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Joining the dots with the bass clarinet
Anna Koch speaks to Bryan Crump about touring the world with her family and bass clarinet, and making music with indigenous artists along the way, including Aotearoa's Ariana Tikao. Video, Audio
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Music Critic: Marty Jones
15 Feb 2024Today Marty talks to Jesse about music from John Martyn and a Bruce Hornsby & The Range track. Audio
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TAHI 15/02/2024
On today’s episode, comedian Bubbah dishes about the second season of ‘I Got You’, Bigfans' Noema Te Hau III has all the details on new artist programme Ignite, and we reminisce about our first jobs.
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This week's Moment of Calm, out in the country
14 Feb 2024Bryan Crump goes for an early stroll down a country lane to a one-lane bridge to record this week's Moment of Calm. Audio
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The robust cellist
14 Feb 2024Cellist Julian Steckel talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his concert with the Auckland Philharmonia, playing Shostakovich's Second Cello Concerto. Video, Audio
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Bookmarks with Duncan Sarkies
Novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, Duncan Sarkies is best known for his wild plot lines, eccentric and somewhat disturbing characters, and macabre sense of humour. He's our bookmarks guest this… Audio
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Pearl Jam play Auckland show in 2024 world tour
14 Feb 2024Evergreen Seattle grungers Pearl Jam are to play an Auckland show in November as part of a world tour supporting their new Dark Matter album.
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Plan for a national music centre steps forward
Plans for a new music complex in the capital have taken a step forward.
Victoria University of Wellington, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington City Council have been working on plans to… Audio
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The Feelers frontman admits refusing police request after drink-driving
13 Feb 2024Kiwi rocker James Reid has admitted he refused to give police a blood sample after being stopped for drink-driving.
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Tim Wayne-Wright: loving the air down here
13 Feb 2024Former King's Singer Tim Wayne-Wright talks to Bryan Crump about giving up the globetrotting life to settle in New Zealand with his partner and young family. Video, Audio
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Music feature: Herbie Hancock
13 Feb 2024Today for our Tuesday music feature we're celebrating one of the greatest names in jazz, Herbie Hancock. The pianist and composer emerged in the 1960s playing in Miles Davis's quintet. Later, as a… Audio
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Musicians and crew left hanging after music festival collapses
13 Feb 2024The company behind a Hawke's Bay music festival has collapsed, leaving dozens of musicians and crew thousands of dollars out of pocket.
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First song: Daniel O'Donnell
13 Feb 2024For fans of the dulcet tones of Irish performer Daniel O'Donnell, some good news, he's back on our shores for the first time since 2017. The singing legend is armed with a show full of Irish standards… Audio
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The TAHI 13/2/2024
On today's show, Pratik is back in the studio to tell us about Palworld, we recap Usher’s Super Bowl show plus uncover the rat takeover of a Dunners supermarket Audio
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New Plymouth exhibition transports visitors to the 60s and 70s
13 Feb 2024Taking its inspiration from a famed Taranaki show band, an exhibition in New Plymouth is transporting visitors on a journey back in time through the fashion, music and technology of the 1960s, 70s and… Audio
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Nest Fest: Artists and crew thousands out of pocket
12 Feb 2024The company behind a Hawke's Bay music festival has collapsed, leaving dozens of musicians and crew thousands of dollars out of pocket. The two day Nest Fest in Hastings in early January featured big… Video, Audio
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Batt by name, into bats by nature
Musical storytellers Tanya Batt and Peter Forster talk to Bryan Crump about Bat's Incredible: their celebration of mammals from the order Chiroptera. Audio
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John Oates on his legacy and present career
12 Feb 2024The music career of John Oates is legendary. He's in both the Songwriter and Rock and Roll hall of fame as a songwriter, guitarist and one half of the 70's and 80's hit music machine Hall and Oates… Audio
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Taylormania takes over Southern Hemisphere
Taylormania has hit the southern hemisphere. The Swifties are out in the thousands.
The megastar's first show across the Tasman will be on Friday in Melbourne. But the fanfare is already here and… Audio
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Studying the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Two AUT academics are taking their Taylor Swift obsession to the next extreme at a Swiftposium in Melbourne, ahead of the star's Australian tour Audio
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Worlds of Music 11 February, 2024
11 Feb 2024Music from the world with Jadid Ensemble, Straw People, Wu Man and flamenco Indian band, Indialucia. Audio
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Joni Live
11 Feb 2024For those with a hankering to experience the magic of Joni Mitchell in concert, William Dart looks through 58 years of it from Toronto coffee houses in the mid-60s to her recently released triumph at… Audio
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Neil Finn: 'Music will save the world'
"We're all trying to kind of find some sound that links us together," celebrated New Zealand musician Neil Finn tells Culture 101 in an upcoming interview. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 11 February 2024
11 Feb 2024There’s a reflective feel to this week’s selection of listener requests, with hymns including There is a balm in Gilead, Nearer my God to thee, and Margaret Rizza’s Prayer for Peace. Audio
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