Recent Music Stories
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Musician touring on foot from Puketapu to Wellington
Kicking off in late February, Samuel R. Saffery will walk over 300 kilometres with his guitar, playing as many shows as he can. Audio
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Tiki Taane starts free Christchurch concert with 'Jammin' on a Tram'
20 Feb 2024Musician Tiki Taane has surprised lunchtime crowds in Christchurch with a free concert on one of the city's trams.
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Multiple futures, multiple flutes
20 Feb 2024NZ-born, US-based flute player Tessa Brinckman talks to Bryan Crump about her new album, Take Wing, Roll Back. Audio
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Music feature: Pixie Williams, her life and musical legacy
20 Feb 2024On the 2nd and 3rd of March the NZ Fringe Festival brings "The New Blue: A Portrait Of Pixie Williams" to Wellington's Hannah Playhouse. The show celebrates the life and work of our first homegrown… Audio
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Update on Oz with Brad Foster
Brad Foster provides an update on asbestos found in mulch in parks and gardens around Sydney, Taylor Swift in town, and an embarrassing dinner outing for Pink. He also reports on the search continuing… Audio
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The TAHI 20/2/2024
On today’s episode, General Fiyah is all grown up and releasing new music, local indie band Where’s Jai chat about the struggle of performing live when you’re underage, and we discuss a poop situation… Audio
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Taylor Swift at Eden Park? 93% of locals say yes
20 Feb 2024More than 93 percent of Eden Park's neighbours want the Auckland stadium to host at least one Taylor Swift concert, a survey shows.
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Student radio station tower destroyed in Port Hills blaze
19 Feb 2024Alternative radio station RDU had its transmission tower on Marley's Hill burnt to a crisp in the 650-hectare fire. Audio
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Grammy award-winning Kiwi artist back after 7-year hiatus
19 Feb 2024Brooke Fraser will play a special concert with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in Auckland on 22 June. Audio
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Buzz Newton and the mouthpiece of destiny
19 Feb 2024RNZ Concert's Three to Seven celebrates the euphonium with one of best euphonium players in the business: New Zealander Buzz Newton. Video, Audio
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Brooke Fraser returning to Aotearoa for a special performance
19 Feb 2024After a seven-year hiatus, Kiwi musician Brooke Fraser is returning to Aotearoa for a one-off concert with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Audio
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The Hollywood music producer helping Kiwis connect
19 Feb 2024Karyn Rachtman has worked on music for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and with Baz Luhrmann for Romeo & Juliet, among others. Audio
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Worlds of Music 18 February, 2024
Trevor spins tunes from King Sunny Ade, Fanfare Ciocărlia, Dom La Nena and contemporary Irish folk four-piece, Lankum. Audio
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Dimmer Live at the Hollywood
18 Feb 2024A slice of New Zealand musical history has been made in Hollywood ... that is, Auckland's Hollywood Theatre, as Dimmer celebrates 21 years of Shayne Carter's insinuatingly soulful music. William Dart… Audio
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Hugh Cornwell: The former Stranglers singer on his NZ Tour
Hugh Cornwell is the original singer, songwriter and guitarist with British band The Stranglers. He discusses his career with Jim. Audio
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Paul McCartney's stolen Beatles bass guitar found after 51 years
"The bass that started Beatlemania" was returned after a global appeal.
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Hymns on Sunday, 18 February 2024
18 Feb 2024In this week’s programme we’re marking the First Sunday in Lent, there’s a hymn written for Human Rights Day, and we get an insight into how American minister Robert Lowry wrote his hymns. Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 17 February 2024
17 Feb 2024On this week's Nashville Babylon there's classics from Laura Nyro and Chuck Berry, blues from ace songwriter Alvin Robinson plus birthday tunes for legendary soul star Smokey Robinson. Audio
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Exposition
17 Feb 2024Nick checks out two tracks by Pat Metheny, two guys named Phil, two from Canadian singer Emilie-Claire Barlow, and drummer Reuben Bradley's "Exposition". Audio
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The Mixtape - Jean McAllister - 20 years in Red Mole
17 Feb 2024This week on the Mixtape: Jean McAllistair Audio
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Introducing: Sam Bambery
17 Feb 2024Otautahi/Christchurch artist and songwriter Sam Bambery joins Charlotte Ryan to celebrate the release of his new song 'Parasite'. It's the first single from an upcoming album called 'Rubricator' that… Video, Audio
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Review: & the Charm by Avalon Emerson
17 Feb 2024Tony Stamp review the debut from a techno DJ-turned-dream pop musician. Video, Audio
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Review: Cartwheel by Hotline TNT
17 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews a critically buzzed-about shoegaze outing. Video, Audio
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Is this posthumous album a fitting send off for dub music legend Lee "Scratch" Perry?
17 Feb 2024Tony Stamp reviews the final album from a Jamaican pioneer. Audio
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