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Nashville Babylon: 27 January 2024
27 Jan 2024On this week's show Mark has classic soul from James Brown, birthday tunes for Lucinda Williams and Bobby 'Blue' Bland plus a reggae smash courtesy of Desmond Dekker. Audio
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Rebirth
27 Jan 2024Nick checks out Billy Child's album 'Rebirth', two legendary performances by Ella Fitzgerald, new arrangements by NYC-based musicians Steven Feifke and Raviv Markovitz, sensitive quartet work by… Audio
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The Mixtape: Ebony Lamb
27 Jan 2024Following the release of her acclaimed solo debut, Wellington musician Ebony Lamb is preparing for three shows with American indie band Calexico next month. In the meantime, she says choosing songs… Video, Audio
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Introducing: Admiral Drowsy
27 Jan 2024This week we introduce Lyttleton-based musician Luke Redfern Scott, aka Admiral Drowsy. Audio
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Faye Webster talks ahead of Laneway
27 Jan 2024Charlotte Ryan chats to Faye Webster ahead of her appearance on the NZ stage at Laneway in just over week. Video, Audio
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Calexico returns to NZ to celebrate classic album 'Feast on a Wire'
27 Jan 2024Charlotte Ryan caught up with Calexico vocalist, guitarist and co-founder Joey Burns Audio
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Rotem Sivan - Dream Louder
27 Jan 2024Christchurch-born bass player Hamish Smith features on New York-based guitarist Rotem Sivan's new album 'Dream Louder'. Also this hour - classics by Hampton Hawes, and an exciting track from… Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
26 Jan 2024Finn's back for 2024, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Featuring tracks from Lily Seabird, Faye Webster and Nia Archives. Audio
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This Weekend: Drag queens salute Lana Del Rey
26 Jan 2024An all-star cast of drag performers will take to the stage tomorrow to pay tribute to a lesser-worshipped diva: pop singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. Audio
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Ōtautahi Live: Pretty Stooked
26 Jan 2024Pretty Stooked join Alex Harmer in the RNZ Christchurch studio for a chat about their story and to play some of their current and upcoming music. Video, Audio
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Young New Zealand embraces wind power
26 Jan 2024Bryan Crump meets some of the cast and crew of New Zealand Youth Symphonic Winds as the secondary school age band gathers in Wellington for a summer concert series. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
26 Jan 2024Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm 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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They're listening to us here
26 Jan 2024A request for listeners to show us where they're listening from got responses from around the world, even California, where Tim Morrison likes his classical music with a Kiwi accent. Three to Seven… Audio
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NZ Live: Merv Pinny
26 Jan 2024NZ Live is back for 2024, and today we're kicking things off with Marv Pinny. Merv is an artist from the Far North whose music encompassed alternative rock, blues and country sounds. Audio
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BayJam being held this weekend
26 Jan 2024If you're in the Coromandel region this weekend, Whitianga might be the place to be. The annual BayJam event will be on, with an array of musicians, performers and local foods to peruse. Keey Fremm is… Audio
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New piano festival brings major musical stars to Hamilton
26 Jan 2024A new piano festival in Hamilton, which brings Chinese and New Zealand students together with famous pianists, has attracted major international stars to the city.
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It was the Summer of '95
James Donaldson from the Nelson School of the Musical Arts speaks to Bryan Crump about preparing to host the Adam Summer Music School, and remembers how being part of the first school in 1995 changed… Audio
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Music Critic: Zac Arnold
25 Jan 2024Today Zac Arnold talks to Jesse about new music from Hannah Everingham and Caru. Audio
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The TAHI 25/01/2024
On today’s show, central Auckland musician Nauti talks about the hustle, Evie gets to catch up with Gracie Moller in person and So’omālō shares the rite of passage of red heads Audio
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Mazbou Q - the rap scientist breaking down hip-hop
25 Jan 2024Auckland hip-hop artist and academic Mazbou Q is becoming an international authority on the burgeoning science of rap. Video, Audio
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Pocket Editiion: 24 January 2024
24 Jan 2024In Pocket Edition this week Maggie Tweedie introduces us to fresh music, Jon Toogood shares the song he listens to on his summer roadie and we meet experimental Wellington musician Sonya Waters. Audio
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Choose life. Choose an instrument.
Australian classical music broadcaster, musician and writer Ed Le Brocq extolls the virtues of learning an instrument, no matter how late you take it up. Audio
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Aotearoa's Tiki Taane lights up Cook Islands' music scene
24 Jan 2024Aotearoa's Tiki Taane lights up Cook Islands' music scene. Audio
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Amanda Palmer pops in for a quick catch-up
23 Jan 2024American songstress Amanda Palmer was unexpectedly marooned in New Zealand during the Covid-19 pandemic and left our shores changed. Now, she's back for a series of small, intimate shows reflecting on… Audio
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