Recent Music Stories
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The Black Keys: On recording with Beck and Noel Gallagher
6 Apr 2024Dan Auerbach, singer and guitarist of The Black Keys, introduces Charlotte Ryan to 'record hangs', a pastime that feeds the band's musical inspiration and their new album Ohio Players. The Black Keys… Audio
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Jason Gunn - playing favourites
Childrens' television presenter turned author, Jason Gunn joins Colin Peacock to play favourites. Jason is taking part in the Auckland Writers Festival's Schools Programme Hotaka Kura and has written… Audio
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Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Tonight, songs from American singer-songwriter Zsela, a new Afrofuturist album from Moor Mother, and Estonian experimental musician Lolina. Audio
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Global warning
5 Apr 2024Percussionist Jacob Nissly and composer Adam Schoenberg are in the country for the NZSO performance of Adam's percussion concerto, "Losing Earth", which was written for Jacob. Audio
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Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
5 Apr 2024Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 on RNZ National each Saturday afternoon, talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is… Audio
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NZ Live: Haz Beats and Miloux
5 Apr 2024R&B dream team Haz Beats and Miloux join Jesse in the Auckland studio to perform some songs from their Blonde and Brunette EPs. Video, Audio
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Review: Incubus, live at Wolfbrook
5 Apr 2024Knowing in advance this gig was going to be great (third time seeing Incubus, first time for Līve) I went in early to get a good spot and I'm seriously glad I did.
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Liszt, Dante and nursery rhymes
4 Apr 2024Young, gifted and into the classics as well as classical music. Bryan Crump talks with the pianist Otis Prescott-Mason. Video, Audio
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Music Critic: Zac Arnold
4 Apr 2024Today Zac talks to Jesse about new music from Emojion and Jess Cornelius. Audio
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The TAHI 4/4/24
On todays episode, Ray Leslie speaks on her latest single ‘The Fridge All Stocked”, Evie tries her hand at making AI music and offends everybody in the process, and So’omālō breaks down the DOC’s… Audio
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Jimmy Barnes announces New Zealand tour
4 Apr 2024The veteran Aussie rocker is getting back to work, just months after undergoing emergency cardiac surgery.
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Moment of Calm: Calming like a Kaka.
3 Apr 2024Maybe a bit on the raucous side, but still, we think there's something calming about a bit of Kaka cacophony. Audio
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Some businesses spend years accumulating the perfect ambience
Music is probably one of the last things you'd pay attention to when out for a meal or drink - but it can make or break the whole experience.
We've all been to a restaurant or bar where the music is… Audio
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Bringing a bit of Guarneri to Canterbury
3 Apr 2024German-born Tobi Widemann talks to Bryan Crump about the art of violin making. Audio
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Rodney Bell: 'Silence for me is a meaningful piece of rejuvenation'
Award-winning dancer and choreographer Rodney Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto) chats to Jesse Mulligan about some of his favourite things, including a book about silence, an '80s muscle magazine and a Bryan… Video, Audio
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Country singer Chris Stapleton announces NZ show
3 Apr 2024Grammy-winner Chris Stapleton will play at Auckland's Spark Arena in March 2025.
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What is going on with P Diddy?
Explainer: US hip hop star Sean Combs has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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Island life with a classical twist
2 Apr 2024Tania Frazer and Amalia Hall are bringing a new chamber music festival to Waiheke Island. Audio
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'The godfather of Ōtara' leads the way on this 1994 R&B classic
2 Apr 2024New Urban Polynesian features Pauly Fuemana, who would go on to become OMC, alongside his siblings Philip, Christina, and Tony. Video, Audio
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Prince's musical relationships - with fan and composer Victoria Kelly
2 Apr 2024Victoria Kelly shares some lesser-known songs by her musical hero Prince. Video, Audio
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The TAHI 2/4/24
On today’s episode, Evie is back (again). So’omālō tells us the safest way to consume leftovers, we rank all the best April fool’s jokes, and find the perfect formula for casting the next Bachelor. Audio
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Dragon celebrates 50th anniversary with national tour
2 Apr 2024Veteran rock band Dragon is about to tour the country 50 years after they first formed. Audio
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Worlds of Music 31 March, 2024
Music from the world, for the world, with Driss El Maloumi, Ebony Lamb, Dom La Nena, and internationally celebrated Chilean cumbia orchestra, Chico Trujillo. Audio
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Old Friends
31 Mar 2024William Dart features two of the hippest octogenarians in the business: Van Dyke Parks working with Gaby Moreno, and the bluesman who shares his name with one of India's iconic palaces - Taj Mahal. Audio
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