Upbeat for Friday 15 April 2016
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Roger Marbeck and Gin Halligan
1:00 PM.Tomorrow is Record Store Day: a worldwide celebration of the unique culture surrounding independent record shops. Roger Marbeck and Gin Halligan from the classical and jazz hub that is Marbecks in… Read more Audio
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Shelagh Magadza
1:30 PM.Wellington Jazz Festival Artistic Director Shelagh Magadza talks about the international line-up for this year's June event in the capital. The big names to listen out for Wayne Shorter and Karin… Read more Audio
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Radio TOT (1938) featuring Alan Loveday
8:40 PM.A recording of early children's radio session, hosted by two young boys, one called Albert. It features 9 year old violinist Alan Loveday (later an outstanding professional musician). Read more Audio
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New Zealand-born violinist Alan Loveday
2:00 PM.The distinguished NZ-born violinist, who made a famous recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, lived in retirement in London. Peter Mechen and Charlotte Wilson… Read more Video, Audio
1.00pm Roger Marbeck and Gin Halligan
Roger Marbeck in Marbecks record shop Photo: Supplied
Tomorrow is Record Store Day: a worldwide celebration of the unique culture surrounding independent record shops. Roger Marbeck and Gin Halligan from the classical and jazz hub that is Marbecks in Queen's Arcade in Auckland talk about their shop as an example of the record store as community hub, to learn about and experience music. Roger and Gin spin their favourite discs for you.
13.30 Shelagh Magadza
Wellington Jazz Festival Artistic Director Shelagh Magadza talks about the international line-up for this year's June event in the capital. The big names like Wayne Shorter and Karin Allyson are there but also fusion ensemble from New York Snarky Puppy, and from Africa the father of Ethio Jazz Mulatu Astatke. http://www.jazzfestival.co.nz/