Featured Music Stories
Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Nick features new NZ jazz from the Wellington quartet Fire Waltz, and Sydney-based guitarist Peter Koopman. Audio
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25 years of OMC's 'How Bizarre'
1 May 2021"It was one of the most interesting records I'd ever hear, probably one of the most important New Zealand records" - music producer Simon Grigg Video, Audio
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Holocaust Requiem documentary
5 May 2021There's a new film based on Boris Pigovat’s powerful work for viola and orchestra, 'Holocaust Requiem'. Xi Liu and Donald Maurice talk to Upbeat. Video, Audio
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Opera tells of a refugee family's struggle to survive
3 May 2021Composer Michael Williams is writing an opera which focuses on the global refugee crisis. Act One of 'D'ua (Prayer) for Broken Shelter' has had its first performance in Hamilton. 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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Playlist: Also sprach Strauss
15 minutes agoThe dramatic music of Richard Strauss is most famous thanks to Stanley Kubrick, but there is plenty more to explore.
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New Horizons: Strings Attached
17 minutes agoNewish releases from Weezer and Owen Pallett both use string sections and full orchestras to great effect. William Dart takes a listen. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday
26 minutes agoBritish hymn-writer Bernadette Farrell writes contemporary Catholic liturgical music, and her hymns often have a social justice focus. Audio
Featured Music Programmes
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Strings Attached
9 May 2021Newish releases from Weezer and Owen Pallett both use string sections and full orchestras to great effect. William Dart takes a listen. Audio
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Pixie Williams Reimagined
2 May 2021Pixie Williams, the iconic voice of TANZA Records with her recording of 'Blue Smoke', is still with us, thanks to a new reimagining of her songs titled The New… Audio
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Something Cool
25 Apr 2021William Dart investigates the state of contemporary cool, with recent folk or folkish releases by Taylor Swift, Peggy Seeger and The Unthanks. Audio
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Fleet Foxes' Shore
18 Apr 2021William Dart looks at the latest and very rewarding album, Shore, from the American band Fleet Foxes. Audio
Recent Music Stories
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How listening to calming music at bedtime can help you sleep
A new study published in the Journal of American geriatrics Society has found that listening to music does, in fact, help older adults get a better night's sleep. Australian music psychology expert Dr… Audio
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The Kiwi app helping mothers ease pregnancy-related stress
When Dr Carrie Barber had her first child she went into labour pre-term ... the trauma of that coming after two miscarriages. She felt like a failed mother at the time, and blamed herself. Thirteen… Audio
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RNZ Music Live Sessions - Mazbou Q
8 May 2021May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa! RNZ Music is proud to present our new series of live sessions with some of Aotearoa's best. Made with support from NZ on Air.
Today it'sTamaki-based… Video, Audio
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The Mixtape - Otis Frizzell
8 May 2021Otis Frizzell is one of Aotearoa's best-known graffiti artists, you may also know him as half on the 90's hip hop duo MCOJ & Rhythm Slave. To mark 21 years of NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o… Audio
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LIVE VIDEO: APO - Fidelio
8 May 2021Join us at 7.30pm for tonight's livestreamed performance of Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio' in Auckland.
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The Phoenix Foundation Live at the Powerstation 2020
8 May 2021The Phoenix Foundation played Auckland's Powerstation as part of the band's first nationwide tour in 5 years. Their dynamic performance featured new songs from their latest celebrated album Friend… Audio
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The Phoenix Foundation Live at the Powerstation
8 May 2021In November 2020 The Phoenix Foundation played Auckland's Powerstation as part of the band's first nationwide tour in 5 years. Their dynamic performance featured new songs from their latest celebrated… Audio
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Sara, Red, and Miguel
8 May 2021Nick features new music from saxophonist Miguel Zenon, and classics from Bill Evans, Sara Gazarek, and Red Garland. Audio
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Musical Chairs: Sons of Zion
8 May 2021In this Musical Chairs Joel Latimer, Riapo Panapa, Sam Eriwata and Matt Sadgrove reflect on their early days of playing gospel music in the church band to surviving tour fallouts and how they've…
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Some of the best NZ music documentaries streaming on demand
8 May 2021Tony Stamp joins Charlotte in the studio to highlight some of the documentaries streaming at NZ Film On Demand during NZ Music Month. Video, Audio
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The Sampler: Lontalius, Beastwars, Hannah Jadagu
8 May 2021Tony Stamp listens to Lontalius' stripped-back third album, the tenth anniversary reissue of Beastwars' debut album, and an EP recorded and produced on an iPhone by New York singer Hannah Jadagu. Audio
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Wunderbar owner Alex Wallace on the NZ Music Venue Infrastructure Fund
8 May 2021In the aftermath of the pandemic's negative impact on Aotearoa’s local music industry, The Music Commission established the NZ Music Venue Infrastructure Fund for music venues with a capacity of under… Audio
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"I remember not seeing anyone who looked like me,.. as a family, we felt quite different" Bic Runga opens up about growing up in Christchurch and the backlash she faced for speaking her truth.
8 May 2021Bic Runga''s 'There is No Time / Kaore He Wa' features on the new Waiata/Anthem series. She opens up about the racism and alienation she felt growing up in Christchurch as a Chinese/ Māori New… Video, Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
7 May 2021Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from midday talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
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NZ Live: The Chills
7 May 2021Iconic Dunedin band The Chills stop by RNZ's Wellington studio to play an NZ Live session. They are currently midway through a nationwide tour to mark the release of their seventh studio album Scatter… Video, Audio
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Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra presents 'Fidelio'
7 May 2021Beethoven’s opera 'Fidelio' is being performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra on Saturday evening, with a lineup of some of New Zealand’s top international opera stars. Audio
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Music reviewer Grant Smithies
7 May 2021A self-confessed "Beatles-obsessed weirdo from Philadelphia", Todd Rundgren's greatest work was a 1972 double LP called Something/ Anything. Shameless fan-boy Grant Smithies plays a couple of key… Audio
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RNZ Music Pocket Edition #324: Shapeshifter, BENEE, Music Month
6 May 2021In this week's Pocket Edition, Shapeshifter's P Digsss and Sam speak with Tony Stamp about a new tour and new album. Classical composer Claire Cowan and BENEE discuss the forthcoming series of… Audio
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Music Critic Simon Sweetman
6 May 2021Today Simon reviews music from Dianne Swann's first solo album, The War on Peace of Mind and Dinosaur Jr's Sweep It Into Space. Audio
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Great album: Kylie Minogue's Step Back in Time
6 May 2021This week's great vinyl album to give away for link 3 is Kylie Minogue's Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection. It features some of her greatest tracks from her career and takes its name from… Audio
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Competition showcases young classical talent from the south
6 May 2021Otago and Southland's top young classical musicians perform in the inaugural Dunedin Concerto Competition this Friday. Audio
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Music with RNZ's Yadana Shaw
5 May 2021Two exhibitions celebrating the visual experience of music are winding their way around the motu for NZ Music Month. Yadana Saw finds some tunes to accompany The Art of the Record and From The Pit. Audio
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From New York to Mangawhai & Kaitaia
Award winning Brazilian Jazz Artist Nanny Assis and Kiwi vocalist and ex-Dominion Post photojournalist Maggie Gould are based in New York for part of each year, where they perform at the famous Blue… Audio
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New Sir Dave Dobbyn collection
4 May 2021Dave Dobbyn was recently knighted and to celebrate the occasion NZ on Screen has created an online library of his working life. Gabe McDonnell is a playwright, actor, TV and fiction writer and many… Audio
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