Recent Music Stories
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Music 101 Pocket Edition194: Dictaphone Blues/Ponguru
30 Jun 2018In this week's Pocket Edition, Tony Stamp hosts Dictaphone Blues for a live session. We meet Auckland band Skilaa and a special Matariki treat from Ponguru. Audio
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Worlds Of Music: Catrin Finch and Sekou Keita
30 Jun 2018Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese Kora player Seckou Keita chat to Trevor Reekie about their recent album Soar. Audio
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Dictaphone Blues live at RNZ
30 Jun 2018Edward Castelow has been making music under the name Dictaphone Blues for around a decade now. His new EP Elastic Meditation is out now, so we invited Ed and his all-star band into the studio to play… Video, Audio
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Kanye’s five-in-five releases mired in controversy
30 Jun 2018US journalist David Dennis Jr says the rollout for the recent G.O.O.D Music albums from Pusha T, Kanye West and Nas have been negative for black women. Audio
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NZ Live: Mali Mali
29 Jun 2018Auckland singer-songwriter Ben Tolich, aka Mali Mali, describes himself as "a messy, thoughtful, ambassador for pain and longing". He's just released his third full album Azimuth and performs four… Video, Audio
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Peter Walls’ diverse musical involvement
29 Jun 2018Classical music has a great capacity to provide profound comfort in times of loss; one of the beloved such works in the repertoire is Fauré’s Requiem. Wellington choir Nota Bene is performing this… Audio
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Another Auckland Uni music teacher confirms redundancy
Confirmation of redundancies at the University of Auckland’s School of Music continues.
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Love and lust in the music of Boycrush and Princess Chelsea
29 Jun 2018Music reviewer Grant Smithies looks at the primary themes of requited and unrequited love, which run through the music of Auckland-based artists Boycrush and Princess Chelsea. We also hear new music… Audio
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Upbeat for Friday 29 June
We have an update on the restructure of the University of Auckland’s School of Music, conductor Riccardo Muti stops the Chicago Symphony Orchestra mid-performance and Chamber Music New Zealand’s Peter…
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A star is born
28 Jun 2018We have a winner for the Lexus Song Quest 2018.
Adjudicator Lisa Gasteen has awarded the top prize to Joel Amosa.
The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation scholarship of $15,000 was awarded to Filipe Manu.
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Nights Culture - Electronic Music
28 Jun 2018Cultural Ambassador Paul Berrington is back with more electronic pearls. tonight he's looking a the rise of the techno auteurs. Audio
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Jackson family patriarch Joe has died
28 Jun 2018He's been painted as a controlling tryrant who bullied his sons. Joe Jackson the father of Michael and the other Jackson siblings has died at the age of 89. Jermaine Jackson has justified his father's… Audio
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Nadia Reid performs live
28 Jun 2018Acclaimed singer/songwriter Nadia Reid is currently on a 13 date tour of the country before she heads to the US to record her third album, the High and Lonely. She joins in studio to perform one of… Audio
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Review: Heath Quartet performs new Gareth Farr commission
28 Jun 2018The Heath Quartet, one of Britain’s most exciting chamber ensembles, performed Gareth Farr’s new commission Te Kōanga, meaning Spring or planting season last night at the Michael Fowler Centre… Audio
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Elephants to be serenaded by Mozart and Māori waiata
Mozart and Māori waiata are to be used to calm mistreated Elephants in Thailand. Audio
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Union accuses Auckland University of 'silencing' music staff
The Tertiary Education Union is accusing University of Auckland of “silencing” music staff.
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Upbeat for Thursday June 28
We bring you an update on the happenings at University of Auckland’s School of Music, Wellington Cathedral gets a new organ, we discover why saxophones aren’t in the orchestra, Elizabeth Kerr reviews…
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SIX60 to be first ever local act to headline Western Springs
28 Jun 2018Local pop/RnB group Six60 will the first ever Kiwi group to perform their own headline show at one of Auckland's most iconic rock venues, Western Springs Stadium. The group are set to perform in…
Coming up
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Gareth FARR: Te Kōanga (première)
27 Jun 2018Heath Quartet, presented by Chamber Music New Zealand. Video, Audio
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