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Michael Norris wins SOUNZ Contemporary Award with ground-breaking throat singing work
Michael Norris wins SOUNZ Contemporary Award with ground-breaking throat singing work
4 Oct 2018Wellington composer Michael Norris has taken the SOUNZ Contemporary Award Silver Scroll with his work Sygyt, which brings together traditional Tuvan singing with Western music.
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Jenny Morris welcomed into the NZ Music Hall of Fame by PM Jacinda Ardern
Jenny Morris welcomed into the NZ Music Hall of Fame by PM Jacinda Ardern
4 Oct 2018Kiwi music legend Jenny Morris has been welcomed into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame by the Prime Minister, and a heartwarming video tribute from her friends and family.
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Ria Hall wins Maioha Award at Silver Scroll for 2018
Ria Hall wins Maioha Award at Silver Scroll for 2018
4 Oct 2018Esteemed songwriter Ria Hall along with co-writers Tiki Taane and Te Ori Paki have won the APRA Maioha Award for thier song ‘Te Ahi Kai Pō’ at the Silver Scrolls in Auckland tonight. Video, Audio
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LIVE: APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2018
LIVE: APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2018
4 Oct 2018RNZ Music is live from the 2018 APRA Silver Scroll Songwriting Awards at Auckland's Spark Arena.
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Choral legend comes to Auckland
Choral legend comes to Auckland
4 Oct 2018Stephen Layton will conduct Bach’s St Matthew Passion tonight with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, soloists and the University of Auckland Chamber Choir, a work he says he would “go anywhere in the world for”. Video, Audio
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Music Alive: St Matthew Passion
Music Alive: St Matthew Passion
3 Aug 2014We have Felix Mendelssohn to thank for the revival of Bach's St Matthew Passion, which features in tonight's live broadcast from Auckland, in Music Alive from 7.30pm. Audio
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Silver Scrolls 2018: a beginner's guide
Silver Scrolls 2018: a beginner's guide
4 Oct 2018The APRA Silver Scroll songwriting awards have been recognising talent since 1965 - from Ray Columbus to Lorde - but for the uninitiated, Nick Bollinger gives a rundown of what they're all about.
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The white nationalist who turned away from hatred
The white nationalist who turned away from hatred
2 Oct 2018A new book recounts the transformation of Derek Black, the infamous young white nationalist leader in the US who renounced his beliefs and family after gaining acceptance with fellow students. Audio
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The Silver Scrolls: a beginner's guide
The Silver Scrolls: a beginner's guide
4 Oct 2018The APRA Silver Scroll songwriting awards have been running since 1965 and have recognised everyone from Ray Columbus to Lorde. Nick Bollinger explains what the awards are all about.
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From poo to plastic
From poo to plastic
Scientists at Scion are developing a revolutionary new toilet that will not only safely treat human waste using no water and very little energy, but will also produce a useful product - bioplastic. Audio
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Anatomy Of A Scroll 2018
Anatomy Of A Scroll 2018
4 Oct 2018We pull apart the five finalists for best New Zealand song of 2018, ahead of the APRA Silver Scrolls award for songwriting.
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The ‘flu that devastated Samoa
The ‘flu that devastated Samoa
When the 1918 flu reached Samoa from New Zealand it incapacitated 90 percent of adults, killed about a quarter of the population, and tarnished the relationship between the two countries, medical historian Ryan McLane says. Audio
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From Frogs to Fame: Jenny Morris looks back
From Frogs to Fame: Jenny Morris looks back
4 Oct 2018Singer Jenny Morris will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame tonight. She reminisced with Nick Bollinger about Frogs, Crocodiles, a Beatle's advice, and other career highlights.
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'Piano and a Microphone' by Prince
'Piano and a Microphone' by Prince
2 Oct 2018The Sampler - Titled Piano and a Microphone 1983, the album is essentially just that; a studio recording from the year before Purple Rain, capturing the musician on his own at the keyboard, writes Nick Bollinger. Audio
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Life's a riot with Billy Bragg
Life's a riot with Billy Bragg
Songwriter, performer and tireless socialist political activist Billy Bragg says Britain is having a "midlife crisis". Bragg, who is returning to New Zealand for shows in Auckland in November, says the Brexit vote was about identity. Video, Audio
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Termite tech: robots, architecture, biofuels
Termite tech: robots, architecture, biofuels
1 Oct 2018Termites' abilities to turn timber into food and build towering mounds might help us develop biofuels, construction robots, housing design hacks and microbe technology, author Lisa Margonelli says. Audio
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In Tokelau, NZ must ease tensions, mend relations
In Tokelau, NZ must ease tensions, mend relations
Analysis - A New Zealand delegation travelling to Tokelau this week will find a territory divided, tense and looking to Wellington for a way forward, writes Mackenzie Smith.
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'Brexit for the British is a deep, dark, truthful mirror'
'Brexit for the British is a deep, dark, truthful mirror'
Songwriter, performer and tireless socialist political activist Billy Bragg says Britain is having a "midlife crisis". Video, Audio
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Anatomy of a Scroll: Marlon Williams 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore'
Anatomy of a Scroll: Marlon Williams 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore'
29 Sep 2018Marlon Williams strips back his Silver Scroll-nominated break-up song 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore', a duet with his ex., fellow Lyttelton musician Aldous Harding. Video, Audio
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Daybreak Book Corner: The sound of the 20th century
Daybreak Book Corner: The sound of the 20th century
3 Oct 2018This month, RNZ Concert's morning programme Daybreak features a book from one of the most respected and influential writers about classical music in the world today - The Rest Is Noise by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross.
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What a 'disease' is, and the problems of pathology
What a 'disease' is, and the problems of pathology
Modern definitions of illness are usually listed by global health organisations, but they can carry stigma and are subject to cultural power dynamics, author Mike McRae says. Audio
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Anatomy of a Scroll: Marlon Williams
Anatomy of a Scroll: Marlon Williams
29 Sep 2018Alt-country star Williams says getting Aldous Harding to contribute to the song about their break-up 'Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore' was worthwhile, and the resulting song was "therapeutic and emotionally necessary". Video, Audio
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VIDEO PREMIERE: 'Give It To Me' by Motte
VIDEO PREMIERE: 'Give It To Me' by Motte
6 Oct 2018RNZ Music is proud to share the first look at Motte’s music video for ‘Give It To Me’. It’s a special release for Motte, the solo incarnation of Christchurch singer/violinist Anita Clark who was silenced by a virus that could have stopped her singing forever. Video, Audio
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Pay freeze for MPs
Pay freeze for MPs
27 Sep 2018The government has used its powers to ignore the rules and pass a bill through all its stages at once to freeze MPs' pay. Audio