
21 Sep 2024Music 101 is excited to announce the finalists for the APRA Best Jazz Composition Award. We will announce the four finalists and play an excerpt of each wonderful composition on the show. Audio
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Jamie xx drops album of anthems: 'I'm so ready to be out there playing again'
21 Sep 2024The new Jamie xx album In Waves promises to own the dance floor this summer. The English musician, DJ, record producer, and remixer started his career at the age of 18 forming the XX with his friends… Audio
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Remembering Eddie Low
RNZ has just received the news that New Zealand musician Eddie Low has died. Eddie Low was an Award-winning singer, entertainer, songwriter, composer known as the 'voice in a million'. He was a member… Audio
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Fish and Chips served with Te Reo Maori
As Maori Language Week draws to a close Mapuna hosts Anton Matthews at RNZ National's studios in Otautahi- Christchurch. He's the Director of Hustle group, a whanau owned business which operates a… Audio
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RUNT - a family film with a speedy star
Celebrated Australian author Craig Silvey's novel RUNT, is about to hit the big screen in New Zealand. The heart-warming family movie centres on Runt; a rascally, very speedy, stray dog. Audio
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My Marae - Mahurehure
21 Sep 2024In Auckland's suburb of Point Chevalier is the award winning whare, Te Taumata o Kupe. Mihi goes to take a look in a new Saturday Morning series. Audio
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The Colours of Antarctica
21 Sep 2024New Zealand photographer Stuart Robertson talks about his new exhibition The Colours of Antarctica that just opened in Melbourne and Sydney. Audio, Gallery
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Kate De Goldi: Reading for pleasure
21 Sep 2024Kate De Goldi, one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, shares the latest books she's been reading. Audio
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Life Hacks from the Buddha
21 Sep 2024Dr. Tony Fernando is a psychiatrist, sleep specialist and ordained Buddhist monk. His new book explains how to be calm and content in a chaotic world. Audio
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Graham Leonard: What's the deal with offshore volcanoes?
21 Sep 2024Volcanologist and GNS principal scientist Graham Leonard explains the difference between onshore and offshore volcanoes, and why it's important. Audio
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Māori highschool gives sneak peek into perfomance
Te Kura kaupapa Māori o Ruamata is a total immersion Māori highschool based in Rotorua competing for Smoke Free Rock Quest 2024. Audio
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The Story of a Heart - the medical miracle of organ transplants
Dr Rachel Clarke's new book is the account of a nine-year-old girl, who suffered a catastrophic brain bleed in a car accident, and the boy who received the lifesaving gift of her heart. It explores… Audio
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RNZ Pacific news at 9am for 21 September 2024
21 Sep 2024The latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific. Audio
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Iconic ogre minds his language
21 Sep 2024Shrek is making a comeback next year, dubbed in te reo - thanks to Māoriland Film Festival. Audio
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Elif Shafak - There are Rivers in the Sky
21 Sep 2024Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. Her latest book, There are Rivers in the Sky, has just hit the shelves. Audio
