Featured Music Stories
Inside Out with Nick Tipping: South Africa's Young Lions
Nick checks out some of the young generation of musicians making waves on the South African scene. Audio
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Is Aretha Franklin's 'Respect' the greatest song of all time?
19 Sep 2021Rolling Stone magazine has released another debate-triggering list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, with the top three artists all singing songs of respect, revolution, and rights. Video
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Playlist: For love of the ... violin
20 Sep 2021The violin can sing like a human voice and express every emotion. Enjoy RNZ's collection of some of the greatest violin music ever written.
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New Horizons: Hooking up to Solar
19 Sep 2021William Dart sidelines the lingering winter and soaks up Lorde's new Solar Power album. Audio
RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert is New Zealand’s fine music network. Concert promotes New Zealand music and composition and features live broadcasts of concerts and recitals, as well as international content from other public radio broadcasters, podcasts, and on-demand programmes.
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Settling The Score: Your Choice
13 minutes agoTell us about the piece of classical music you’d most love to hear and share with the rest of New Zealand for Labour Day Monday on RNZ Concert.
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New Horizons: The Kinks' Lola Versus Poweman
about 1 hour agoA half-century on from The Kinks' 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, the boxed set arrives with heaps of archival extras. William Dart checks out just what lies beyond its megapopular single, 'Lola'. Audio
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Moments in Time
9 minutes agoFour New Zealand composers talk about their musical responses to critical moments in history.
Featured Music Programmes
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Nashville Babylon 25 September 2021
25 Sep 2021On this week's show Mark has classic blues and soul from Errol Linton and Bobbie Gentry, Kiwi country courtesy of Sin City, anniversary tracks from Nick Lowe, a… Audio
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Nashville Babylon 18 September 2021
18 Sep 2021This week's Nashville Babylon has blues from Taj Mahal, classic soul courtesy of Sam Cooke and Erma Franklin plus cosmic country from Gram Parsons. Audio
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Nashville Babylon 11 September 2021
11 Sep 2021On this week's show Mark has new music from Alejandro Escovedo, birthday tunes for Robert Fisher of the Willard Grant Conspiracy and John Martyn plus classics… Audio
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Nashville Babylon 4 September, 2021
4 Sep 2021On this week's show there are tracks to mark the passing of Lee Perry, Charlie Watts, Don Everly and UB40 sax player and founder Brian Travers. There's also… Audio
Recent Music Stories
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Settling The Score 2021: Your Choice - Suggestion Form
12:01 am todayThis is where you can tell us about the piece of classical music you’d most love to hear and share with the rest of New Zealand for Labour Day Monday on RNZ Concert.
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Artists join multi-city concert to highlight climate change, vaccine inequality
Stars including Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder and Ed Sheeran are set to perform at a 24-hour concert to raise awareness of climate change, vaccine inequality and famine.
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Hymns on Sunday, 26 September 2021
26 Sep 2021Voices of women in Hymns on Sunday today, with hymns from across the centuries written or translated by the likes of Shirley Murray, Marnie Barrell, Cecil Frances Alexander and Catherine Winkworth. Audio
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REICH: Six Pianos
25 Sep 2021Performed by pianists Sarah Watkins, Liam Wooding, Jian Liu, Stephen De Pledge, Michael Houstoun, and Somi Kim, Auckland Town Hall, 18 March 2021. Audio
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PSATHAS: Voices at the End
25 Sep 2021Performed by pianists Sarah Watkins, Liam Wooding, Jian Liu, Stephen De Pledge, Michael Houstoun, and Somi Kim, Auckland Town Hall, 18 March 2021. Video, Audio
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Wellington's Les Charmants, and jazz cello
25 Sep 2021Swing from Wellington trio Les Charmants, classics from Marian McPartland and Hank Jones, and a soulful track from NYC cellist Erik Friedlander. Audio
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Musical Chairs: Stan Walker
25 Sep 2021In this episode of Musical Chairs Stan Walker talks about his childhood on Tamapahore marae, Australian Idol and his ambition to make a difference Video, Audio
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The Sampler: Jordan Rakei, Cleo Sol, Steve Gunn
25 Sep 2021Tony Stamp explores the new album by NZ-born, London-based neo-soul adventurer Jordan Rakei, a blissed out collection about motherhood from UK singer Cleo Sol, and guitar-slinger Steve Gunn's latest… Audio
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RNZ news reader Sarah Thomson on songs that stay in your life
25 Sep 2021RNZ news reader Sarah Thomson on songs that stay in your life. Audio
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Music 101: Yadana Saw
24 Sep 2021Yadana Saw, who's filling in as host of Music 101 this Saturday, tells Jesse what's coming up on the show and picks a track to play. Audio
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SOUNZ Moments in Time
24 Sep 2021Four New Zealand composers talk about their musical responses to critical moments in history.
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Music reviewer Grant Smithies
24 Sep 2021French psych-rock duo Liminanas have just made an "imaginary road movie" album with techno DJ/ producer Laurent Garnier. Grant says it's good, but not as good as past work, so we hear a couple of… Audio
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition #342: Phil Manzanera/Alien Weaponry
23 Sep 2021In this week's Pocket Edition, Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera on his new collaboration with an old friend called Tim Finn and Alien Weaponry on their new record Tangaroa Audio
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Uptown Lowdown
We're joined by Marty Duda from The 13th Floor to talk about their new youtube channel - Uptown Lowdown. A new music news and review show. Audio
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Music Critic - Matthew Crawley
23 Sep 2021Store manager at Flying Out Records in Auckland, Matthew Crawley, talks to Jesse about plans for a 10th anniversary reissue of Tiny Ruins album and the latest album out from Lucien Johnson. Audio
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Great album - Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik'
23 Sep 2021Great Album: Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik'. Audio
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First Song - Something's Changing
22 Sep 2021Justin McLean from the Roulettes joins Jesse to discuss the bands' recently re-released song Something's Changing and the legacy of Andrew Brough. Audio
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Music with RNZ's Charlotte Ryan
22 Sep 2021Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to play a track from Don McGlashan's new album Bright New Morning that's out at the end of October, a surprise album written over lockdown released by Tim… Audio
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The Big Day Out: NZ's essential summer music festival in the '90s and 00s
For 20 years, the Big Day Out music festival was a summer essential for New Zealanders keen to see some of the best local and international acts. Gareth Shute has put together a history of the Big Day… Video, Audio, Gallery
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Argyle Trio on Tour
We chat to Wilma Smith about the Argyle Trio's current tour. Audio
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Great NZ Album
20 Sep 2021This week's Great NZ Album is Anthonie Tonnon's Leave Love Out of This Audio
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My Current Song: Hello Hello by The Eyes Open (ft Aly Cook)
19 Sep 2021Kiwi country singer Aly Cook has strong ties to the Aussie music scene, so it's perhaps no surprise that she's working as part of a New Zealand and Australian music collective. The Eyes Open's new… Audio
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What's behind ABBA's incredible staying power?
It has been more than 40 years since their last single, but ABBA are back in the charts with two new songs -- I Still Have Faith in You and Don't Shut Me Down. ABBA's diehard fans certainly still have… Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 19 September 2021
19 Sep 2021It’s the final day of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week – and we’ve a great selection of te reo hymns including Wairua Tapu by Ngapo Wehi and a setting of Whakaaria mai by Ryan Youens. Audio
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