Recent Music Stories
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Live: John Beasley's MONK'estra at Wellington Jazz Festival
9 Jun 2018Smashingly off-beat melody, humour, beauty and swing abound, capturing the spirit of Thelonious Monk. Audio
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BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in E flat, Romantic
9 Jun 2018Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Renes in a concert in Auckland Town Hall, 9 June 2018. Audio
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WAGNER arr Felix Mottl: Wesendonck Lieder
9 Jun 2018Performed by Simon O'Neill with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Renes in a concert in Auckland Town Hall, 9 June 2018. Audio
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The Mixtape: Todd Niall
9 Jun 2018After thirty(ish) years reporting for RNZ, Todd Niall is leaving us. He chooses songs and shares stories for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Audio
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Light shining out of the gloom: Dunedin band Death and The Maiden
9 Jun 2018Dunedin band Death And The Maiden can count Shayne Carter among their growing number of fans. He invited them to perform at the Silver Scrolls last year, and since then they've released their second… Audio
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19-year-old indie-rocker Snail Mail on being wise beyond her years
9 Jun 2018Pitchfork called her a leader in the next generation of indie rock and the "wisest teenage indie rocker we know", now Snail Mail, aka Lindsey Jordan has finally released her debut album. She speaks to… Video, Audio
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Worlds of Music: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
9 Jun 2018Trevor Reekie talks to musician and producer Michael Hohnen about pioneering Aboriginal musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who overcame his blindness to push original Aboriginal music into the… Audio
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Nelson School of Music 'alive and well' after quake strengthening
9 Jun 2018A heritage concert venue in Nelson re-opens this weekend after an $8 million earthquake strengthening project.
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Drax Project: from Cuba Street to supporting a Cuban pop star
9 Jun 2018Wellington buskers-turned-Spotify darlings Drax Project yesterday embarked the tour a lifetime: supporting the most streamed solo female artist of all time – Camila Cabello, on her string of sold-out… Video, Audio
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Live session: Anna Coddington
9 Jun 2018Anna Coddington is throwing a fundraiser for her son's Kōhanga Reo pre-school and because she is Anna Coddington, she will be joined by Julia Deans and Anika Moa (of course). Is this the first show of… Video, Audio
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Music 101 Pocket Edition 191: Snail Mail/ Mere Women
9 Jun 2018On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to American indie wunderkind Snail Mail and Sydney post-punkers Mere Women. Audio
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Live: Gretchen Parlato flor at Wellington Jazz Festival 2018
8 Jun 2018Slip into the sublime sound of LA-born singer Gretchen Parlato, who brings her sultry, bossa-nova inspired vocal styling and four-piece band to Wellington for her first ever New Zealand appearance. Audio
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Julia Deans' nationwide tour to have a focus on female performers and crew
8 Jun 2018One of NZ’s favourite singer-songwriters, Julia Deans has just announced she'll be touring New Zealand in August, performing with predominantly female support acts and crew. Video
Coming up
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NZ Live: Holly Arrowsmith
8 Jun 2018Queenstown singer-songwriter Holly Arrowsmith will soon release her sophomore album A Dawn I Remember. She talks to Wallace Chapman about her upcoming tour, inspiration, the creative process and… Video, Audio
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Umar Zakaria & Anita Schwabe win Jazz awards
8 Jun 2018Jazz musicians and composers Umar Zakaria and Anita Schwabe were recognised for their contributions to the art form this week. Video
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First song - Wallace
8 Jun 2018Australian-Kiwi singer-songwriter Wallace is in the Wellington studio ahead of her gig tonight as part of the capital's jazz festival Audio
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A winter solstice offering
8 Jun 2018The Loemis Festival is offering up winter solstice goodies for the coming weeks in Wellington. It featuring feasts, flaming figures in the harbour and fantastical musical flavours. Organiser Andrew… Audio
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A History of Vocal Jazz: Female Icons
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae and Sarah Vaughan take centre stage for a new six-week course being offered at Victoria University. Jazz singer-songwriter Bruce Brown gives Nick Tipping… Audio
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Upbeat for Friday 8 June
We look ahead to the weekend with the DSO and NZGQ, mark the upcoming winter solstice, Bruce Brown gives us a history of female jazz icons and we round out our series recognising important classical…
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A heartbroken Father John Misty, golden era French pop, & Laura Veirs' new album
8 Jun 2018Laura Veirs' tenth album, The Lookout superbly produced by her husband, Tucker Martine are among Jeremy Taylor's picks of the day. Lyrically it seems to be about making the best of trying situations -… Audio
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Theatre Critic
Michael Hooper reviews NZ Opera's latest production, The Elixir of Love Audio
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An Evening with Simon O’Neill
7 Jun 2018World famous Kiwi tenor Simon O’Neill is back with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for his debut orchestral performance of Richard Wagner’s song cycle the Wesendonck Lieder, based on poems written… Audio
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