12 Oct 2021

Music feature: Quiet Storm radio

From Afternoons, 2:20 pm on 12 October 2021

Today we're revisiting the sound of black radio in the 80s with our music feature on Quiet Storm. 

University of Auckland's musicologist Kirsten Zemke shares some of the songs made successful by the Quiet Storm radio format that was popular between the eras of Disco and Hip Hop.

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