Recent Music Stories
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2018 World Cup Preview: Football, Fashion & Song
12 Jun 2018The 2018 Football World Cup is almost upon us,so it's time to kick off our special podcast series Squeaky Bum Time. Audio
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The 90's Irish music explosion
12 Jun 2018A look and listen back to the Irish pop music explosion of the 1990's. Audio
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How Fearless Music led to a Tui
12 Jun 2018Bass player and composer Umar Zakaria has won the Recorded Music New Zealand Best Jazz Artist Tui at this year’s Jazz Awards. He may only be young but he’s stepping up in the local Jazz scene. He… Audio
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Review: NZSO’s An Evening with Simon O’Neill
12 Jun 2018Kiwi tenor Simon O’Neill has returned home to perform Wagner’s song cycle Wesendonck Lieder with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra around the country. Peter Hoar was at the Auckland concert which… Audio
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Upbeat for Tuesday 12 June
A stable of horses react to the a-mare-zing sounds of Bach, how listening to music at work alters your mind, NZSO with tenor Simon O’Neill is reviewed by Peter Hoar, Jazz Tui winner Umar Zakaria and…
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Talking Heads' David Byrne to tour NZ in November
12 Jun 2018Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is coming to New Zealand in November to play shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Video
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Ema Tavola and the Isa Lei song
12 Jun 2018This is one of the most well-loved songs of the Pacific and its beautiful, wistful quality still endures - 100 years on from its debut. Video, Audio
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Alien Weaponry's reo Māori heavy metal hits number one
12 Jun 2018It's a significant moment in Māori music history - Alien Weaponry's reo Maori heavy metal album Tū has hit number one. Tū has more than one million streams on Spotify since the album was released on… Audio
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Nashville Babylon 11 June, 2018
11 Jun 2018This week plays cosmic country from Gram Parsons, Americana from Richmond Fontaine, spins a new track from Joshua Hedley and goes back in time with Grand Drive's debut single from 1998. Audio
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Kiwi Country
11 Jun 2018Nelson country music promoter and artist, Aly Cook joins us to take a look at a new collection of country music from New Zealand. 'Best Kept Kiwi Secrets' is currently sitting at #3 in the compilation… Audio
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Great album: Aretha Franklin
11 Jun 2018I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is Aretha's the 11th studio album. It reached number 2 on the billboard charts in 1967. Audio
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First song: Coral Pitcher
11 Jun 2018Hamilton musician Coral Pitcher has been selected to represent New Zealand at The World Championships of Performing Arts next month. She joins us to give us a taste of what she is going to perform at… Audio
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APO takes us to Funkytown
11 Jun 2018Studio 54 and orchestral music don’t usually go together, but this week the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is cranking out the platforms, bellbottoms and big hair as they bring disco hits alive… Video, Audio
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Horses show unbridled enthusiasm for Bach
11 Jun 2018Watch a stable of horses being treated to the a-mare-zing sounds of Bach. Video
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Upbeat for Monday 11 June
11 Jun 2018Dame Kiri Te Kanawa receives a British Queen’s Birthday honour, Renee Fleming is up for a Tony, the APO goes disco and we celebrate rising stars for the start of Matariki.
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Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod
Perhaps the most enduringly successful of the many operatic settings of the world’s greatest love story. Video
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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan dies
Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan has died, aged 68, bandmate Mick Fleetwood has confirmed.
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New Horizons: Mary Gauthier
10 Jun 2018William Dart looks over the career of American country-folk singer Mary Gauthier leading up to her recent release Rifles and Rosary Beads. Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday 10 June 2018
10 Jun 2018Hymns based on the Psalms feature in today's programme, including Through all the changing scenes of life, Give to our God immortal praise, and O clap your hands together. Audio
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MOZART: Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague
9 Jun 2018Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio
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BARTOK: Violin Concerto No 2
9 Jun 2018Amalia Hall (violin), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio
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